Opening hours
Monday to Friday from 6am to 8pm
Tops Bretonside, established in 2018, is a highly-rated nursery in Plymouth, Devon, offering childcare for children aged 0-5 years. Open Monday to Friday from 6am to 8pm, all year round, it provides a welcoming and caring environment where children feel secure.
The nursery focuses on a broad and balanced curriculum, ensuring staff know each child's next learning steps. They excel in fostering independence, using a 'respectful care' approach, and promoting strong communication skills and a love of reading.
Tops Bretonside is also dedicated to sustainability, teaching children about environmental protection through eco-friendly resources and initiatives to reduce food waste. The nursery also has effective parent partnerships, with staff being responsive to children's needs and heritage.
They actively engage children in extra-curricular activities like cooking and forest school and provide good support for children with additional needs, including sensory experiences and mathematical activities.
What it's like
Children feel safe and secure in this welcoming and caring nursery. Staff greet children warmly and affectionately. Children settle quickly, choosing from a broad range of activities that interest them. The curriculum is broad and balanced. Staff know what they would like children to learn next and support them well.
Funding accepted
Opening hours
Monday to Friday from 6am to 8pm
Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2018
Last inspected May 2026
Grade summary
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Category grades
Last inspected 12 May 2026
What it's like to attend
Children feel safe and secure in this welcoming and caring nursery. Staff greet children warmly and affectionately. Children settle quickly, choosing from a broad range of activities that interest them. The curriculum is broad and balanced. Staff know what they would like children to learn next and support them well.
Inspector highlights
Areas to develop
Inclusion & environment
Staff use picture cards to support toddlers and those with additional needs, helping children to understand what is happening 'now' and 'next'.
The nursery offers "forest school" as an extra-curricular activity and children explore natural resources like water and sand play.
After our local nursery closed down, we looked at a couple of nurseries and this one seemed the nicest, but turned out to be the best decision we've made! The staff is lovely, knowledgeable and very helpful. After only a couple of weeks in this nursery, we noticed very positive changes in our son. He started talking more and settled in very quickly. 100% would recommend it!
Read on GoogleAfter viewing many nursery options around Plymouth for my daughter, Tops Bretonside was definitely my top choice and I'm so thankful that we secured a placement. My daughter has been enrolled since March 2022 and has flourished. Her speech, mannerisms and everyday tasks have improved drastically. Even though I was providing all these teachings for her at home, she has thrived in the nursery setting. All meals are provided to her which is such a life saver for me not having to prepare school lunches. At 2.5years of age - she is already fully using the toilet, this is largely thanks to the time and effort put in by her room managers (Teachers Leah and Charlotte) during toilet training. I love the daily updates and observations provided on the app for parents. As we cant access the nursery due to safeguarding/ covid/ hygiene - its great that we can still be involved on the app. My daughters teachers and all other teachers I have been in contact with are super friendly and I know my daughter is in good hands because she is excited to go to nursery everyday. Also thanks to Sam (school manager) for your patience and understanding and lending an ear.
Read on GoogleMy little girl has been going here since she was 5 months old. She’s always happy to see the front door and comes out with big smiles too. Her most favorite person there is Jamie, who is brilliant at keeping me updated daily and gets the biggest smiles from Willow. My little girl gets to do activities I wouldn’t even think of at home, and her development is coming along lovely. I thought it would be hard to hand her over to go back to work but all the lovely ladies at Tops have made it such an easy transition for me! Thank you!
Read on GoogleTops Day Nursery provided a safe and welcoming environment for our child who has sensory, communication and medical needs. He had a consistent staff to help him navigate his day. They were also super helpful and supportive in the process of securing his EHCP. The staff are very friendly and supportive and they listened to our needs. I highly recommend this nursery to any parent especially with a SEN child.
Read on GoogleMy daughter absolutely loves nursery, we were really hesitant putting her in as she was only 18mths, and we worried she'd struggle to settle but the staff made her feel right at home. The photos they take show her laughing and having lots of fun with the team, which allows me to get on with being back at work guilt free knowing she's happy and being well cared for.
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Date: October 2021
The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Good). We're re-checking it against the original report.
Tops Bretonside registered in 2018 and is located in Plymouth, Devon. The nursery opens Monday to Friday from 6am to 8pm, for 52 weeks per year. The nursery offers free early education funding for children aged two, three and four years. There are 13 members of staff, with qualifications ranging from level 3 to level 6.
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