Anne's House Childcare
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Bristol for children from birth to 5, open 07:15 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2022, with 50 places.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BS3 5PDWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 22 May 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 9 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show they are safe and secure in this caring and nurturing environment that staff create. Babies arrive and beam with happiness when familiar staff greet them. Toddlers who have recently started at the nursery enter the playroom with confidence and seek favoured activities staff have available for them. The oldest children arrive with excitement ready for their day and confidently say goodbye to parents. Parents leave knowing their children are happy and well cared for.
The new leaders work closely with staff to develop and implement a wellsequenced curriculum. Staff use their monitoring and assessment process to help them identify what children need to learn next and use children's interests to create activities to support this. Babies and toddlers develop their self-help skills ready for their next stage of learning when staff support them to wash their hands ready for mealtimes. Older children develop their hand muscles ready for early writing when they squeeze hair clips while playing 'hairdressers' with staff and their friends. Staff praise children for having a go and encourage them to persist when they struggle to achieve.
Children behave well and create good relationships with others. Babies share wooden bricks together when they build towers. Toddlers work together in the garden to find the toy bugs in the mud. They excitedly share their achievement with staff when they find one. Older children help each other. When they see a friend needs an extra picture to match during a sorting activity, they hand their friend the piece they need. Children smile with delight at the help they receive.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's understanding of the curriculum so that they are clear about what they want children to learn next and how they are going to help children achieve this n develop links with parents, sharing more information on children's next steps and ideas of how parents can extend children's learning at home n support staff to use every opportunity to challenge children to think for themselves and build on what they already know.
- 9 July 2024Good
- 20 September 2023Needs improvement
- 18 April 2023Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Anne's House Childcare
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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