Bambinos Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Tavistock for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2022. Open since 2007, with 59 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Devon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Devon from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
PL19 8BUWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 10 January 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Managers do not allow parents to enter the premises currently due to COVID-19
restrictions, but regardless of this, children leave their parents confidently at the front door. Children enter the nursery happily and are eager to greet staff and friends, which shows that they feel safe and secure. They demonstrate good behaviour, for example when they listen to staff and follow instructions. Children are friendly and play well alongside and with each other. Pre-school children are kind and learn to share the toys and resources. For example, they offer the pencils they have finished using to their friends.
Staff plan a broad and varied curriculum to help children develop the skills and knowledge needed for later learning, including school. Babies and toddlers watch and listen with interest when staff sing to them and try to copy the actions, developing their communication skills and rhythm. Staff support pre-school children to look carefully at pictures of animals, discuss the features and try to draw them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop monitoring, support and coaching for staff, with particular regard to new and less experienced staff, to help them meet children's individual learning needs more consistently - review staff deployment for those who work with babies and toddlers, to support the younger children's emotional well-being more effectively when they settle in.
- 10 January 2022Good
- 6 July 2018Good
- 19 October 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bambinos Day Nursery
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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