BarBar Nursery @ Stratford Park
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Stroud for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £72.50 a day for 2Y+, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2011, with 49 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2Ybirth to 2y | £75.00Stratford Park & Quedgeley All Day 8-6 (0-2Y) | £43.50Stratford Park & Quedgeley PM 1-6 (0-2) £50.00Stratford Park & Quedgeley AM 8-1 (0-2), 5 hrs | |
| 2Y+2y to 5y | £72.50Stratford Park & Quedgeley All Day 8-6 (2Y+) | £41.00Stratford Park & Quedgeley PM 1-6 (2Y+) £47.50Stratford Park & Quedgeley AM 8-1(2Y+), 5 hrs | |
| All ages | £60.30All Day Rosary 8-3:30 | £17.50Rosary ASC 3:30-6, 2.5 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £60.00 Business Administration Fee & Settling in Sessions
- £140.00 Refundable Depositrefundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £25.00 per 15 minutes Late pick-up charge (per 15 minutes)
- £30.00 Late payment of invoice surcharge
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.50 a half day Consumables ½ dayfor children in receipt of funding entitlement
- £0.50 a half day Activities per day ½ dayfor children in receipt of funding entitlement
- £1.00 a day Consumables full dayfor children in receipt of funding entitlement
- £1.00 a day Activities per day full dayfor children in receipt of funding entitlement
- £2.50 a day Afternoon Snackfor children in receipt of funding entitlement
- £6.00 a day Breakfast & Morning Snackfor children in receipt of funding entitlement
- £6.75 a day Hot lunch for Stratford Park & Quedgeleyfor children in receipt of funding entitlement
- £8.50 a day Breakfast, Morning & Afternoon Snack per dayfor children in receipt of funding entitlement
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours term time only depending on eligibility.
Worth knowing. Funding entitlement can be used as follows: 20 hours of entitlement through two sessions per week of 10 hours per day over 50 weeks.
What childcare usually costs in Gloucestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Gloucestershire 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
GL5 4AFWhat 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.
- 19 December 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 4 August 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 14 January 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 2 September 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 21 April 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 28 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are content and at ease in this welcoming nursery and show they have formed secure attachments with staff. Young babies are keen to explore the toys and activities and seek out their special adult for reassurance when needed or to show off their achievements, such as when they pull themselves up to standing.
Toddlers join in the activities with staff, spending long periods exploring the gloop and sand, saying how 'colourful' it is when staff add colouring for them to mix in.
Older children join in with large group activities and are confident to share their thoughts. They talk about the weather being 'cloudy' and 'cold' and decide they need to wear their coats outside to play. The environment is busy but calm, and children show a positive attitude towards their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve information sharing with parents about the importance of children learning to manage their own personal needs in readiness for school n help staff find additional ways to challenge and extend older and more able children's mathematical development.
- 28 February 2024Good
- 25 May 2023Needs improvement
- 3 October 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for BarBar Nursery @ Stratford Park
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £72.50 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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