BarBar Nursery @ The Rosary
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 June 2023. Open since 2011, with 24 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 Deposit*refundable
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. Optional charges for children in receipt of funding entitlement: Breakfast & Morning Snack £6.00, Afternoon Snack £2.50, Breakfast, Morning & Afternoon Snack per day £8.50, Hot lunch for Stratford Park & Quedgeley £6.75, Consumables ½ day £0.50, Activities per day ½ day £0.50, Consumables full day £1.00, Activities per day full day £1.00.
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 4ABWhat 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.
- 17 June 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 20 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive excited for their day at nursery. They confidently enter the playrooms. Welcoming staff and friends greet them happily. Children develop their independence when they find their own name pegs and hang up their bags and coats. Children eagerly seek activities to engage with. They find their friends and play happily together.
Leaders and staff have worked hard to improve since the last inspection. They have created a well-sequenced curriculum that incorporates the needs of all the children. During the time of the inspection, there is a focus on developing children's muscle movement and coordination in preparation for early writing skills. Younger children develop and strengthen their muscles as they manipulate play dough with their hands. Older children use scissors to cut paper and thread laces onto picture boards. Staff, who support children carefully, model movements and challenge children where needed. For example, staff ask younger children if they can make different sized balls with the play dough. They ask older children if they can cut out a variety of different shapes. Staff provide children with opportunities to build on what they can already do and help them to reach the next stage of development.
Parents speak highly of the care and education their children receive while at the nursery. They share that their children have made very good progress. Staff are caring and provide parents with feedback about their children's learning and development. Parents are confident that their children are well supported.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - consistently use positive reinforcement when reminding children how to behave and explain the impact their actions may have on others n carefully plan group activities to meet the needs of all children, especially the youngest children, to help ensure that they get the best learning experiences.
- 20 June 2023Good
- 31 January 2023Needs improvement
- 18 May 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for BarBar Nursery @ The Rosary
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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