Bright Sparks Children's Centre LTD
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Plymouth for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2022. Open since 2010, with 55 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Eligible 2 year olds for 15 hours a week term time (or 12 hours a week all year round if you opt for stretched funding). All 3 and 4 year olds for 15 hours a week term time (or 12 hours a week all year round if you opt for stretched funding). Eligible 3 and 4 year olds for up to 30 hours a week term time (or 24 hours a week all year round if you opt for stretch funding). Eligible School aged child.
What childcare usually costs in Plymouth
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Plymouth 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
PL3 6HAWhat 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, 2 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children confidently and happily enter the centre, where staff greet them warmly.
All children make good progress in their development, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff ensure that the curriculum meets children's individual needs and interests. Older babies enjoy rolling a ball to staff. Staff use clear and simple language to encourage them to learn words associated with actions, such as 'roll'. Toddlers enjoy using toy diggers to scoop up the soil in the outside area. Pre-school children carefully thread cereal onto pieces of rope. All children develop good hand-eye coordination skills.
Children have a positive attitude to learning and behave well. They understand the expectations of the centre and follow routines. Staff use pictures and signing to help younger children and those with SEND understand the centre's rules, such as
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide further opportunities to help children recall prior knowledge, to build on what they already know and can do n enhance children's thinking skills to enable them to solve problems independently.
- 2 December 2022Good
- 16 February 2022Needs improvement
- 10 August 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Sparks Children's Centre LTD
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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