Budehaven Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bude for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 1993, with 24 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 Cornwall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cornwall 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
EX23 8DQWhat 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, 25 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are confident and happy in the nursery. They eagerly explore and play with the interesting activities that staff have created. Staff develop close, nurturing bonds with children. They support children to feel safe and secure. Toddlers enjoy role play with staff, using a toy kitchen and exploring toy fruit. Staff guide them to learn the names of the fruits, such as tomato and apple. Children smile and laugh as they play peekaboo with staff. The manager has created a home-from-home environment for the toddlers, which has supported their sense of well-being.
The curriculum is well designed and effective. Children make good progress in their learning and develop a wide range of skills, ready for the next stage of learning.
Interactions between staff and children are of a high quality. Staff guide children to develop their communication skills and own ideas in thoughtful back-and-forth conversations. Pre-school children confidently explain what they know and can do.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- extend opportunities to support children to understand and celebrate similarities and differences and to learn more about different cultures n develop group story times in the pre-school room so that children can listen without distractions.
- 25 March 2024Good
- 4 June 2018Good
- 20 August 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Budehaven 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.