Countryside Day Nursery Ltd
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Gloucester for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:45, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2016, with 83 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 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
GL19 3RHWhat 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, 31 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and enjoy their time in this caring nursery. They benefit from an extended settling-in process. They get to know staff, the nursery building and routines before starting and when moving on to another room in the nursery. Staff have high expectations of every child and provide an engaging curriculum for children to learn through play. Children are confident and self-motivated learners.
For example, babies happily move to investigate what is in the room and choose what they want to play with. Older children stay focused and show excitement in their play. All children make good progress in their learning.
Children learn how to be independent. For instance, staff teach them to use mirrors to clean their faces after eating and support them to learn how to put on their own coats. Staff prepare children well for the transition to school and teach them important skills, such as how to follow instructions. Children also learn how to keep themselves safe and staff teach them about risks. For example, they practise fire drills at the nursery and understand how to leave the building safely. They know to put a hat on when it is sunny and tell staff that they can come outside as they already have sun cream on.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide the pre-school children with relevant support and challenge during whole group activities to ensure their full engagement n teach children to understand the consequences of their actions so they are gentle in their play at all times and maintain their normally good levels of behaviour.
- 31 May 2024Good
- 3 July 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Countryside Day Nursery Ltd
- 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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