Gooseberry Bush Day Nursery Kemble
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Cirencester for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £83.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2003, with 74 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £83.00 | £7.25Early start £46.00Half Day AM or Half Day PM, 4.8 hrs |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.10 a session Voluntary service charge — NEF (Extracurriculars, Eventsper funded session
- £5.25 a session Voluntary service charge — NEF (Snack, Dinner, Pudding)per funded session
Funded hours
Nursery Education Grant funded places for eligible 9-month olds, two, three and four year olds.
Worth knowing. Our afternoon sessions can be funded using the government's Nursery Education Grant. Any other sessions are charged at our normal price. Voluntary service charges apply per funded session.
What childcare usually costs in Wiltshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wiltshire 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
GL7 6BQWhat 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, 6 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The nursery manager welcomes children and parents when they arrive at the nursery. There are effective handover practices, and babies and children settle quickly, ready for their day. Children are happy, busily becoming engaged in their play. Parents are happy with the information they receive and share with staff about their children's development. Children show excitement about what activities are available today. Babies have resources to help them grasp sensory objects and pull themselves up to stand. Toddlers play peekaboo behind the curtain and join in with spontaneous singing. Older children, who love riding bikes, choose to go outside and help to prepare a 'road safety course'.
Children behave exceptionally well. Staff reinforce rules. Children know to tidy up when the music plays. They respond well to the praise and encouragement of staff when they have done a good job. This helps gives them a positive sense of self.
Children have a good sense of responsibility. They show pleasure in helping to set out the tablecloth for lunch. Children are kind and friendly, imitating the good example the staff set them. They cooperate with their friends in a sociable and caring manner. As they play on the computer, they find a chair and make space for new children to join in.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
n Enable children to make the best possible progress by ensuring staff specifically identify the next steps in children's overall learning.
- 6 January 2023Good
- 17 February 2017Outstanding
- 19 May 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Gooseberry Bush Day Nursery Kemble
- 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 £83.00 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.