Nuffy Bear Day Nursery - Gloucester
Good★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Gloucester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2015, with 89 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
GL4 3HRWhat 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, 22 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are welcomed into the nursery by the familiar and friendly staff team.
They arrive happy and demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. Children greet staff with a cuddle. They are eager to enter their room and make choices about their play. Children explore a good range of resources and inviting activities. Babies play 'peekaboo' and giggle excitedly as staff cover their heads with transparent, coloured scarves. They confidently interact with visitors and excitedly push cars back and forth to them. Young children enjoy the time they spend outside in the nursery garden. They display a 'can-do' attitude. Young children excitedly kick a ball to staff. Staff are good role models. They support children well and demonstrate how to use a hula-hoop. Older children wiggle their bodies as they try for themselves. Children build towers with magnetic shapes and are supported by staff to recognise the reflection of shapes on the wall. Children benefit from wellsequenced learning activities. Older children learn about the growing process inspired by a discussion about an apple seed. Together with staff, they gather information from books and accurately acknowledge that seeds need water and sun to grow. Children proudly recall previous learning experiences and state that
'acorns grow on oak trees'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- refine procedures for monitoring staff's practice to improve their knowledge and promote consistency in the implementation of the curriculum across the nursery n provide young children with clear and consistent boundaries to help them fully understand the expectations for their behaviour.
- 22 February 2023Good
- 13 June 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Nuffy Bear Day Nursery - Gloucester
- 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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