Overndale Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bristol 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 July 2023. Open since 2005, with 110 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 South Gloucestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in South 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
BS37 6NQWhat 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 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Babies and children thrive in this welcoming, friendly nursery. On arrival, caring, enthusiastic and joyful staff greet them, and children happily settle in. Staff are playful and responsive to their needs. They build warm relationships with the children, supporting them to feel happy, settled and secure. Staff plan an ambitious curriculum based on children's individual learning needs. Their innovative ideas spark children's interests and encourage them all to become involved in activities.
For example, older children practise their fine motor skills, using tweezers to pick up the animal 'medicine' in the role-play vets. Children 'cook' in the outside kitchen, skilfully cutting real herbs with scissors and scooping sand with small spoons into their bowls. All children make good progress.
Managers support staff well and promote an inclusive environment to ensure consistency in children's learning throughout the nursery. Staff follow similar routines in the different age groups, building on what children already know and can do as they get older. For example, at snack time, babies are given chopped fruit, toddlers help to cut food up, and pre-school children cut up and serve their own fruit. This supports children to acquire new knowledge and skills and to build their confidence as they move through the different rooms.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- raise the quality of children's learning even further by providing more opportunities for them to find out about different people and events.
- 6 July 2023Good
- 21 September 2017Good
- 24 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Overndale 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.
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