Purple Childcare
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Bristol for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £48.00 a day for 2 to 3 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2024. Open since 2016, with 50 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 months to 20 months9m to 21m | £66.00Baby Room | |
| 2 to 3 years2y to 3y | £48.00Toddler Room | |
| 3 to 5 years3y to 5y | £45.00Preschool |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.50 to £5.50 per 15 minutes Breakfast club
- £3.50 to £5.50 per 15 minutes Tea club
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government funding for 9-month-old (from sept24) two-, three- and four-year-olds.
Worth knowing. 15 hours per week 38 weeks of the year or 12 hours per week 48 weeks of the year and are known as universal hours. Or 30 hours for 38 weeks or 24 for 48 weeks.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BS10 7DLWhat 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, 29 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children separate from their parents with ease as friendly staff welcome them.
They arrive happy and excited to start their day. They show high levels of confidence in their interactions with staff. Children become confident communicators at an early age. They approach visitors and engage in conversations. They chat to their peers and take turns in conversations during group times.
Staff plan a broad curriculum that promotes children's communication, well-being and excitement to learn. Staff know their key children well and have clear intentions for what they want children to learn next. They check children's understanding as they play with them. Staff sequence children's learning well to support their progress over time. Children are eager to choose from the array of activities on offer both inside and out. For example, children explore ingredients to make 'petal potions'. Younger children add petals and water to a bowl and take it in turns to mix it all together. Staff interact and encourage children to speak about colours and textures. All children make good progress in their learning and development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to recognise when younger children can attempt to do things more for themselves, to extend their developing independence skills further n provide additional challenges for the older and most-able children to extend their learning further.
- 29 August 2024Good
- 18 February 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Purple Childcare
- 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 £48.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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