Lavenders Day Nursery (Bedford)

19 Bushmead Avenue, Bedford MK40 3QJ
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9.9 164 Reviews
  • Lavenders Day Nursery (Bedford), Bedford
Lavenders Day Nursery is set in a beautifully converted property retaining much of its original character. They have also obtained their Green Flag Award at distinction level by Eco-Schools.

The large, fully resourced garden offers year-round structured and free play activities designed to promote children's social, emotional and physical development.

A friendly and enthusiastic employee team work closely with the children and parents, building strong partnerships. Lavenders offers high-quality day care where every child is treated as an individual.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Dizzie Newberry (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 50

Total Places for Children

  • 108

Age Range

  • from 0 years 2 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 2 Inset Days

Parking

  • Pick up and drop off parking available.

Lavenders Day Nursery (Bedford) Reviews (164)

9.9

Lavenders Day Nursery (Bedford) has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.934) out of 10, based on 33 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Lavenders Day Nursery (Bedford) has 164 reviews.

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Review from Benedetta K (Mother of Child) published on 15 October 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter attended this nursery for 1 and a half years. She loved it. When she started she could not speak any English and the nursery nurses helped her to feel comfortable and she can now speak a second language thanks to what she learnt there as at home we only speak Italian. The nursery nurses
are all lovely and the manager is amazing. I work shifts and she always helped me to accommodate my daughter even if sometimes at the last minute. None of the other nurseries are so flexible. I would definitely recommend them to anybody and we felt like we were leaving our daughter with a family member which made her and us feel happy.
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Review from Emily C (Mother of Child) published on 1 October 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Love the nursery as my as my little boy - he has come on leaps and bounds development wise. Very pleased with all the lovely staff.
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Review from Michael W (Father of Child) published on 29 September 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our son has benefited significantly from the experiences/opportunities provided. He seems comfortable with is care providers and interacts with confidence. His eating patterns have improved tremendously. His playing and understanding is advanced for his age. His development is excellent we attribute
much of this to the care given at Lavenders. Thank You.
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Review from Anthony H (Father of Child) published on 15 July 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I could not praise Lavender's Day Nursery highly enough and would certainly recommend it to any parent thinking of putting their child into nursery.


It will be my sons last day next week and I can honestly say that he will miss it very much. The management and staff are very professional and always

made my son feel good as he always looked forward to going to nursery.
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.934)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.934) out of 10 for Lavenders Day Nursery (Bedford) is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 33 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 33 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.934 for Lavenders Day Nursery (Bedford) is calculated as follows: ( (373 Excellents x 5) + (20 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 396 Ratings = 4.934
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Lavenders Day Nursery (Bedford) is based on 33 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 108 number of registered child places is 21.6, which has been reached with 33 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Meet the Team (1)

Dizzie

Dizzie Newberry

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2008

Dizzie is the Manager of Lavenders Day Nursery in Bedford and has a wealth of experience, having worked in the early years sector for 19 years. Dizzie has been with Childbase Partnership for 14 of those years.


What is your favourite feature of Lavenders?
The large outdoor space provides lots of opportunities to explore and challenge.


What are you most proud of about your nursery/team?
The passion to maintain outstanding every day and the opportunities they give the children to make memories.

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