Hobby Horse Children's Centre

Banbury and Bicester College, Broughton Road, Banbury OX16 9QA
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8.1 23 Reviews
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Hobby Horse Children’s Centre is owned and managed by Banbury and Bicester College which is part of the Activate Learning Group and offers a safe and stimulating environment for your child.

It provides childcare for children from three months up to 10 years 11 months.

Staff work with parents offering a fun and loving atmosphere for your little ones to develop into confident and independent individuals.

The centre is staffed by fully qualified and experienced early year’s practitioners.

Places at the centre are offered to students and staff at the college and then to the wider community. The centre is open from 8:30 to 5:30 each day, 8:00 starts and 6:00 finishes can be booked in advance if required.

Ofsted rated the centre ‘good’ in all areas in its inspection (November 2016).
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Owner

  • Activate Learning (Banbury and Bicester College)
  • Privately Owned

Person in Charge

  • Helen Collins (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 15

Total Places for Children

  • 62

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Parking

  • Parking is available at the front of the nursery

Hobby Horse Children's Centre Reviews (23)

8.1

Hobby Horse Children's Centre has a Review Score of 8.1 (8.119) out of 10, based on 2 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Hobby Horse Children's Centre has 23 reviews.

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Review from Stacey T (Mother of Child) published on 23 January 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has attended Hobby Horse Children's Centre for 3 years now. I cannot recommend them enough! Over this time they have got to know my son, work with him on his needs and always make him feel good about himself. He has made good friends here and is always eager to go. The staff go out of their way
to take an interest in the children and parents.


My son has specific needs and can worry about being around people...that all disappears here. He is himself at Hobby Horse Children's Centre and completely accepted for it. They have the right balance of firm but caring attitude, which in turn the children respect, this is obvious for all to see. The children are always creating, making and learning, amongst a few things. Everybody here has been a massive support to my family over the years and we simply couldn’t have managed without them. In our opinion they are simply wonderful and provide a much-needed service to parents, with the peace of mind my son is having a wonderful time, being cared for by good people.

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Review from Kayliegh T (Mother of Child) published on 23 January 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter goes to after school club and loves the staff and activities they do. I know she is very safe walking back from school and is well looked after.


My son moved from a previous nursery to this nursery after he did not get on with the previous nursery. He settled in brilliantly thanks to

the staff. He has progressed so well in his learning and talking.


We have a great relationship with the staff and they are all approachable, caring and dedicated to their job.

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Review from Lyndsey S (Mother of Child) published on 4 January 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My little boy is very shy and loves Nursery. The staff are so friendly, caring and understanding.
Amazing Christmas party for the children, with a Father Christmas visit and a beautiful present for all the children.


Loving all the arts and crafts he does and we now have a new fairy on our tree.


Thank you for helping our little boy feel more confident.

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Current Review Score: 8.1 (8.119)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 8.1 (8.119) out of 10 for Hobby Horse Children's Centre is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 2 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.3 out of 5 from 2 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 4.833 for Hobby Horse Children's Centre is calculated as follows: ( (21 Excellents x 5) + (2 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 24 Ratings = 4.833
  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 3.286 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Hobby Horse Children's Centre is based on 2 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 = 3.125
    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 62 number of registered child places is 12.4. 2 Positive Reviews ÷ 12.4 = 0.161
  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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