Ambourne House Day Nursery offers years of experience in providing a secure and happy facility in which professionals childcare and early years learning can flourish.
The vision is for an inclusive environment that makes the most of each child's talent and ability to learn, with the aim of seeing long-term benefits when they move on to full-time education.
The nursery respects Ofsted objectives and look to further show their professionalism through pursuit of accreditations like the 'investors in Children' certificate and the Quality Assurance Award.
Owner: Preena Patel
Person in charge: Lorraine Doyle (Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services: South Gloucestershire Council
Number of Staff: 14
Service Offered: Day Nursery (Privately Owned), Open all year, Full Day Care
Total Places for Children: 65
Age Range: from 0 years 3 months to 7 years 0 months
Opening Days: Mon-Fri
Opening Hours: 0730-1800
When Closed: Bank Holidays
The Review Score of 9.2 (maximum of 10) for Ambourne House Day Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.
a) The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 6 Reviews over all time. This Average Rating is also the rating value for Ambourne House Day Nursery in Google's Search Results - more info
b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.4 out of 5 from 5 positive Reviews in the last 12 months.
a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating of all Reviews over all time. For each review the Day Nursery / service is rated Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Poor or Very Poor on a number of areas eg Staff, Management etc. The Day Nursery receives points for each rating as follows: Excellent = 5. Good = 4. Satisfactory = 3. Poor = 2. Very Poor = 1. These points are added up and then divided by the total number of completed ratings to generate the average rating.
The Average Rating of 4.833 for Ambourne House Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (61 Excellents x 5) + (10 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 72 Ratings = 4.833
b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 12 months. If there are no Positive Reviews in the last 12 months, then 2.5 points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 2 years. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with 'Extremely Likely' or 'Likely' in answer to the question 'How likely are you to recommend this Day Nursery to friends and family?'
The 5 points available are broken down as follows:
4 points are available for the first 5 Positive Reviews, 3 points for the first Positive Review and then 0.25 Points for each of the next 4 Positive Reviews.
1 point is available for reaching a target number of Positive Reviews based on 20% of the number of registered maximum number of service users. If the target is partially reached then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery with 50 registered maximum number of service users has a target of 10 Positive Reviews, if it has 10 or more Positive Reviews it will receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews will receive 0.7 points.
If there are no Positive Reviews in the last 12 months, then 2.5 points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 2 years. The calculation is the same as above, except the points are divided by 2.
The 4.385 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Ambourne House Day Nursery is based on 5 positive Reviews in the last 12 months and is calculated as follows:
3 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 = 4
Target of 13 positive Reviews (65 registered maximum number of service users ÷ 5). 5 Reviews ÷ 13 Target = 0.385
When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
Ambourne House Day Nursery has a Review Score of 9.2 (9.218)
Review submitted from a Website Submission by Jodie B (Mother of Child) on Thursday 8 February 2018. Relates to February 2018.
My two daughters aged 6 and 2 have attended Ambourne House and both have loved the nursery, as do we! All staff are really friendly, approachable and accommodating, particularly the staff within the tadpole and frog room (where my youngest daughter is at present) - they show a real interest in the children and what they get up to outside of nursery as well as planning fun and challenging activities each and every day. I have seen some real improvements in the nursery over the last 12 months and particularly love the attention given to the needs of individual children, the regular use of tapestry and the opportunity to attend the nursery when they have external providers/activities for the children. My daughter is really happy at Ambourne House.
How likely would you be to recommend Ambourne House Day Nursery? Extremely Likely
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Review submitted from a Postal Card by I B (Mother of Child) on Wednesday 29 November 2017. Relates to November 2017.
We are very happy with the care our son has received in Ambourne House for the last 3 years. We like the balance of indoor and outdoor time with activities like forest school making the most of the lovely big garden.
The team is nice and professional. The activities are tailored to match the interests of the children which keeps them engaged and keen to learn.
Our son loves going there.
How likely would you be to recommend Ambourne House Day Nursery? Extremely Likely
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Naresh v (Father of Child) on Friday 13 October 2017. Relates to August 2017.
Thank you Ambourne House Day Nursery staff for everything. My son stayed in nursery for almost 3 years. It has always been a pleasure for my son to come to nursery and learn new things. He started school this year but he still remembers nursery and staff members. The Ambourne House Day Nursery provides a good childcare service.
How likely would you be to recommend Ambourne House Day Nursery? Likely
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Sarah J (Mother of Child) on Thursday 12 October 2017. Relates to October 2017.
My daughter has been at Ambourne house for 3 months now and I am incredibly happy with the care she is receiving. We love the updates via their online journals and appreciated the support we had settling our daughter into her first Nursery. We are looking forward to her first parents evening in a fortnight and to the Christmas party in December. Thank you Ambourne House for putting myself and my partner at ease so we can return to work in confidence.
How likely would you be to recommend Ambourne House Day Nursery? Extremely Likely
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by B M (Father of Child) on Thursday 12 October 2017. Relates to October 2017.
My two daughters attend this nursery. I can't tell you how much I like looking through the tapestry observation and comments on their day. I don't drop off or pick up so to have that instant knowledge of their day is priceless. Thank you to all the staff for all their help, guidance and teaching my children life skills. Lovely team and management always there to help in anyway they can. Truly recommend.
How likely would you be to recommend Ambourne House Day Nursery? Extremely Likely
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Emma G (Mother of Child) on Wednesday 14 October 2015. Relates to August 2015.
My son has been going to this nursery for a year and he really loves it here, he has built such a rapour with the team who I think are fantastic and I feel so confident leaving my son in their care.
I'm also so grateful with the flexibility with my working pattern.
Thank you very much.
How likely would you be to recommend Ambourne House Day Nursery? Extremely Likely
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