Mama Bear's Day Nursery (Paignton - Long Road)

South Devon College, Long Road, Paignton TQ4 7EJ
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  • Mama Bear's Day Nursery (Paignton - Long Road), Paignton
Mama Bear's Day Nursery (Paignton - Long Road) has a light and spacious interior with a wide range of early years play resources ideal for pre-school development and education. A versatile approach is aided by a large sports hall, a sensory room and regular visits to a horticulture and animal care department at South Devon College.

Children are supported to develop as individuals, being creative and encouraged to explore. Ofsted regulations and health and safety policies are taken seriously by a qualified team.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Carly Wilkinson (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 30

Total Places for Children

  • 78

Age Range

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

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-19:00
    Tuesday 07:30-19:00
    Wednesday 07:30-19:00
    Thursday 07:30-19:00
    Friday 07:30-19:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Mama Bear's Day Nursery (Paignton - Long Road) Reviews (65)

9.7

Mama Bear's Day Nursery (Paignton - Long Road) has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.743) out of 10, based on 16 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Mama Bear's Day Nursery (Paignton - Long Road) has 65 reviews.

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Review from Laura L (Mother of Child) published on 29 August 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Mama Bears - Long Road is a fantastic nursery. My son started when he was turning 2 and he went to nursery with his little yellow blanket and his dummy. He has left confident, with a very enquiring mind, an able child, grown up, fully toilet trained, happy and now he will not be quiet!. He has also
enjoyed the numerous activities provided, gaining knowledge and experience while being encouraged to participate in them all.


Mama Bears is well designed and well decorated. The rooms for each age range are designed and decorated to help the individual child regardless of their ability. The staff are trained and experienced and always looking out for the child and helping them to improve. The staff are friendly and happy and willing to help the child as well as the parents. The enthusiasm of the children is obvious to see as they enter the building being greeted by happy, caring and friendly staff.


I cannot recommend Mama Bears - Long Road highly enough.

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Review from Kathleen S (Mother of Child) published on 2 August 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter loves her time at nursery. She is so excited to go and is always smiling when we collect her.


The staff always take time to find out how she is every morning and always ask after our other children.


My daughter came to this nursery from another that I had been unhappy with and the

staff were very reassuring and constantly checked on how we wanted things done.


I couldn't be happier with our choice of nursery.

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Review from Francesca B (Mother of Child) published on 24 July 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has not long started and is still settling in but the staff have been fantastic so far. They have done everything to ensure that my daughter settles and plays in the setting. The Baby Room staff have been fab from the off, and I am sure that my daughter will love it once settled. The setting
is well presented and all of the staff seem very knowledgable in what they are doing. They are all friendly and welcoming. After recommendations from others, I will definitely be recommending to others, my other daughter is starting soon as well.
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Review from Justine W (Mother of Child) published on 10 January 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My Daughter has attended Mama Bears Nursery for nearly 2 years and she absolutely loves it and adores the girls who work there, she gets excited about going and it makes me so happy and at ease dropping her off before work. I know she'll miss everyone when she starts school in September.
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Review from Lynne A (Mother of Child) published on 27 October 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has attended this nursery since he was about 9 months old, starting part-time and when he was almost 2 years old then went to full time. I do feel he/we have become like one of the family there. He always is keen to attend with only occasional off days. The staff have been fully supportive, interested
and fully involved in his day to day care and I feel we have worked together to achieve learning goals. I do feel he has been well nurtured here.
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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.743)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.743) out of 10 for Mama Bear's Day Nursery (Paignton - Long Road) 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 16 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.9 out of 5 from 16 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 4.843 for Mama Bear's Day Nursery (Paignton - Long Road) is calculated as follows: ( (164 Excellents x 5) + (24 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 191 Ratings = 4.843
  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 4.9 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Mama Bear's Day Nursery (Paignton - Long Road) is based on 16 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 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 3.9
    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 78 number of registered child places is 15.6, which has been reached with 16 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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