Bambinos Childcare Houndiscombe Road

31 Houndiscombe Road, Plymouth PL4 6EU
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9.8 91 Reviews
  • Bambinos Childcare Houndiscombe Road, Plymouth
Bambinos Childcare Centre Plymouth, on Houndisccombe Road, sits in a convenient location close to the city centre and provides engaging learning environments where children thrive.

Operating in Plymouth and Devon since 1994, Bambinos are the leading childcare specialists in the area. Their well established and experienced team provides an outstanding learning journey for all children from birth to 11 years.

Staff have developed the Bambinos ethos around their own inspirational child-led approach and this is reflected in every aspect of their nursery environment.

Their continuous, natural provision is busting with loose parts, authentic and open-ended resources, harnessing every child’s motivation to explore, play and learn.

Each Bambinos site offers beautiful, engaging learning environments both inside and out, where all children thrive and develop through excellent teaching methods.

They nourish the body as well as the mind with specially created and planned meals and snacks, all of which are highly nutritious and very well received!

They provide a unique partnership with parents and carers, enriching your child's experience and promoting their positive growth. Bambinos, a world of possibilities.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Kelly Casemore & Mellissa Williams (Managers)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 30

Total Places for Children

  • 92

Age Range

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

Funding & Fees

  • Please contact individual site for fee inquires and special offers

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Bambinos Childcare Houndiscombe Road Reviews (91)

9.8

Bambinos Childcare Houndiscombe Road has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.825) out of 10, based on 17 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Bambinos Childcare Houndiscombe Road has 91 reviews.

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Review from Lisa P (Mother of Child) published on 30 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am very happy with the level of care given to my children and would recommend them to anyone who required outstanding childcare. The staff are all very friendly, welcoming and caring they have helped my children grow and learn so much already and still continuing to help them learn as much as possible.
I believe the facilities are friendly, have a lovely homely feel and are of a very high standard, which we see these developing with the needs of the children, they have a beautiful large outdoor space with my children love using as well as the lovely other rooms they are able to use. My children always come back talking about all the lovely and fun activities they do within the nursery as well as the food which they love eating.
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Review from Holly M (Mother of Child) published on 30 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My children have attended Bambinos Childcare Centre Plymouth since they were only 4 months old. Throughout this time they have received the care and support that has enabled them to become confident and kind children. I couldn’t recommend Bambinos enough!
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Review from Shona B (Mother of Child) published on 30 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending Bambino's since she was 7 months old. The staff at the setting are amazing and have really helped her progress through her stages of learning. She loves the setting and we have never had a problem leaving her there, only picking up as she doesn't actually want to leave!
We have made great friendships at the nursery with children and staff, who cannot do enough for you. They accommodate where they can to small changes and are really supportive. My daughter has an allergy and this wasn't an issue with meal times, the staff have changed meal plans for her and brought in things which she can eat. It's been an amazing few months!
We love the setting and would recommend to everyone!
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Review from V F (Aunt of Child) published on 30 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Beautiful stimulating environments, very friendly staff who have put us at ease when settling.
orginally booked elsewhere until viewed this nursery and was overwhelmed by the standards set.
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Review from Carly G (Mother of Child) published on 30 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter is now almost 3 years old and has been attending Bambinos since she was 9 months old.
As both partners work full time we could not be happier with the love, care and support our daughter gets as well as the support we get as parents. Her speech is amazing, she learns so many things on a
daily basis. So much care and attention goes into her learning every day.
She would not be the bright, funny and intelligent little girl she is today without all the staff members at Bambinos.
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Review from Emily P (Mother of Child) published on 30 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son started with Bambinos Childcare Centre Plymouth when he was 9 months old, he’s now nearly 2 and he absolutely loves it. All the staff are really lovely, very informative of what my son has been doing every day and I would fully recommend the nursery.
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Review from Kayleigh S (Mother of Child) published on 30 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child was very shy to start with but she now loves going to nursery and asks every day if she's going. She has an excellent relationship with all staff members and I know she is in great hands when I leave her. The children are lovely and play nicely together. There are so many activities to do all
day so my child never gets bored. She particularly likes to go in the garden and play with the mud kitchen and the climbing frame. I would highly recommend this nursery to anybody. We will be sad to leave next year when my child starts school.
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Review from Nicki C (Mother of Child) published on 30 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending Bambinos Childcare Centre Plymouth since she was 7 months old. The care and kindness the staff showed her meant that I was confident about being able to leave her to return to work without feeling guilty as I knew she was safe and having lots of fun. She has recently moved
to the toddler room and is already settled and loving the new environment. She is constantly singing all the songs she's learning and is a very happy and confident two-year-old.
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Review from Jodie H (Mother of Child) published on 30 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
We found a few staff at Bambino’s outstanding and couldn’t help our son enough, he was in the 2-3s room for approx 3 months. However, we had to take him away from Bambino’s and find a new nursery due to an incident that happened involving a new member of staff. We were very sad to have to leave Bambino’s,
as our son was very happy there and loved going.
The Nursery seems very unorganised when it comes to routine, the children are also put to sleep in the same room as where children are still playing/ learning, which is a burden on the staff.
My child and a few other children were being told to be quiet during these periods and were not allowed to play with props (in case they made a noise).
When raising a concern with the management about the new arrangement, of children sleeping in the same room as children playing, my husband and I were told that remaining children would play in the garden or the soft playroom while the others were sleeping. However, this was not put into practice.
Reply from Sara Richards, Director at Bambinos Childcare Houndiscombe Road
Thank you for your comments we welcome all feedback and continue to provide outstanding care in all areas.
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Review from Megan J (Mother of Child) published on 30 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter loved the baby room and her key worker there and so when it came time for her to move up to the 2-3 room, I was worried she wouldn’t settle as well. But the team did such a wonderful job making her feel comfortable when she moved. After a few days, she was running into her new room as happy
as anything.
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Review from J R (Mother of Child) published on 3 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My little boy has been at Bambinos from 4 months old I was so worried about him being so little but all of the girls are amazing. The baby room staff make fantastic relationships with children and parents and my son loves his time at nursery. He is always engaged in fantastic activities and they really
support our family through each milestone (weaning, crawling). The environments are beautiful and I cannot recommend Bambinos enough!
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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.825)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.825) out of 10 for Bambinos Childcare Houndiscombe Road 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 17 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.9 out of 5 from 17 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 4.901 for Bambinos Childcare Houndiscombe Road is calculated as follows: ( (183 Excellents x 5) + (18 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 202 Ratings = 4.901
  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 4.924 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Bambinos Childcare Houndiscombe Road is based on 17 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 92 number of registered child places is 18.4. 17 Positive Reviews ÷ 18.4 = 0.924
  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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Kelly

Kelly Casemore

Job Title: Manager

Kelly has over 6 years of experience in childcare and is dedicated to building her skills by constantly learning new methods and technologies in childcare. Kelly provides the children at our day nursery with the best learning environment possible by creating a welcoming, stimulating environment that children and families can enjoy.
Kelly s very passionate about the Bambinos approach and loose parts play and incorporates this theory into the children’s daily routines.

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