Darling Buds Nursery

Seaway House, 55 Bute Street, Cardiff CF10 5AH
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  • Darling Buds Nursery, Cardiff
Darling Buds Nursery is in a great location. It is in the heart of Cardiff Bay, and has access to buses and a train station. It is a short walk to the city centre, and the the A4232 is nearby.

The nursery is large and spacious allowing the team to be flexible and accommodate the parents' needs. Each area has large windows letting in lots of natural light and is furnished to a high standard.

The four age-specific rooms within the nursery cater for children from six weeks to five years of age and a room for the afterschool/holiday club for children 5+

The nursery offers flexible wrap-around day care as well as breakfast and afterschool clubs - ideal for busy working parents.

The team are all highly qualified to deliver a quality standard of care, learning and development which shows as the children are so happy.

Parents are welcome to visit the nursery and meet the team, with new admissions invited to spend some time in a group environment and get to know the staff that take care of the children
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Funding & Fees

We offer a range of sessions to cater your needs including:
Full Day Sessions -£63.00
Morning Sessions - £42.00
Afternoon Sessions - £42.00
Full Time Place (Monday to Friday) - £300.00
Pro Rata - As per sessions
Drop Off or Collection from local schools - £6.00
Breakfast Club £9.50
Afterschool Club - £17.00


Holiday Club (5-12 years) Full Day - £41.00
Morning Session - £25.00
Afternoon Session - £25.00


We offer a 10% discount for siblings attending the nursery (excluding holiday club, breakfast club and after school club)

All fees include meals, snacks, drinks, formula milk, nappies and wipes.
We have availability to cater for full and half day sessions, as well as sessions booked on a rota basis and temporary contracts. We offer a breakfast club, afterschool club, holiday club and a full wrap around service to a number of local schools.
If you think we can help you please let us know.

Contact Darling Buds Nursery to get a personalised quote.

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Type of Service

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

Owner

  • Cherie Salley
  • Privately Owned

Person in Charge

  • Claire Potter and Michelle Rayment (Managers)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 28

Total Places for Children

  • 105

Age Range

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

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:45-18:00
    Tuesday 07:45-18:00
    Wednesday 07:45-18:00
    Thursday 07:45-18:00
    Friday 07:45-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Darling Buds Nursery Reviews (61)

9.0

Darling Buds Nursery has a Review Score of 9.0 (8.958) out of 10, based on 8 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Darling Buds Nursery has 61 reviews.

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Review from Catriona G (Mother of Child) published on 27 October 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both our children have attended Darling Buds since 9 months old (now 3/12 and 4 1/2). The children love to go there and have a wide range of activities from drawing, painting and crafts, trips out to parks, the bay, museum, circle time with reading and singing and many other fun activities. The nursery
staff are very friendly and the management and admin team very helpful and flexible. We would thoroughly recommend the nursery who have not only cared wonderfully for our children, but also assisted in teaching them letter, numbers, colours, shades etc in both English and Welsh.
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Current Review Score: 9.0 (8.958)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.0 (8.958) out of 10 for Darling Buds Nursery 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 8 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.0 out of 5 from 8 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 4.927 for Darling Buds Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (89 Excellents x 5) + (7 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 96 Ratings = 4.927
  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 4.031 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Darling Buds Nursery is based on 8 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 = 3.65
    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 105 number of registered child places is 21. 8 Positive Reviews ÷ 21 = 0.381
  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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