Little Gems Private Day Nursery

1 Dunlady Road, Dundonald, Belfast BT16 1TT
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9.9 125 Reviews
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Little Gems Private Day Nursery offers a loving homely environment for your child, having been part of the community for over 12 years with long established management and staff. Little Gems offers full day care for children aged 3months to 10years old. Each room is equipped with age appropriate resources and has a full programme of activities for a fun and stimulating day. Under 3s enjoy a weekly visit from Jo Jingles for music and dancing while Pre-school enjoy Spanish lessons and Debut Tots as part of the Pre-school curriculum. A large garden offers plenty of opportunity for exploring outside, gardening and outdoor toys. After-school care is available all year with a summer scheme and breakfast club. The nursery collects from Dundonald Primary and Brooklands Primary. Everyday carers strive to meet the individual needs of every child in their care, encouraging learning through play, covering all the areas of learning to develop independent and confident children.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Leah Morrow (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 38

Total Places for Children

  • 103

Age Range

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

Funding & Fees

  • Full Week - £314
    Full Day - £75
    Half Day - £52
    Two children – Full time - £531.50
    Afterschool - £35
    Morning & Afterschool - £36.00

  • Fees applicable from April 1st 2025.

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

  • Public Holidays

Little Gems Private Day Nursery Reviews (125)

9.9

Little Gems Private Day Nursery has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.923) out of 10, based on 24 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Little Gems Private Day Nursery has 125 reviews.

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Review from Ki (Mother of Child) published on 25 May 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been coming to the nursery for near 2 years and is coming on leaps and bounds. The staff are fantastic my daughter loves a Tuesday and Wednesday morning when you tell her she is going.
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Review from Rachel H (Mother of Child) published on 6 January 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending Little Gems full time since Sept 2014. She loves it and all the staff are lovely, very approachable and I genuinely feel they really care for her. They are always enthusiastic and all the children seem to be very happy there.
Having previously had both my daughters at
another nursery until we moved house, I was keen to keep my daughter into clear day nurseries as both had been so happy there, the managers had been so helpful and welcoming that I had no doubts that Little Gems would be just as good and I've not been disappointed. I have been so impressed with both nurseries and it is such a reassurance to know how well she is looked after and that the girls are giving her such a good educational, emotional and play start to her life, especially with her being there full time. Not to mention the new chef who seems to be cooking up lots of healthy and different dishes :)
I am regularly recommending and singing the praises of all at Little Gems on social media when parents are on looking for recommendations of nurseries.
Thank you to all, and hopefully my daughter will continue to flourish within your care until she starts P1 in 2017.
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Review from Sarah G (Grandmother of Child) published on 14 December 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My twin grandchildren started this nursery in August when my daughter got a full time job. We visited a number of nurseries in the area but we're very impressed by the friendliness and openness of the staff. I am usually the person dropping off and picking up the children and I can honestly say that
I am always impressed by the welcome the children receive everyday. The children clearly love the staff and are happy to be left there. I have never had any worries about the care they receive and am happy to recommend this nursery to other parents.
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Review from Parent of a 19 months toddler (Mother of Child) published on 14 December 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter started at the nursery aged 10 months and moved on to the wobbler room at the end of October (17 months). We have watched her blossom and she is very happy at the nursery. She moved on to the wobbler room in her own time but joined other children whom she had met in the baby room which
meant that she encountered familiar faces. There was a 1 week transitioning period during which a carer from the baby room accompanied her to the toddler room.
The staff are warm and appear attentive and affectionate with our child. I have also observed them demonstrate the same affection and attentiveness to the other children.
There are lots of activities every day (colouring, painting, drawing, making Festive decorations, outdoors and indoors play).
Meals are healthy and there is a varied menu each day. The nursery is respectful of our wishes and adheres to our dietary preferences for our child (healthier option wherever possible).
They also feed her her evening meal if we provide it which is quite helpful whenever we are held up in work or slow traffic.
The staff are also knowledgeable about common childhood rashes and ailments and they will look out for these and inform us ASAP. They are usually spot on.
Prescribed medication/antibiotics, as well as over the counter diaper rash creams are applied as per our instructions. Previously, we had a few issues regarding this but there has been a great improvement since the end of October. We felt our concerns were largely listened to.
The nursery accepts child care vouchers however, in our experience, there are a few initial hiccups in processing of payments. However, once this is sorted then the system works efficiently.
Previously we noticed a stale smell that would greet us at the door and clung to our daughters clothes when we picked her up at the end of the day. However, recently (past few weeks) there has been a great improvement and the smell has resolved.
We have not had any safe guarding issues.
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Review from Louise C (Mother of Child) published on 8 December 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have been using Little Gems for the last five years and am extremely happy with the care and education that my children receive. The staff are professional and enthusiastic in assisting the children to learn and the surroundings are great for accommodating different types of play. I have no hesitation
in recommending Little Gems!
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.923)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.923) out of 10 for Little Gems Private Day 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 24 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 24 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 4.923 for Little Gems Private Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (264 Excellents x 5) + (20 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 285 Ratings = 4.923
  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 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Little Gems Private Day Nursery is based on 24 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 103 number of registered child places is 20.6, which has been reached with 24 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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Leah Morrow

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2008

Leah Morrow has been our manager at Little Gems since July 2022 and previously held the manager position in our Greendale nursery.

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