Holly House Day Nursery

54 Belfast Road, Lurgan, Craigavon BT66 7JP
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  • Holly House Day Nursery, Craigavon
Holly House Nursery is part of a chain of nurseries - Clear Day Nurseries. The Nursery offers a loving homely environment for your child. Holly House has been established for over 20 years offering care for children aged 3 months – 12 years old. Management and many staff have been part of the nursery for over 10 years.

The large house and purpose built pre-school unit offers age-appropriate activities and resources ensuring a fun-filled stimulating day. The fenced garden with climbing frame gives an opportunity to explore the great outdoors. A wooded forestry area allows the children to explore nature in a safe outdoor environment. The children love to draw on the chalk boards, sow the vegetable patch and gain some knowledge of the outdoor world in their small forest school area.

Every day at Holly House is stimulating and exciting. Visits from Moo Music, Amazon Jungle, Police, Fire Service, Nurses and Dental all pop in to help assist with the educational learning over the year. Yearly themes are incorporated throughout each age range and compliment the daily activities and pre-school curriculum. School collection, breakfast club and summer scheme are available for children attending the local schools. The cook ensures that every child receives a nutritionally balanced meal to suit all cultures, dietary requirements or intolerances. Nursery Practitioners are dedicated to ensuring every child’s developmental needs are met in line with the Nursery Ethos and local HSCT.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Pamela Clarke (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 22

Total Places for Children

  • 75

Age Range

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

Funding & Fees

  • Full Time - £260.50
    Full Day - £60
    Half Day - £42
    Two children – Full Time - £435.50
    Afterschools - £29.50

  • Fees applicable from April 1st 2025.

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:00-17:30
    Tuesday 07:00-17:30
    Wednesday 07:00-17:30
    Thursday 07:00-17:30
    Friday 07:00-17:30

When Closed

  • Public Holidays

Holly House Day Nursery Reviews (85)

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Holly House Day Nursery has a Review Score of 10 (9.979) out of 10, based on 20 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Holly House Day Nursery has 85 reviews.

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Review from V B (Mother of Child) published on 23 February 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A fantastic home from home for my son. Always help with learning new things every day. The staff are all loving and caring to all the children. The girls all take an interest in the kid's likes and dislikes and cater activities to suit. My son loves going to Holly House every day and loves coming home
to tell me what he has done and learned that day. Puts my mind at ease that my child is so well looked after and cared for while I am at work.
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Review from L G (Mother of Child) published on 14 February 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son attends the Wobbler Room in Holly House Nursery, he has settled so well moving from the baby room. I am over the moon with how well the girls care for my child and I would highly recommend this nursery. Great care and great staff.
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Review from A M (Father of Child) published on 14 February 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son attends this nursery 3 days a week. He loves it and the care provided is second to none. I highly recommend to all.
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Review from JC (Mother of Child) published on 13 January 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Holly House Day Nursery provides a most caring, interactive and personalised environment. Our daughter currently is cared for in the baby room. I cannot fault the care she receives here! All staff are welcoming and friendly and ultimately are child centred. I have been so impressed by the range of stimulating
activities afforded to our daughter as well as the exacting observations held by Holly House Day Nursery staff re. development of personality and abilities. As parents, we are kept well-informed about daily activities, menus (great variety) and upcoming events. I would not hesitate to recommend this excellent nursery.
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Review from Denise P (Grandfather of Child) published on 13 October 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
All round great nursery for my grandson, pleasant staff and very caring. My grandson is very happy attending and has come on leaps and bounds since he started.
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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.979)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.979) out of 10 for Holly House Day Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 20 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 20 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 4.979 for Holly House Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (235 Excellents x 5) + (3 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 239 Ratings = 4.979
  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 Holly House Day Nursery is based on 20 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 75 number of registered child places is 15, which has been reached with 20 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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Awards / Recognitions (16)

Meet the Team (7)

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Pamela Purdy

Job Title: Manager Joined: 2002

Pamela started in 2002 and is currently the manager of Holly House and has been since 2013.

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Cara McCracken

Job Title: Deputy Manager Joined: 2008

Cara started in 2008 and has been Deputy Manager of Holly House since 2014.

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Nicola Headley

Job Title: Unit Head of Baby Room Joined: 2005

Nicola started in Holly House in 2005.

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Karen Young

Job Title: Unit Head of Wobbler Room Joined: 2008

Karen has worked in Holly House since 2008.

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Amanda Magowan

Job Title: Unit Head of Toddler Room Joined: 2018

Amanda started in Holly House in 2018.

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Alana Marno

Job Title: Unit Head of Pre-School Joined: 2013

Alana started in Holly House in 2013.

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Gemma Adams

Job Title: Unit Head of After-School Joined: 2004

Gemma started in Holly House in 2004.

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