Green Giraffe Nursery & Pre-School - Roath

44 The Parade, Roath, Cardiff CF24 3AB
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9.9 33 Reviews
  • Green Giraffe Nursery & Pre-School - Roath, Cardiff
Green Giraffe Nursery & Pre-School - Roath brings a nurturing, thoughtful approach to early years care in the heart of Roath, Cardiff. Situated on The Parade, the setting serves children from 6 weeks to 5 years in a warm, carefully designed environment.

The team centre their practice on gentle, loving care, ensuring each child is treated with patience, respect, and deep attentiveness. Coupled with this is a firm organic ethos: all meals and snacks are prepared using organic ingredients, reinforcing health, sustainability, and well-being.

Children engage in a Montessori-inspired curriculum blended with the Early Years Foundation Stage, allowing them freedom to explore in a carefully prepared environment while benefiting from skilled guidance.

Families choosing The Parade can expect a genuine partnership: open communication, thoughtful transitions, and a dedicated team supporting every child’s growth at their own pace. In this place, friendships bloom, confidence builds, and learning is rooted in love, respect and natural curiosity.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Courtney Gale (Manager)

Total Places for Children

  • 56

Age Range

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

Funding & Fees

  • Under Two Years Old


    Full Day - £82.00
    AM Session - £50.00
    PM Session - £48.00
    Full Week - £390.00


    Over Two Years Old


    Full Day - £81.00
    AM Session - £49.00
    PM Session - £47.00
    Full Week - £385.00

  • We will not be charging for bank holidays.


    School Wrap Around prices available upon request.


    Family Discount: 5% to siblings
    Deposit: £100.00 – Refunded with final payment
    Fees Includes: Infant Formula (until the child is 12 months old), Organic Meals, Snacks and Drinks, Eco-friendly Nappies and Nappy Cream, Sun Cream
    Opening times 7:45am – 6:00pm
    Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year

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 and Christmas

Parking

  • Free parking

Green Giraffe Nursery & Pre-School - Roath Reviews (33)

9.9

Green Giraffe Nursery & Pre-School - Roath has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.907) out of 10, based on 33 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Green Giraffe Nursery & Pre-School - Roath has 33 reviews.

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Review from B S (Mother of Child) published on 4 June 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Green Giraffe at the parade has been a lovely place for my little boy. The staff have taken the time to get to know him. When I take him there I can see they care about him. He loves the slide and the toys and they send photos during the day of him playing.
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Review from P R (Mother of Child) published on 2 June 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Giraffe Parade. The staff are incredibly warm, caring, and always willing to help - it's clear they genuinely love what they do. Our son started there at just 10 months old and is now 4; he settled in quickly and absolutely loves going to nursery each day.


The Montessori approach has been a wonderful

fit for his development, and the nursery's transparency is something we really value. Parents can drop off and pick up directly from the rooms, which gives us a chance to see the lovely interactions between staff and children firsthand.


The meals are another highlight - the menu is organic with great variety, and it's reassuring to know our son is eating so well. Most importantly, the atmosphere is always positive and the children seem genuinely happy.


We highly recommend Green Giraffe Parade to any parents looking for a nurturing, well-run, and engaging early years environment.

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Review from Renata G (Mother of Child) published on 30 May 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are very happy with Parade Green Giraffe nursery.Our child loves going to this nursery.He is always looking forward to go there.so many activities for kids and different variety of food,which means our child gets to taste different foods and I get some ideas too sometimes to try to cook for him different
food from what we cook at home.Staff is very professional and nice,always updates about our child day after picking him up.
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Review from Cesar S (Father of Child) published on 28 May 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We've had such a wonderful experience with GG Parade! Our oldest has been attending for 3 years, and our youngest recently joined at just 5 months old. From day one, the care and support from the staff have been exceptional.
One of the things we love most is the homemade food-it's such a comfort knowing
our children are eating healthy, nutritious meals every day. The staff are incredibly caring and attentive, and it's clear they genuinely love what they do. Our children are always so happy when we pick them up, and we've seen amazing development in both of them.
The management team is excellent-always approachable, professional, and clearly dedicated to creating a nurturing environment. We feel completely confident leaving our children in their care.
We would definitely recommend GG Parade to any parent looking for a safe, loving, and enriching nursery. It's been a fantastic experience for our whole family!
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Review from C E (Mother of Child) published on 27 May 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We love the parade green giraffe nursery. We feel very confident that our daughter is happy and safe when she goes there. She is always so excited to see the practitioners when she goes in in the morning and sometimes doesn't want to leave. She has learnt a lot from her time there and they support her
development amazingly. They are really supportive with things we can do at home to support our daughter's development as well. The communication is really good with regular updates on the app and a good handover at the end of the day. If we have any more children in the future we will definitely want them to attend this nursery too. There is a great variety of food and I feel our daughter is getting a lot of nutrients and variation when she is there. The staff are so attentive and you can tell they really care about the children. We are also very grateful with how flexible the nursery is in terms of swapping days if our daughter can't attend a session due to a holiday.
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Review from V B (Mother of Child) published on 27 May 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My baby is 11 months old now we started here at parade when he was 9 months and when I go to pick my baby he sometimes just lean on the staff (lady) and he takes time to come to me.
That gesture means so much to me that my baby is in safe hands and he likes them so much though it's only three months
for him.
Thankyou Green giraffe (parade ) for being so caring and loving.
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Review from Susie B (Mother of Child) published on 27 May 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Wonderful caring nursery with staff who are really dedicated and invested in caring, nurturing and offering fun and interesting opportunities and activities for children. I would reccomend the parade to anyone
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Review from E K (Mother of Child) published on 27 May 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My 2 year old son has attended Green Giraffe the Parade for a year, and he is thriving. He does a day and a half a week. They have helped him develop in so many more ways than I expected. He gets excited to go in in the morning, is always happy when I pick him up, and the nursery keeps us updated with
his activities via the app during the day. They are also easy to contact and communicate with. Couldn't recommend them more.
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Review from C D (Father of Child) published on 23 May 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I'm very happy with the care my son gets at Green Giraffe - Parade. The staff are brilliant and he loves his time there. They have great facilities and the new owners seem to be making some good improvements. Communication is good with parents and really enjoy the updates, observations and the parents
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Review from C G (Mother of Child) published on 20 May 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The parade green giraffe nursery is excellent! I feel like the staff genuinely care for our child and always have her wellbeing at the core of the care they provide her with. We would 100% recommend them
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Review from Kerry G (Mother of Child) published on 20 May 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We love the nursery and so does our son. He's fairly shy and we were quite concerned about how well he would settle in but the staff have been amazing with him and made us and him feel at ease from day 1. The food is excellent and he really enjoys eating there, which is obviously a relief to us but
the biggest telling sign is the fact that when we tell him where he is going he will go straight to his bag, try to put his shoes on and open the front door!
Also, whenever we do have any concerns the staff are always happy to talk to us and support us as well as him, whatever is happening.
Well done everyone at the parade!
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Review from Sarah B (Mother of Child) published on 20 May 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are so pleased with the service we receive from The Green Giraffe Nursery - The Parade. My daughter always has such an enriching experience when she is there, the staff are incredibly caring and have very much embraced my daughter's additional requirements due to her wearing hearing aids, and going
the extra mile to start learning BSL. We know that my daughter is very well cared for when she is with them, and I highly recommend it.
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Review from Simon C (Stepfather of Child) published on 24 September 2024 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The Green Giraffe Nursery has been fantastic with our son. We'll be taking our daughter there soon, too. The managers are very kind and caring and the staff do a fantastic job at keeping our son happy. We have been to a couple of The Green Giraffe nurseries due to work place changing around the city
centre, but they have always been so accommodating to help fit our child in a new location.
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.907)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.907) out of 10 for Green Giraffe Nursery & Pre-School - Roath 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 33 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 33 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 4.907 for Green Giraffe Nursery & Pre-School - Roath is calculated as follows: ( (361 Excellents x 5) + (33 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 396 Ratings = 4.907
  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 Green Giraffe Nursery & Pre-School - Roath is based on 33 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 56 number of registered child places is 11.2, which has been reached with 33 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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