A small, friendly preschool near Exeter that welcomed its first intake of young children last spring has already received a good grade.
In a recent Ofsted inspection, the Kidzone at Exminster - operated by local charity Westbank Community Health and Care - was described as a ‘Good Provider’.
The charity’s preschool for Over 2s opened its doors at the end of April 2022, with...
A nursery worker from Paignton has celebrated over 20 years of service at a local day nursery and pre-school.
Racheal O’Reilly has spent her career working at the Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-School at South Devon College in Long Road where she is an Early Years Educator with a Level 3 qualification.
The family-run business, headed up by husband and wife team Tony and Bev...
A South West nursery group, which was launched in Bristol, has celebrated the 18th anniversary of opening its doors to the first children and their families.
The Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-School group was founded by husband and wife team Tony and Bev Driffield who opened the first setting in Brislington on 8 February 2004.
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A South-West nursery group is celebrating the incredible achievement of being named one of the top 20 nursery groups in the UK by parents.
The Mama Bear’s Day Nursery & Pre-School group which runs 23 settings in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Somerset and Devon, was awarded the recognition by leading childcare review website DayNurseries.co.uk , the equivalent to TripAdviser for...
A South West-based nursery group has invested in the latest anti-viral fogging equipment to keep its 24 settings safe.
Mama Bear’s Day Nurseries & Pre-School group, a family-run business operating across Bristol, Somerset and Devon, has introduced fogging machines in all of its nurseries in order to sanitise each room at the end of the day.
The Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-School in Fortview has been named the best day nursery in Plymouth by a leading national guide.
The nursery, which can be found on Crownhill Fort Road, has topped the list of Plymouth nurseries compiled by DayNurseries.co.uk , with a perfect score of 10 – the maximum score available.
DayNurseries.co.uk is the leading UK nursery review...
The Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-School in Crownhill has been rated as ‘Outstanding’ following its latest Ofsted inspection.
The rating is the fourth Outstanding grade to be achieved by the family-run nursery group this year, bringing the total number of top rated Mama Bear’s nurseries to 8, with a further 13 achieving Good grades.
A fresh call has been launched in Plymouth to get high quality candidates to train as nursery teachers – and help further improve early education of young children.
Across the South West more than four out of five nurseries and other early years providers (87 per cent) are rated as good or outstanding, up 16 per cent on 2010.
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