Barley Lea Nursery Coventry

Now an established memner of the Bright Kids family, The Barley Lea nursery, Coventry, opened in September 2021. Situated in the Stoke Aldermoor area of the city this nursery is able to serve other local districts as well, including Willenhall, Whitley & Binley. The Barley Lea Nursery will provide the same quality, friendly childcare services that we have become known for across all of our other Midlands nurseries.
We are proud to be taking over the Barley Lea nursery, based on The Barley Lea itself and close to Aldermoor Farm Primary School and St Catherines Church. The Barley Lea Nursery will continue to offer indoor and outdoor play on a daily basis, providing the children with essential play opportunities to learn.

The facilities at Barley Lea include an outdoor classroom and a large play space that has benefitted from much investement in order to enhance the interesting environment for children to learn and explore. Indoors, babies have their own dedicated area with activities suitable for their development. Our Toddlers & Pre-school children share a space with integrated learning aimed at their individual learning needs.

We phave brought all of the experiences that we offer in our other settings to Barley Lea. Bright Kids has introduced our Awe & Wonder environemnt to the learning as well as offering training to the whole team. We also continue our adventures in the local area and seeing how we can interact with it through taking walks and joining in with local activities.

In addition we offer:

The Barley Lea Nursery offers you as a busy parent:

• Wraparound Care for pre-school children is also available
• Peace of mind knowing your child is in a quality setting being looked after by qualified staff
• A range of practical clothing & accessories
• Nutritional hot lunches served from 5* rated kitchens
• Our car park allows for the safe drop-off and collection of your child

The Barley Lea Nursery is run by qualified, experienced staff who provide quality childcare and pre-school education from 8am – 6pm. Also flexible part-time hours can be arranged where required.

Indoor play space is provided for your child in specially created age groups and activities are planned to suit their developmental and also learning needs.

Your child will receive age appropriate childcare in small groups:

• Bright Beginnings (6 weeks to 24 months) ‘Our Explorers’
• The Toddler Zone (24 months to 3 years) ‘Our Discoverers’ and
• Pre-School Education (3 years plus) ‘Our Investigators’ share their space

Find out about the 30 hours funding options.

We were newly registered in September 2021. Our first inspection and grading took place in January 2023 and we’re proud of the comments made by Ofsted…

Overall the quality of the provision is GOOD.

Children thrive in this child-led environment. They are excited and engaged as they use their curiosity to extend their learning by creating purposeful play experiences with the interesting resources available. Children’s starting points and progress are accurately assessed, and staff have high expectations for all children attending. All children are developing key skills in preparation for the next stage in their learning and their eventual move on to school

Visits are welcome at any time except during our busy lunchtime period of 12:00 – 2:00pm when they would need to be by appointment only.

We have waiting lists for many age groups so booking early is always advantageous.