Barley Lea Nursery Coventry

Our newest member of the Bright Kids family is The Barley Lea nursery, Coventry, which opened in September 2021. Situated in the Stoke Aldermoor area of the city this nursery will be 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. Previously running as Tiny Toez Barley Lea it is now part of the Bright Kids group.

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 is ready for us to enhance further into an 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 plan to bring all of the experiences that we offer in our other settings to Barley Lea. Bright Kids has introduced a Curious theme to our learning as well as offering training to the whole team. We will also be looking to 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:

• Flexible ongoing childcare 51 weeks of the year from 7.30am until 6pm – we also offer flexible hours for shift workers and teachers
• 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 7:30am – 6:00pm. 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 2 year funded places and 3 & 4 yr funded education.

We were newly registered in September 2021. Our first inspection and grading can happen anytime within the first 30 months. We have five other nurseries, two Outstanding three Good. Our most recent inspections were in July & August 2022 where we obtained an Outstanding at our Evesham  setting and a Good at our Coughton setting. Our Evesham Report said:

At Evesham Nursery the overall the quality of the provision is OUTSTANDING.

Children receive care and education of the very highest quality. Staff make every child feel valued, safe and welcome. This results in an extremely happy and positive atmosphere where children thrive.

The manager and deputy manager lead the provision with vision, enthusiasm and expertise. Their absolute commitment to supporting each member of staff to be the best they can be has been the driving force in establishing provision of such a high quality.

Staff plan with the same meticulous detail for children’s care needs as they do for their learning needs. For example, they follow sleep routines from home for babies and ensure each room feels homely and very familiar for children. This, alongside the excellent care and support of the nurturing staff, means that children transition through the nursery smoothly and extremely happily.