Burstead Bears Day Nursery Billericay

Guildprime Business Centre, Southend Road, Billericay CM11 2PZ
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  • Burstead Bears Day Nursery Billericay, Billericay
Burstead Bears is an award-winning day nursery, having attained the 'Gold Award for Healthy Eating' and '5 Star Award of Excellence for Hygiene'.

The children benefit from the nursery’s most important resource - a high quality and high ratio team of skilled early years nursery practitioners.

The modern nursery offers a detached single storey dedicated baby unit with full under-floor heating and single storey main nursery with several age-appropriate rooms. The nursery has gas central heating and air conditioning throughout, a large enclosed play garden as well as a separate sensory garden.

There is a secure online viewing system for parents to view their child and to see the high quality care being administered. The nursery also has a video entry system and a fully integrated monitored alarm system for both intruders and smoke. For any enquires or to arrange a viewing, please contact the nursery.

Care Provided by Burstead Bears Day Nursery Billericay

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care

Good to Know

  • Owner
  • Burstead Bears Day Nursery
  • Person in charge
  • Rachael Robinson (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 15
  • Total Places for Children
  • 37
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 0 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays

Burstead Bears Day Nursery Billericay Reviews (160)

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Burstead Bears Day Nursery Billericay has a Review Score of 10 (10.000) out of 10, based on 28 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Burstead Bears Day Nursery Billericay has 160 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Lovely staff and very welcoming team, nothing is to much for them. After only 2 visits my boy has come home exhausted which shows me how much he was interacting and playing. Very happy after just 2 visits.

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Very impressed with everyone at the nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Burstead Bears Day Nursery Billericay is a wonderful nursery that has been very welcoming from the start. They have made our daughter very settled and she adores her key worker. We get daily reports and then every three months you get a review on your child's progress, which is great. We are delighted
we found them and hope to have our daughter there for the rest of her nursery duration.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We are very impressed with the girls and the site, we feel that she is coming out of her shell.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am so happy with the love and care my child receives! He always comes home and happy and likes to talk about the things he has been up to.
He loves the Tiger room and I am really happy with how he is developing.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I have always been happy with the nursery, my daughter is always happy to go and very happy afterwards. She eats and sleeps really well.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I really love the nursery with its very friendly staff who I feel very comfortable leaving my children with.

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Very happy with all aspects.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We have had a really positive experience with the nursery. Our daughter has settled in really well and has a great relationship with the staff and her key worker. We would recommend the nursery without hesitation.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We are really pleased with the level of care our daughter receives and she enjoys her time at the nursery. The staff are helpful and friendly too.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The best nursery around!! Both my girls attend this nursery and I have had nothing but a positive experience over the last two and a half years. The love and care provided are second to none. I wouldn't go anywhere else. Their confidence has grown so much, and the friendships they have developed are
invaluable. Highly recommend!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has settled in really well. She loves attending and enjoys her time. The staff are very helpful and wonderful with the children. I couldn't recommend them more.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Burstead Bears have been fantastic for the past 2.5 years in every way. Can't recommend Burstead Bears enough and will make as many personal recommendations as I can! Thanks.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Extremely pleased with all aspects of this nursery. The girls all take such care to get to know the children and regularly provide an update on my child's progress.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I feel very happy and confident leaving my daughter at the nursery. She is always happy and learns new things every week. For her personal development, the nursery is great. All of the staff are friendly and great at their jobs.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

This is the best nursery I could have sent my daughter to. She had an amazing time for the period that I sent her and I am hoping to return her here in the new year. I can't recommend it enough. The manager and all of the staff are so friendly and kind, I believe that the care for every child and their
needs as if they were their own. The best nursery around. Even now after three months she still mentions the staff that she loved!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am so happy with the nursery. The cleanliness is excellent, the staff are so friendly and professional.
My daughter has really benefitted from attending the nursery. I would highly recommend the nursery to anyone, friends and family.
5-star service.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Great communication with parents and keeping us informed of our child's learning.
Great at working with our child - improvement in speech etc is visible on nursery days.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very good. My child enjoys nursery and everyone is very friendly.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My sons have both attended Burstead Bears and both loved it.
The staff are the best and they have excellent relationships with all the kids and parents.
I would highly recommend Burstead Bears as it is a smaller setting with a personal feel.
I saw my eldest child flourish at school due to the excellent
foundation work on phonics that was done at Burstead Bears.
I will very much miss all the staff this year when my youngest leaves to go to school but I know he has had the best start there is in Burstead Bears.

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Current Review Score: 10.0 (10.000)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (10.000) out of 10 for Burstead Bears Day Nursery Billericay is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 28 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 28 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:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 5.000 for Burstead Bears Day Nursery Billericay is calculated as follows: ( (336 Excellents x 5) ) ÷ 336 Ratings = 5

  • b) 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 Burstead Bears Day Nursery Billericay is based on 28 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 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

    • ii) 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 37 number of registered child places is 7.4, which has been reached with 28 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • 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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Meet the Team (6)

Rachael

Rachael Robinson

Job Title: Manager (Safeguarding Children Co-ordinator)

Joined: 2006

Rachael, who has over 20 years of experience in childcare, joined Burstead Bears in September 2006 and helped establish the Nursery to the enviable reputation it enjoys today. Rachael has qualifications in both childcare and management and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the nursery.


Paula

Paula Dann

Job Title: Deputy Manager

Joined: 2011

Paula qualified as a nursery practitioner in 2006. Since this time Paula has progressed to be a most professional and skilled practitioner, who has achieved the equivalent to an NVQ Level 4. Due to Paula's vast experience, she has earned the respect of all her colleagues, which is due to her capacity to comprehend and respond to our children's needs with ease, she is also perceptive, supportive and patient with both children and colleagues alike.


Bethany

Bethany Dyson

Job Title: Deputy Manager

Joined: 2014

Bethany is a bright, cheerful and outgoing character, who joined our nursery team because after completing a 2 week work experience at a nursery, she realised that it was a long term career in childcare that she wanted to pursue. Bethany enjoys creative art and in particular painting, which is put to good use with the children. Since becoming a member of Burstead Bears, Bethany has demonstrated excellent interaction skills, as well as a willingness to help others and a desire to progress in her role within the nursery to make a rounded member of the team.


Nicola

Nicola Stephens

Job Title: Senior Nursery Practitioner

Joined: 2010

Nicola is a bright, enthusiastic and caring individual who has a wealth of experience working with early year’s children of all ages from new born babies to our pre-school children. Nicola started life at Burstead Bears in 2010 as one of our nursery practitioners with a true passion for working with young children. As time progressed she was promoted to a senior nursery practitioner, a role for which she is highly respected. Additionally, Nicola assists with various duties in the management of the nursery. Since joining the nursery Nicola has started her own family and now has a lovely son.


Keli

Keli Reed

Job Title: Senior Nursery Practitioner

Joined: 2014

Keli has been working in the childcare sector since 1998, during which she has worked as a nanny for 10 years with children aged up to 16, and as a nursery practitioner with children from birth to age 5. Within Keli's role she has cared for many children of varying abilities including a 5 year period where she had great pleasure in caring for child with autism, who thanks to Keli's input is today learning, socialising, communicating developing really well. This makes Keli one of the nursery's most experienced and respected members of staff. After all the years Keli has worked in this sector, she still maintains the same passion in her role caring for children and helping them progress as she did when she first started. Keli's main pursuit outside of work is caring for her 3 horses as well as competing in various equestrian events, in which she has been most successful winning trophies for show jumping, cross country and dressage.


Jodie

Jodie Eldred

Job Title: Nursery Practitioner

Joined: 2015

Jodie was initially inspired to work in childcare by her mother who had worked in the childcare sector for many years. Since joining Burstead Bears Jodie has displayed her passion of working with children by showing a great deal of empathy, warmth, understanding and enthusiasm whilst interacting in both play and education. This is evident as the children immediately warm to Jodie’s friendly and gentle persona. Jodie’s interests include: canoeing, sailing, reading and painting.