hdc Dartmouth

Milton Lane, Dartmouth TQ6 9HW
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9.8 36 Reviews
  • hdc Dartmouth, Dartmouth
hdc's Dartmouth provides a safe, nurturing, stimulating environment, offering a perfect start for your child’s learning journey. The nursery offers exceptional care, enriched by unique learning opportunities for your child. One such experience is child-friendly cooking classes, helping to equip children with valuable skills and deeper knowledge of the cooking process.

In the Under 2's room, you will find a spacious and calm space with plenty of windows and light with a private deck that allows for fresh air. As your child becomes more independent, emphasis on child-centred practice and growth will give them the self-reliance and confidence to thrive. Their nursery educators enable active learning based on play and exploration. The Toddler Room has key areas and activities to capture the essential "learning in the moment". The room has plenty of natural light and the Toddler Room also has its own deck area to allow for fresh air and sunshine. As children approach their third birthday, with discussions with parents/carers, they will start a transition period into the nursery's Preschool Room. In their HDC Preschool Room, they focus on both prime and specific areas of learning – communication and language, physical development, personal, social and emotional development, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, expressive arts and design.

The nursery focuses on ensuring that their leavers are fully prepared for starting Reception at their chosen primary school. They have excellent links with the local primary schools and liaise with schools and parents to ensure that your child's transition is as smooth as possible.

The nursery proudly offers a 5% discount to NHS, The Britannia Royal Naval College, The Medical Practice (Victoria Road), Dartmouth Clinic (Mayors Avenue), Torbay Hospital and Totnes Community Hospital workers.

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Care Provided by hdc Dartmouth

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Tash Slade (Nursery Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 7
  • Total Places for Children
  • 42
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Funding & Fees Guide for hdc Dartmouth

  • Full Day Session £74.20

  • A £100 non-refundable registration fee is required to secure a place. Exact days of attendance should be confirmed no later than 6 weeks prior to the child’s start date. Any changes are subject to availability.
  • Parking

  • Parking is available within the school grounds for convenient drop-off and pick-up.


hdc Dartmouth Reviews (36)

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9.8

hdc Dartmouth has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.791) out of 10, based on 18 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time hdc Dartmouth has 36 reviews.

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Review from Edward C (Father of Child) published on 18 November 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We've been delighted with hdc Dartmouth. Our daughter loves being there, and all the staff have been wonderful with her. They helped her settle really easily, and she's so excited to go in the morning, which is wonderful to see. I couldn't recommend it highly enough.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at hdc Dartmouth

Thank you for your review; we really appreciate it!


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Review from A W (Grandmother of Child) published on 18 November 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent staff, great activities, very sympathetic, flexible and extremely understanding. My grandson loves his two days with you and he is learning new skills fast, loving every minute of his time.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at hdc Dartmouth

Thank you for you review! We really appreciate your feedback.


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Review from Kath G (Grandmother of Child) published on 18 November 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

It's a lovely nursery. Always feel welcomed by the staff when we come to pick our granddaughter up. She loves it up there with all the staff and children. She talks to us about staff and that she has been playing with the boys and girls.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at hdc Dartmouth

Hi and thank you for your review, we really appreciate it.


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Review from T S (Father of Child) published on 18 November 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our child has been in the baby and toddler room. The team have always been very caring and really seem to enjoy the work and being around the children. The activities are wide ranging and fun, the facilities are good.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at hdc Dartmouth

Thank you so much for your review. We are delighted to hear how well your child has settled into nursery life!


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Review from M K (Mother of Child) published on 17 November 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A very positive nursery environment for my daughter. The varied stimulation really interests my child and these help improve her skills in many areas. Messy play is great as I don't do this at home. The staff are always very friendly. The option to do half days would be very handy.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at hdc Dartmouth

Thank you very much for your review, we really appreciate it!


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Review from Kayleigh B (Mother of Child) published on 17 November 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter started at the beginning of this year at hdc - Dartmouth. They have been absolutely fantastic right the way through from enquiry and admission. The manager and staff have been incredibly helpful and supportive in meeting my child's additional needs. As a nursery, they are very child focused
and provide lots of hands on play and outdoor activities. They are very good at communicating with parents and keeping us updated regularly with observations and developmental progress. I am very happy with this nursery and my daughter absolutely loves it. She is always very happy and the staff are incredible with her.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at hdc Dartmouth

Thank you for your review, and for taking the time to write it - we really appreciate it!


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Review from Alice T (Mother of Child) published on 17 November 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Hdc Dartmouth have been just brilliant. They've made us as a family so welcome. Our two boys settled so well, great communication, lovely food and lots of activities. Really lovely place for small people to be!

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at hdc Dartmouth

Thank you for your review, we really appreciate it!


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Review from A D (Father of Child) published on 8 November 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5

Staff turnover is reasonably high, but they are always friendly. Nutritionally there is over usage of bulky products such as legumes and the day-to-day menu isn't particularly varied.
Outdoor and indoor spaces are good and well-used.
I have marked cleanliness as low, the nursery looks clean but the
transmission of infection is relatively high.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at hdc Dartmouth

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.
With many sectors across the country, Early Years has been affected in the last 12 months by severe staff shortages. We are working hard to ensure that we have well-qualified and experienced staff at all of our sites.
Our menus change regularly and aim to provide a variety of healthy options for the children, meeting the required nutritional guidelines. We are always looking to better our menus so please do let us know if you have any particular suggestions as to what you would like to see on our menus. You can provide this feedback on letusknow@tosn.co.uk.
Thank you for your additional feedback regarding the cleanliness. We will pass this on to the Nursery Manager as well as the Area Manager.
Thank you again for your feedback and for taking the time to write us a review.


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Review from K C (Mother of Child) published on 15 June 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I can't recommend this nursery highly enough. Both our kids have been at hdc Dartmouth
since they were younger than one and the staff have been consistently caring, responsive, thoughtful and creative. The activities they do there are great - lots of messy and outdoor play. The staff are always ready
to meet the children where they are and develop a learning and caring plan that's best for them.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at hdc Dartmouth

Thank you for your review! We really appreciate it!


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Review from K E (Mother of Child) published on 3 December 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Hdc Dartmouth is a very good nursery. My daughter has come a long way since joining and loves attending. The staff and management are very informative, helpful and always keep parents up to date on events, children's progress, sleep, eating etc. which I like. The food menu is amazing with a variety
of different food available. My daughter loves being outside and she is able to be this at nursery which I think is really good.

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Review from J B (Mother of Child) published on 15 April 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My son loves going to nursery. The staff are friendly and professional. The aesthetics are fun, educational and do lots of things that we don't do at home. I would highly recommend hdc Dartmouth.

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Review from Sigourney M (Mother of Child) published on 22 March 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A fantastic nursery, super friendly, educational, fun and great meals. My daughter absolutely loves it! Would recommend one hundred percent. We are going to seriously miss it once she starts primary school. Thank you so much to everyone at hdc Darmouth.

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Review from Becky H (Mother of Child) published on 22 March 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our daughter goes to nursery here, she’s now twenty months old and she absolutely loves it. She always had so much fun and is learning lots of new things fast. We also get updates throughout the day via the app about what she’s been up to, what she has eaten and if she has slept. The staff are so friendly
and welcoming. I would one hundred percent recommend, thank you for everything you do!

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Review from Lizzy TR (Mother of Child) published on 22 March 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

hdc Darmouth is a very special place. The staff show incredible kindness and care towards both of my children and they have relentless positivity and enthusiasm! It is clear that my daughter absolutely adores her key worker and when recently talking to my honest three year old son, he told me that he
always wants to go to nursery with his key worker! Communication via the app is excellent, we feel very well informed by the detailed and regular updates and photos we receive. The management at hdc Dartmouth is helpful and very responsive. In summary, hdc Dartmouth is a fantastic nursery!

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Review from Joel J (Father of Child) published on 19 March 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has attended the nursery since a baby and throughly enjoys going. He has a really good relationship with the staff and I feel he's very well cared for. We enjoy seeing the pictures and observations on the app of the exciting activities he does!

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Review from C B (Mother of Child) published on 19 March 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My child really enjoys going to nursery. He runs in very happily each day. He always does lots of different activities and lots of things that we wouldn’t normally do at home, which is great. All the staff are very enthusiastic and caring.

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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.791)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.791) out of 10 for hdc Dartmouth is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 18 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 18 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 4.791 for hdc Dartmouth is calculated as follows: ( (174 Excellents x 5) + (37 Goods x 4) + (4 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 215 Ratings = 4.791

  • 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 hdc Dartmouth is based on 18 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 42 number of registered child places is 8.4, which has been reached with 18 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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Tash

Tash Slade

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Joined: 2023

Hello! I'm Tash and I am the Nursery Manager here at hdc Dartmouth.


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