Minnows Children's Day Nursery

39 Turford Avenue, Bramble Farm, Middlesbrough TS3 9AT
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9.9 152 Reviews
  • Minnows Children's Day Nursery, Middlesbrough
Minnows Children's Day Nursery has an interior purposely converted to suit skilled early years learning, with three activity rooms for each age group and an excellent outdoor play area.

Professionals focus on building strong relationships with both parents and their children, while their is support within the curriculum for independent thinking and development.

A key person system ensures there is regular feedback on progress and staff are also trained to support positive behaviour.

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Care Provided by Minnows Children's Day Nursery

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Hanna Reeve (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 12
  • Total Places for Children
  • 48
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 2 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

Minnows Children's Day Nursery Reviews (152)

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Minnows Children's Day Nursery has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.917) out of 10, based on 18 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Minnows Children's Day Nursery has 152 reviews.

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Review from Dave O (Father of Child) published on 22 January 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent service. Keep up the good work.

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Review from Linziee B (Mother of Child) published on 22 January 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Nursery is good, friendly and helped my son come on.

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Review from Jenny H (Mother of Child) published on 19 January 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I would really recommend Minnows. My son has been coming here since he was 9 months old. The staff are absolutely brilliant, all of them make an effort with myself and my child. He has come on a lot since he has been here, it's been great for his development. The food menu is also brilliant, healthy
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Review from Z H (Mother of Child) published on 1 December 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I would recommend Minnow as my daughter has come on a lot since she has started there.

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Review from Tanjie B (Mother of Child) published on 11 August 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has progress well in nursery and I feel he is supported well in his learning. I'd have no hesitation recommending this nursery to any future parents.

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Review from Leanne M (Mother of Child) published on 3 August 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son started Minnows in April, he has come along so well with his confidence and is much more playful in activities as a 2 year old should. My son has mild hearing loss and glue ear and the nursery has a speech therapist weekly which is great as he manages only to have it every three mornings at home.
Outside they have a fantastic fort with a slide but it is a shame it has no green grass for the children to run more and let off some energy. The staff are wonderful and always at hand to help of give advice . The cook works hard and makes scrumptious lunches for my son. Thank you to a great nursery managed by a good team leader and a fantastic nursery manager.

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Review from Macaulay C (Father of Child) published on 3 August 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very good, clean nursery, looking after my child well.

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Review from Hannah W (Mother of Child) published on 29 July 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I am really pleased with how well my son has come on with many things.

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Review from Louise H (Mother of Child) published on 28 July 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter really enjoys coming here, the staff are lovely and great with her.

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Review from Donna B (Mother of Child) published on 28 July 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son settled very well, I cannot fault the staff, helpful, loving caring and always have time to help answer questions or just for a chat. 100% recommend.

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Review from Amanda R (Mother of Child) published on 28 July 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff at Minnows are really good with the parents and children, they make it really easy for you to leave your child knowing they are well looked after. They always give you information on how your child's day has been and how they are progressing.

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Review from Beverly B (Mother of Child) published on 28 July 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Since my son has come to Minnows he has come on leaps and bounds with his speech and learning. I cannot recommend Minnows enough, excellent.

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.917)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.917) out of 10 for Minnows Children's Day Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 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 4.917 for Minnows Children's Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (203 Excellents x 5) + (9 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 216 Ratings = 4.917

  • 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 Minnows Children's Day Nursery 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 48 number of registered child places is 9.6, 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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Meet the Team (3)

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Hanna Reeve

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Joined: 2019

I hold an NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education and have been the manager at minnows since June 2022 I have also been deputy manager since 2019


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Jill Ruane

Job Title: Nursery Nurse

Joined: 2003

I have worked at Minnows since 2003 and hold a level 5 foundation stage degree in the early years. I am also the room leader in the two-year-old room


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Fiona Longworth

Job Title: Deputy Manager

Joined: 2021

I have a Level 6. I have been with the company since 2021. I have progressed in my career, starting as a nursery practitioner to becoming Deputy Manager. I am based in the 2-year-old room.


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