Acorns House (Park Grove, Cardiff City Centre)

7 Park Grove, Cardiff CF10 3BJ
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9.9 103 Reviews
  • Acorns House (Park Grove, Cardiff City Centre), Cardiff
Acorns House is located close to Cardiff City Centre in Park Grove. The nursery is made of three Victorian buildings, carefully renovated to provide a warm, light and airy environment where all children can learn, develop and grow.

Children have access to a range of facilities, including creative, messy construction, playrooms and peaceful cot rooms.

The nursery staff works to ensure each child has a fun, memorable time at the nursery. During their time, children can benefit from home-cooked meals within a glass roofed dining room, overlooking the garden area.

Staff offer children a wide range of play options, including sensory play, holistic and heuristic play, soft play, music and movement, role play, art and sand and water.

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Care Provided by Acorns House (Park Grove, Cardiff City Centre)

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Joanne Perkins (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 47
  • Total Places for Children
  • 147
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 1 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

Acorns House (Park Grove, Cardiff City Centre) Reviews (103)

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9.9

Acorns House (Park Grove, Cardiff City Centre) has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.934) out of 10, based on 33 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Acorns House (Park Grove, Cardiff City Centre) has 103 reviews.

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Review from Gemma S (Mother of Child) published on 3 May 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Both of my children have been to this nursery (currently one child still is there). The set up is fantastic. The children are well cared for by fantastic nursery staff, the children really feel safe and supported. The food is cooked fresh on the premises and the menu always looks amazing. The activities
are varied and exciting and allow the children to learn new skills. They allow the children into the gardens to play regularly. They are also extremely careful about the safety of the children and they have an open door policy which shows how confident they are of their staff.
Although not the cheapest day rate in Cardiff it has been well worth the extra money.

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Review from Marianne T (Mother of Child) published on 24 April 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I have no hesitation in recommending Acorns House. I speak from experience. I have 3 daughters who have visited and attended nurseries in the South Wales area. The care facilities, activities,m resources are outstanding. All areas are spotless. I have absolute confidence in all the staff from the managers
to the domestic staff. Have they considered providing private care beyond foundation phase?

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Review from Roger S (Father of Child) published on 19 October 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter started at Acorns when she was 16 months old and, having not spent much time away from her, choosing the right nursery was paramount for us. We viewed several nurseries in Cardiff; we were extremely impressed by the resources, equipment, cleanliness, professionalism of staff and quality
of care displayed during a viewing at Acorns House where we were able to turn up at our convenience and without making an appointment first!
We immediately chose this nursery and began the settling in process which was flawless from start to finish with initial stay and play sessions where we could meet the staff, get used to the nursery environment and more importantly watch our little girl making the first bonds with her key worker. They were extremely reassuring and the manager helped us to decide when it was the best time to start settling in sessions where we left our daughter for increasing periods of time.
My daughter cannot wait to go into nursery every day and she doesn't stop talking about free flow where she chooses from lots of different activities freely with her favourites including sand and water play, play dough, painting and baking! We also love the idea that the garden is accessible to the children all day.
The nursery have been extremely helpful recently and accommodating with dietary requirements and working alongside us with reintroducing foods!
My daughter has learned so much since starting at Acorns and we thoroughly enjoy the parents evenings where we look over her profile which has lots of photographs and observations showing how much she has developed over her time at Acorns.
My daughter is now in the preschool group where she benefits from teaching sessions with a qualified teacher and forest school! We are really looking forward to the upcoming Christmas concert also!
We are so happy with our choice for nursery and will be very sad to say goodbye next year when the time for "big school" arrives! A great big thank you to all of the team at Acorns for everything so far!

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.934)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.934) out of 10 for Acorns House (Park Grove, Cardiff City Centre) 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 33 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 33 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 4.934 for Acorns House (Park Grove, Cardiff City Centre) is calculated as follows: ( (370 Excellents x 5) + (24 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 395 Ratings = 4.934

  • 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 Acorns House (Park Grove, Cardiff City Centre) is based on 33 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 147 number of registered child places is 29.4, which has been reached with 33 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 (1)

Joanne

Joanne Perkins

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Joined: 1999

I started working for Acorns nurseries in 1999 as a Nursery Nurse, progressing to an Assistant Manager then a Nursery Manager.


I have managed Acorns St Mellons, Acorns Oakfield Street and Acorns House since September 2022.


I love being a hands on manager interacting with staff and children, I love art and crafts, seeing what wonderful masterpieces the children can create!


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