Little Angels Day Care

Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3BJ
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9.7 69 Reviews
  • Little Angels Day Care, Bury St Edmunds
Little Angels Day Care's new purpose-built home is on Grove Road in Bury St Edmunds.

When Little Angels Day Care was established in 2001 a central part of its ethos was and still is that children of all ages learn and play together, the large fully resourced indoor and outdoor learning environments support this ethos.

Highly skilled and qualified staff plan enriching learning opportunities that support every child individually to achieve their best potential. It offers full day care, pre-school, crèche sessions, before and after school care, school runs and school holiday care.

Government-funded sessions are provided at Little Angels every day, morning and afternoon, subject to availability, they accept all types of childcare vouchers, tax-free childcare, and all types of support while studying.

Take a look at its website to find out more and call with any questions.

Care Provided by Little Angels Day Care

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

Good to Know

  • Owner
  • Little Angels Bury St Edmunds Ltd
  • Person in charge
  • Joan Weingaertner (Owner/Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 8
  • Total Places for Children
  • 38
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 2 months
    • to 11 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 & 1 week at Christmas

Funding & Fees Guide for Little Angels Day Care

  • We offer and range of sessions, we'd be happy to discuss your needs and find the right sessions for you.


    Prices vary from session to session and depend on your child's age.


    Please contact the nursery directly to request a copy of our current price list.


  • Parking
  • There is free street parking directly outside the nursery.


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9.7

Little Angels Day Care has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.695) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Little Angels Day Care has 69 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Overall very good experience.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My child uses the after school facility and is more than happy with all that's offered.

Reply from Joan Weingaertner, Manager at Little Angels Day Care

Please feel free to suggest any activities which your son would like to do we will me more than happy to oblige.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Little Angels is very friendly and my son loves it. He loves the staff as well as all the facilities. He often comes home and tells me about all the fun things he has been doing. They always provide different activities for the children. The staff always seem to know everything about each child, which
is lovely, and they are very easy to talk to. I would happily recommend this nursery to my friends and I am very happy with my son's progress since starting Little Angels.

Reply from Joan Weingaertner, Owner/Manager at Little Angels Day Care

Thank you, it's great to hear your son is enjoying our setting so much and all our hard work is making a difference.


Joan


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter attends breakfast and after school club at Heroes. The standard of care is excellent and she really enjoys it. The staff are brilliant. I feel happy and content knowing she is well looked after in a safe and nurturing environment.

Reply from Joan Weingaertner, Owner/Manager at Little Angels Day Care

Amy,


Thank you we will continue to work hard to maintain a safe happy and stimulating environment for all our 'Hero's'.


Joan


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Staff are excellent and very accommodating, my children look forward to every time they attend. A great mixture of play and learning.

Reply from Joan Weingaertner, Owner/Manager at Little Angels Day Care

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Thank you for your extremely positive review. We are very happy that you're happy.


Joan


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has been attending Little Angels for two months now. He has become more confident and his speech is improving. The staff are always friendly and kind and my son enjoys going into nursery to see his friends and the staff. His learning journey has lovely photos inside which are lovely to look at
and to see what fun he has been having at nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5

Our daughter enjoys her time at Little Angels and I feel that she is safe, secure and happy which are the most important factors in my opinion. I found it difficult to provide much feedback in terms of learning and activities because I believe the communication between the provider and parents could
be greatly improved. It would be useful if Little Angels, could provide regular newsletters or activity logs to be sent home with the children or even better, adapt an online learning journal which is becoming fairly common.

Reply from Joan Weingaertner, Owner/Manager at Little Angels Day Care

Dear Andrew,
Thank you for your review, I am surprised that you suggest newsletters as I only took over this provision late Nov/Dec 2015, in which time I have issued four newsletters outlining which topics we were covering, inviting parents to encourage their children to bring in associated items to share in circle time. We have introduced Jofli Bear who goes home with the children who are then invited with their parents to log activities they undertook with Jofli and their family, they can then share these experiences with their peers, a much enjoyed experience and valuable learning activity within the EYFS. All of the children have now got brand new, comprehensive learning journeys where their individual learning is recorded in every aspect of their development, any gaps are identified by our fully qualified team which includes a qualified teacher through observation and assessment this informs the planning ensuring we support every child to be school ready once they leave our pre-school care. I have looked into online learning journals and feel there are currently some shortcomings, I will continue to monitor this area of record keeping, if an outstanding systems appears on the market I will inform parents accordingly. We hope to see you at our parent morning in March when we can share your child's learning journey, your input will be extremely valuable for planning her education.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son loves going to this preschool, he never tells me what he's been up to but always can't wait to go back, so that must mean he's enjoying himself! The staff are great with him and seem to get him involved in learning without him realising he's learning.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

This nursery is truly wonderful. My daughter learnt so many new things. First of all, her speaking in English skills improved dramatically since I only speak to her in Lithuanian. She learnt the English alphabet and recognised all her letters, she learnt to count to twenty and recognise the numbers.
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is always excited about going to school and I never have to feel bad for leaving her there.

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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.695)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.695) out of 10 for Little Angels Day Care is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 14 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 13 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 4.695 for Little Angels Day Care is calculated as follows: ( (154 Excellents x 5) + (1 Poors x 2) + (12 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 167 Ratings = 4.695

  • 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 Little Angels Day Care is based on 13 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 38 number of registered child places is 7.6, which has been reached with 13 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)

Joan

Joan W

Job Title: Owner/Manager

Joined: 2001

Hi I'm Joan and I own Little Angels Day Care.


Gemma

Gemma B

Job Title: Assistant Manager

Joined: 2015

I joined the Little Angels team in November 2015 and I am an Assistant Manager.


I am Level 3 qualified in Child Care and Education and I have just finished a further Level 3 Team Management Qualification. I am the Deputy Safeguarding Lead.


I love working here because being in a mixed-age setting gives you a unique opportunity to support children's development over a maximised period of time.


In my spare time, I like to spend time with my family, I love going to the beach, cinema, bowling and swimming and I love to read with my son.


My favourite colour is red.
My favourite animals are cats.
My favourite food is roast dinner.


Abbie

Abbie W

Job Title: Assistant Manager

Joined: 2016

I love working here because in this job you have the unique opportunity to spark children’s curiosity, enjoy their personalities and support them to become all that they can be. I am also lucky to have an amazing team behind me who work super hard all day every single day.


In my spare time, I like to go for days out such as the beach, motor racing and woods and travel with my children, partner, parents, and sister. I love being silly with my boys, dancing around the kitchen, singing songs and reading books together. When I have time, I like to garden and read.


My favourite colours are blue and orange.
My favourite Formula 1 Driver are Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
My favourite food is all the food!


Leigh

Leigh B

Job Title: Lead Early Years Professional

Joined: 2021

I joined the Little Angels team in July 2021.


I am Level 3 qualified in Nursery Nursing (NNEB) I also have a Level 5 Qualification in Hospital Play Specialism for Children and Young People and city and guilds in Practical Caring Skills.


I love working here because I like to help children grow, develop, and achieve all that they can. I like helping and supporting families to provide the best start in life for their children. Everyone here is very friendly, kind and caring.


In my spare time, I like reading, walking, going for lunch or dinner with my family and friends and baking!


My favourite colour is pink.
My favourite animal is a hedgehog.
My favourite food is pasta.
My favourite country is France.
My favourite season is summer.


Lara

Lara M

Job Title: Early Years Professional

Joined: 2018

I joined the Little Angels team in October 2018.


I have a level 2 certificate for Children and Young People’s Workforce. I also have a Level 2 Qualification in employment and rights in health, social care or children and young people in the settings. I have just completed a Level 3 Diploma for Children and Young People’s Workforce.


I love working here because I enjoy being around children, creating amazing relationships with them and partnerships with parents. I also love to see the children learn and grow into their own characters.


I am from Portugal and I have been living in England since 2015.


In my spare time, I like to spend time with my family, listen to English and Portuguese music, sing and play board games with my friends.


My favourite colour is purple.
My favourite animal is a turtle.


Donna

Donna R

Job Title: Early Years Professional

Joined: 2017

I joined the Little Angels team in September 2017.


I am Level 2 qualified in Children’s Care Learning and Development.


I love working here because I like that children of all ages are together. I enjoy seeing the younger children get excited to see the school-aged children.


In my spare time, I like to spend time with my family, going to the cinema, concerts and the beach.


My favourite colour is purple.
My favourite animals are huskies and giraffes.
My favourite food is tuna, sweetcorn and pasta with salad.