Full-day nursery in Downend, South Gloucestershire
Mama Bear's Day Nursery
Stanbridge Primary School, Stanbridge Road, Bristol, BS16 6AL · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since May 2022Reference 2677806Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 8 October 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places34 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 6 January 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Stanbridge Primary School, Stanbridge Road, Bristol, BS16 6AL · More nurseries in BS16
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Mangotsfield Cemetery, Peache Road and Peache Court.
Parks and playgrounds
- Page Park11 min walk
- Badminton Road Play Area playground7 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Beaufort Road play area playground11 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In South Gloucestershire there are about 2.4 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Mama Bear's Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Stanbridge Primary School, Stanbridge Road, Bristol, BS16 6AL, in Downend, South Gloucestershire. It is registered for 34 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Mama Bear's Day Nursery Ltd.
Run by Mama Bear's Day Nursery Ltd (company), which runs 15 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Stanbridge Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 under 0.1 miles
- Barley Close Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 0.3 miles
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.4 miles
- Christ Church, Church of England Infant School, Downend Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- Emersons Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- Bromley Heath Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- Bromley Heath Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Outstandinginspected January 2023 0.7 miles
- Christ Church, Church of England Junior School, Downend Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Mama Bear's Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Mama Bear's Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 8 October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Mama Bear's Day Nursery take?
Mama Bear's Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 34 children at any one time.
Who runs Mama Bear's Day Nursery?
Mama Bear's Day Nursery is run by Mama Bear's Day Nursery Ltd, which runs 15 nurseries.
How do I contact Mama Bear's Day Nursery?
You can call 0117 957 5152 and visit mamabear.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2677806 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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