Description
Contact Information
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Phone Number01865 744448
Categories
Details
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Group/OwnerChildbase Partnership
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Person in ChargeEmma Wallbridge (Manager)
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Number of Staff50
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When ClosedBank Holidays & Inset Days
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Type of ServiceDay Nursery – Privately Owned Open all year Full Day Care Sessional Day Care
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Total Places for children164
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Age rangefrom 0 years 2 months to 5 years 0 months
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Opening DaysMon-Fri
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Opening Hours0700-1830
D W
August 15, 2022 at 12:00 amMy daughter has been going to Julia Durbin since she was 7 months old and has just finished there at the age of 4.5 years.
This nursery is has been fantastic at all stages of her young education. The staff are caring and obviously enjoy their roles. I would absolutely recommend this nursery to anyone looking for childcare.
Kate M
August 15, 2022 at 12:00 amJulia Durbin Day Nursery is a wonderful nursery. The range of activities for the kids are amazing, the staff are friendly and attentive, and the management are sensible, honest and trustworthy. I have two kids at the nursery in different rooms, and I couldn’t praise them highly enough. Would recommend it to anyone.
Francisca S
September 20, 2022 at 12:00 amMy son had a good experience at Julia Durbin Nursery – from the small room to the big brand new lodge, where he had the most wonderful learning and nurturing experiences. Teachers are attentive and caring. The meals are nutritious and balanced. The activities develop the child and help them achieve their potential. Would highly recomend this nursery.
Tom P
September 20, 2022 at 12:00 amOur son has flourished at Julia Durbin. He enjoyed every minute he spent there and considered the staff his family. If we ever pass nearby, he asks if he can go back to say hi – that tells you all you need to know.
Sarah S
December 13, 2022 at 12:00 amWonderful nursery! The staff are fantastic and really caring. Great food, which my daughter eats much better there than at home! Fabulous and varied activities. An enormous garden which is unusual in Oxford! Absolutely delighted, and my daughter loves attending. Thank you to the whole Julia Durbin team!
T C
December 20, 2022 at 12:00 amAll the staff at Julia Durbin are warm, welcoming and friendly They put children and their parents at ease and make what can be challenging transitions a smooth process. The activities they set up for the children each day are so creative and allow exploration of such a variety of skills. They also have a wide range of events throughout the nursery. Soup and sparkler night was a huge success!
A P
January 9, 2023 at 12:00 amJulia Durbin has been extremely good at accommodating my kids after their previous nursery had closed down. My child has improved his speech, independence and ability to stay with others significantly. My daughter is absolutely enjoying it. They both love going to the nursery which is a piece of mind when going to work.
Thank you Julia Durbin. I 100% recommend it to every single family out there.
R B
January 16, 2023 at 12:00 amBoth our children feel secure and happy at Julia Durbin Day Nursery (Oxford).
The nursery is very well run and organised.
Communication is excellent, staff among themselves, with parents, and with the children.
Many staff have much experience and many qualifications, others are trainees, others somewhere in between – all seem great.
Staff say they are happy there, turnover is relatively low.
Rooms are well-resourced, light and airy, the garden space is really special and well utilised.
There are lots of exciting activities for the older children in particular.
Staff members seem to have a good bond with each individual child and take a genuine interest in them.
The nursery are excellent at dealing with allergies.
They go the extra mile by helping us prepare our older child for school, providing libraries etc.
I am so pleased our children are at Julia Durbin, I would definitely recommend the nursery to other families.
Claire S
January 16, 2023 at 12:00 amMy daughter loves going to Julia Durbin Day Nursery (Oxford) and has really come out of her shell since she started. The transition of her starting nursery has been so much easier than I expected and all to do with how well I know she is cared for there. She loves her food and always seems to get a great variety! There is clearly also a lot of effort that goes into the activities they do each day.
J T
January 16, 2023 at 12:00 amWe have had our two boys here for six months after coming from another nursery which was having problems.
Julia Durbin has been just fantastic in every way. Brilliant staff- caring, organised and proactive. Communication is great. Lots of structured creative fun activities in pre-school.
Would highly recommend it to anyone.
L N
January 30, 2023 at 12:00 amWe are very happy that our children attend Julia Durbin Day Nursery (Oxford). They are very happy there. They have been attending for just over three months. Staff engagement with the children, and us as parents has been fantastic. The facilities (both indoor and outdoor) in both of their rooms are exciting and engaging as are the staff that care for them. There is a genuine sense that the staff really are invested in the progression of the children which is such comfort to us. The catering is also amazing, the children love their food and the variety again is to be commended. We are very happy.
V B
March 6, 2023 at 12:00 amButterflies is a wonderful environment -my son is excited to go every morning and returns home with amazing stories of all he’s done. He’s made friends and developed hugely.
Richard T
March 6, 2023 at 12:00 amIn Ladybirds, the staff go above and beyond to give our daughter the best possible experience. This includes shaping her play and learning to help with things she can struggle with (eg. using play doctors kits to reduce her anxiety about visiting the doctor) and also staying after hours to undertake additional training specific to our daughter’s needs. They spend lots of time outside and have a wide range of other play and developmental activities.
N C
March 13, 2023 at 12:00 amWe are really delighted with the care that our child receives at Julia Durbin Nursery, he has attended since ten months old and at each stage of the nursery has really flourished in this creative and nurturing environment. The staff are outstanding, the breadth of activities is impressive and the garden is wonderful. We know that our little boy is in wonderful hands and he loves attending nursery here.
L G
March 22, 2023 at 12:00 amI have had two children at Julia Durbin Day Nursery (Oxford) since 2017. Their time at nursery has been invaluable – for their learning/development and for me knowing they are safe and well looked after whilst I’m at work. this year our time at Julia Durbin Day Nursery (Oxford) will come to an end as my oldest child starts school. We will miss everything about it but especially the staff and friendships we have with the team. I can highly recommend Julia Durbin Day Nursery (Oxford) without hesitation.
Klara M
July 3, 2023 at 12:00 amWe absolutely love the nursery and so does our little one. He happily goes in and never wants to leave. Nursery has an amazing atmosphere, the facilities are great and the garden is wonderful. They cater for any particular needs and are very cautious. Nursery organises many events for parents to join in as well, they also do charity events, and parents meetings. I particularly like the updates with photos we get in the app so we can see what they got up to that day. They definitely positively influenced my little one’s development and I would recommend the nursery to anyone.
S S
July 11, 2023 at 12:00 amWe have been parents of the nursery for the last 6 years. Our oldest left a couple of years ago and our 18 month old started in the baby room when she was 5 months old. We came back because of our initial amazing experience and we have not been disappointed.
The staff are caring, kind, knowledgeable and flexible with the kids. They are so approachable and friendly with the parents and they work incredibly hard! They were so happy to accommodate our specific needs and have been great with changes.
My daughter is now in her second room and she absolutely loves being there! There’s a great outdoor space and the kids are out as much as they can be (weather dependent)! The kids have so many choices of play equipment, water play, sand pits, mobile scooters and other things it’s great. It’s also lovely to see the interaction of the bigger children with the little ones in the outside garden.
The admin staff are also brilliant and really do make you feel welcome. Great nursery!
C C
July 17, 2023 at 12:00 amA truly excellent nursery. The staff are fantastic and my children are always happy when I pick them up.
J O
July 29, 2023 at 12:00 amFriendly staff that made my daughter’s stay at nursery and pre-school an absolute delight. They keep the children well-fed (breakfast, lunch, tea) and hydrated. There are plenty of fun activities organised by the staff to keep them entertained. It makes each day just that little bit special. They play and interact with mixed age groups and my child’s vocabulary has expanded significantly thanks to Julia Durbin’s warm and caring teachers. I am particularly pleased by the high quality and varied food and enjoy the parent zone app where they upload pictures and summaries from the day’s activities. I highly recommend Julia Durbin Day Nursery and we will miss the lovely teachers!
Ralph J
August 7, 2023 at 12:00 amAn utterly fantastic nursery who have looked after our two daughters with the most wonderful care. Among the numerous things for which we were grateful was the attention that went into taking photos and printing them off on cards for occasions like Easter, the extent to which our children’s individual needs were remembered and taken into account, and the sheer range of activities organised to keep our girls entertained and engaged. Julia Durbin Day Nursery have made learning fun, helpful as with important stages of toddlerhood like tantrums and potty training, and given us free access to things like first aid training. We don’t have anything to compare Julia Durbin to but we are confident that it was the best place we could have sent our two girls.