Description
Contact Information
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Phone Number0117 379 0937
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Details
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Group/OwnerRed Bus Nursery & Pre-School
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Person in ChargeLynsey Elliott (Early Years Manager)
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Number of Staff58
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When ClosedBank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas
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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 children116
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Age rangefrom 0 years 3 months to 5 years 0 months
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ParkingThey have a private car park for parents directly outside the nursery. Residential parking is also available.
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VisitingPlease contact the setting directly to arrange a tour.
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DirectionsRed Bus Downend can be found on Downend road, just past the sign for entering South Gloucestershire. You will see a white wall with signposts, please do not enter through the exit driveway.
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Opening DaysMon-Fri
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Opening Hours0730-1830
Harper Hunter
September 26, 2024 at 2:29 pmThe setting is lovely, the team are remarkable. Red Bus has a highly welcoming setting and perfect structure to help kids settle in. The activities are enjoyable and makes discovering enjoyable. My daughter loves it at Red Bus from day one, although it take her a few days to settle in. She enjoys going and has made lots of friends. She has become more confident. There is nothing I can complain about.
Rowan Flynn
November 21, 2024 at 6:49 pmMy son has been so cheerful in the childcare centre and now in kindergarten. The facilities and setting are outstanding, the range of activities are exceptional, updates to parents is excellent. But what truly makes this place are the incredible team: compassionate, supportive, welcoming, expert. My son adores them. Since starting at childcare centre he has become more confident and is thriving. Red Bus Childcare centre & Pre-School is a remarkable childcare centre.
Lennon Walker
December 4, 2024 at 3:12 amMy daughter loves going to childcare centre! She’ll miss it when she goes to school. Remarkable facilities and team.
Milan Finch
December 9, 2024 at 4:06 pmOur eldest has been there nearly four years now and absolutely thrives, he’ll be sad to leave in September I am sure! Our youngest started in January and considering the circumstances, has settled brilliantly. Both our kids attend Red Bus Childcare centre & Pre-School – Downend.
Kendall Knight
December 10, 2024 at 10:23 amThe childcare centre team are exceptionally inviting and welcoming, each person is highly attentive and I’ve only ever experienced throughout interactions. Our key worker looks after our little one in with how we do things at home (you fill in a form on their ‘settling in’ sessions) and is consistently open to hearing how we’re during each morning and ready with an update when we ask each evening.
I’ve only marked the team as great as the admin assistance can sometimes be a little brusque, although that could just be a difference in updates styles. Overall, I think that Red Bus Downend is a fantastic childcare centre and I sense exceptionally cheerful with their care of our little one. Red Bus Childcare centre Downend opened in June 2015 so everything is nice and new which is a big bonus.
River Owens
December 29, 2024 at 2:12 amThey take her to forest school and she truly enjoys the water room. The team are highly welcoming and welcoming and the food is incredible. I recommended this childcare centre to all my friends and family. I’m highly cheerful with Red Bus – my daughter has settled in so well – she’s developed so much since starting.
Fallon Walker
January 6, 2025 at 12:13 amShe has loved every minute, the team are welcoming and welcoming, there is so much for her to do. The rooms have lots of remarkable equipment and the building itself is absolutely stunning. The garden is huge and our daughter loves going out to see the chickens! Not a bad word to say, would suggest to anyone. Our daughter has been at Red Bus since June 2015.
Kendall Norris
January 13, 2025 at 11:00 pmShe loves going to childcare centre and has made lots of friends. The team are excellent with her and truly seem to know and understand her. She loves the food there, they have lots of lovely things on the menu that are ideal for young kids. I cannot suggest them enough! Thank you Red Bus for taking such great care of our daughter while we are at work, it is so reassuring knowing that she is in secure hands and is having lots of enjoyable! Our Daughter has been at Red Bus Childcare centre since June 2015.
Micah Owens
January 25, 2025 at 3:41 pmThe team are all so compassionate, welcoming and welcoming and my daughter loves it (particularly the chickens!) I adore the updates we get from the parent zone app. This was particularly supportive in the first few weeks when my daughter, and myself, were getting used to being apart and the team were so great at letting me know early on in the day that she had settled well and was enjoying herself. They have been highly supportive with potty training too. When I have any queries and have to contact the office they are consistently prompt in responding and incredibly supportive. I cannot fault this childcare centre. It’s outstanding! Lovely building and grounds.
Jordan Brooks
February 23, 2025 at 7:57 pmMy daughter has been attending for over a year and asks every day if she’s going to childcare centre today! She comes running to me when I collect her telling me all the activities she has done that day and who she’s played with. Cheerful kid cheerful mummy! So pleased with Red Bus Childcare centre & Pre-School – Downend – team are welcoming and consistently cheerful to help and hear and deal with any concerns and worries.
Robin Ellis
April 6, 2025 at 4:55 amThe building is light and roomy and suits the different ages and activities well. There are a lot of activities offered such as a water room, forest school, a yurt with natural toys, plus chickens. The best thing is the team though, as they seem highly attentive, respectful, enjoyable and attentive. It’s clear a lot of thought has gone into the structure, methods and training, but with the development of the kid still at the centre. My daughter has gained so much with language, imaginative playtime, and friendships in a setting that has a excellent balance of letting kids learn through playtime, and I adore how much she can go outside to playtime. She also enjoys the variety of food which seems to be nutritious and great quality. My daughter has been attending Red Bus since April 2017 and we’ve all been highly cheerful with the childcare centre.
Fallon Irwin
April 8, 2025 at 6:54 amUpdates and regular one to one carers are outstanding, Red Bus has helped my son for school and I am truly grateful. From day one my son has absolutely loved Red Bus, Downed.
His carers are welcoming, experienced and genuinely want to nurture and develop the kids.
Taylor Quinn
April 28, 2025 at 8:56 pmI sense that my son is both well cared for and nurtured by both the well‑informed and welcoming team, and the well designed setting. They have plenty of outside space (where even the babies are taken out at least twice per day). Chickens, fruit trees, a mud kitchen all outdoors. Indoors there is a wet room! I sense that this is the best childcare centre I could’ve hoped for, and he gets things he doesn’t have access to at home. A remarkable place. I’m so cheerful that Red Bus operates in our area.
Jamie Holland
May 12, 2025 at 4:11 amShe settled well and has a excellent keyworker. We are so impressed that in only 2 months she has cracked potty training, know her phonics and is writing letters. My daughter is 2 turns 3 in 25th March. We adore all the space for the kids and diversity of activities. Improvements would be better updates with home/parents, better registration i.e signing kids in and out at the moment no consistency, closer monitoring of kid cleanliness and changing their clothes if covered head to toe in mud. Also for kids to have their own drawer for pictures they do. Our daughter started in pre-school in January 2017.
Charlie Norris
May 25, 2025 at 4:55 pmI’m truly cheerful I’ve sent my daughter there. The team are welcoming and attentive. The parent zone is excellent and the facilities are terrific. I sense that Red Bus Downend is a excellent childcare centre.
Sidney Hobbs
June 12, 2025 at 4:09 pmHaving naps, eating all her meals and playing with all the toys.
Now she has been going to Red Bus for 3 months now and every morning when my husband drops off she can not wait to go in and playtime and smiles and waves us goodbye.
We also truly adore the app they have where we get updates during the day with photos and videos, and she is consistently cheerful, which makes us cheerful parents. We adore the secure roof top garden and the water room.
We pick her up a cheerful baby and giggles and smiles all the way home.
The team are incredible at what they do, consistently smiling and welcoming. Knows each individual kid highly well and cares about discovering and development.
Thank you Red Bus Downend! Sending our little girl to childcare centre had been an anxious time for us as I was returning to work at the same time but the team has been so reassuring and taken extra time with our little girl to help her settle in.
It only took her a month of half days to truly settle into childcare centre.
Sawyer Flynn
June 24, 2025 at 8:11 pmBefore starting at Red Bus she clung to me all the time (I couldn’t even leave the room to make a cup of tea). Since starting at Red Bus, has changed into a confident toddler. She loves her key worker and when I drop her off, she doesn’t even look back to say goodbye. I was worried that as it’s quite a big childcare centre my daughter would be just a number, but the team know her truly well. She sleeps and eats better than she does at home! The facilities are lovely, including the activity room, water room, childcare centre roof garden and the Coracle she naps in. The parent portal is excellent, as I am updated with her activities (eating, sleeping, nappy changing) and photos of her throughout the day. We are highly cheerful with Red Bus and highly suggest it. My daughter has attended the childcare centre Since July 15.
Cameron Keller
July 1, 2025 at 5:37 amMy little one has been there since it opened and I wouldn’t dream of sending her anywhere else. They help so much to her development and her character. Fantastic team and exceptionally supportive and attentive. Absolutely remarkable childcare centre and pre school.
Marley Turner
July 6, 2025 at 5:50 amThe childcare centre team have been highly supportive and attentive of my kid. Initially, reception team were a bit abrupt but have since been friendlier. I generally think the childcare centre provides a great level of service but I am unsure why they are so more expensive than other nurseries. The childcare centre seems to provide a great level of discovering, care and resources.