Buffer Bear Limited
Buffer Bear Limited runs 11 childcare settings on the Ofsted register across 11 council areas, with 997 registered places between them. 11 of them have a published inspection report we summarise in full, linked below.
How Buffer Bear Limited's settings were graded
- Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (6 Expected standard, 6 Needs attention)
- Ofsted grades before November 2025: 9 settings (1 Outstanding, 8 Good)
Each setting is inspected on its own, so grades differ from one to the next. Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.
Settings run by Buffer Bear Limited
- Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Bristol - Day nursery, Bristol BS1 6QH, ages 0 to 4, 96 placesOfsted report card, 22 July 2026: Needs attention in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
- Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford Junction - Day nursery, Watford WD17 1AB, ages 0 to 4, 57 placesOfsted, 30 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Dewsbury - Day nursery, Dewsbury WF13 3NT, ages 0 to 4, 49 placesOfsted, 29 May 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5DP, ages 0 to 4, 186 placesOfsted report card, 8 April 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
- Your Co-op Little pioneers nursery and pre-school, Reading - Day nursery, Reading RG1 1AR, ages 0 to 4, 86 placesOfsted, 20 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- The Co-operative Childcare Southampton - Day nursery, Southampton SO16 6AY, ages 1 to 4, 100 placesOfsted, 18 December 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- The Co-operative Childcare Tadworth - Day nursery, Tadworth KT20 5RU, ages 0 to 4, 52 placesOfsted, 5 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, Swindon - Day nursery, Swindon SN3 6BB, ages 0 to 4, 112 placesOfsted, 18 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School Maida Vale - Day nursery, London W9 2LR, ages 0 to 4, 109 placesOfsted, 9 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Chichester PO19 6SE, ages 1 to 4, 66 placesOfsted, 6 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-school Maidenhead - Day nursery, Maidenhead SL6 2SJ, ages 0 to 4, 84 placesOfsted, 5 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Where
- Bristol (1)
- Hertfordshire (1)
- Kirklees (1)
- Newcastle upon Tyne (1)
- Reading (1)
- Southampton (1)
- Surrey (1)
- Swindon (1)
- West Sussex (1)
- Westminster (1)
- Windsor and Maidenhead (1)
Source: Ofsted register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.