Fantastic, fun and rewarding learning journey

Once Upon a Time provides a truly home from home experience for your child. Our highly qualified, fully trained and experienced childcare staff deliver brilliant quality, bespoke care for babies and toddlers while our fully qualified pre-school teachers work to prepare children for primary school.

Our small, caring, safe and fun environments are perfect for encouraging active learning and allow us to nurture each child as they develop and grow to help them reach their full potential. 

Bespoke

Each and every child is a unique individual and every family has their own way of bringing their children up. We are small enough to offer a truly bespoke and responsive level of care to best meet the requirements of both the child and their parents.

Flexible

Everything is geared towards helping make the childcare arrangements in your busy life as easy and convenient as possible, while offering your child a fantastic, fun and rewarding learning experience.

Westbury-on-Trym

Our Westbury on Trym nursery is situated on a quiet residential street just off Stoke Lane. We have a baby area upstairs with a play room and sleep room. Downstairs we have separate areas for cubs (under 3s) and lions (our pre-school stage children) as well as a messy play room. Our garden has a play area, sand pit and a vegetable patch. 

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Our manager - Toni Williams

Toni joined Once Upon a TIme as deputy manager and stepped up to manager in early 2017. Her passion for providing top class childcare is infectious and her ability to turn her ideas from imagination into reality is truly inspiring. 

Toni has worked with children her whole life in a variety of settings but as soon as she found Once Upon a Time and saw our small, special nursery things just clicked. The manager is so important in a small setting like ours and since taking over from our wonderful long serving manager Lorraine she has become a foundation of nursery life and is clearly loving her role.

Meet the manager

Latest News

We've Achieved a 5 Star Food Standards Rating!

Our recent inspection from the Food Standards Agency resulted in a 5 Star rating!

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The Road to School

Some of our 3/4 year olds are getting ready for school in September. Here's the roadmap they are following!

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Our New Manager

After 7 incredible years Toni is leaving us at Once Upon a Time to spend more time with her family. Ella Coles, who many of you will already know, will be taking her role from July!

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What the parents say

“One of the best decisions I made was to send Kyra to Once Upon a Time. I only wish I had found you sooner, everyone is so lovely and friendly.”

Sarah Bonas

“The staff are all friendly and caring and there is a safe, friendly and welcoming atmosphere at the nursery.”

Mr and Mrs Male

“The staff are lovely, always very helpful, and my son is very happy there. I have six children (my eldest is now 18) and most of them went to nursery. I can honestly say that Once Upon a Time has been the best.”

Sharon Hahn