“Your children are precious…and we think so too!”
BarBar is a happy, safe and secure environment where every child is valued and treated as an individual. The emphasis is to encourage confidence, effort, kindness and humour, whilst educating and preparing children for school life. At all of our nurseries, we pride ourselves on our personal service and flexibility and we will do our best to help you.
“She had a fabulous time at BarBar and came on in leaps and bounds. She is my sixth child and the only one who had such a lovely diary- it was so beautiful, it made me cry. At school last week she was the only one in her reception class who knew her numbers. Thank you all so much!”
Grace’s Mum-Stroud
Sandra L7 EYPSBA (Early Years) (EYP) L7Sandra has been a childcare professional operating in and around the Stroud area since 1989 starting into this line of work whilst bringing up her three daughters. She set up BarBar in 2005 with her friend Carol whilst also undertaking her BA degree in Early Years and obtaining Early Years Professional Status.
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Johanna L5Business ManagerJohanna has been an Early Years practitioner for 13 years starting at BarBar as an apprentice and working her way up to becoming a setting manager. She now supports Sandra, the managers and the staff teams and is working on developing the business for the future.
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Danii L5Curriculum Lead-Nursery ManagerDanii has been an Early Years practitioner for 15 years starting at BarBar in 2019 as the manager for the Quedgeley setting. Since then she has extended her role to include managing the Rosary setting and supporting the Stratford Park setting and taking on the role of Curriculum lead for all BarBar Nursery sites.
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Megan L3Nursery Manager at Stratford Park NurseryMegan has been an Early Years practitioner for 10 years starting at BarBar in 2016. She has progressed from practitioner, to Rosary Manager and she currently is manager of Stratford Park.
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Our History
BarBar was set up by two friends – Carol Barker and Sandra Barton – who met in 1992 whilst both Childminding and running Girl Guide Units in Stroud. Several years later, the good friends were able to realise their joint dream of establishing their own Nursery when the premises at The Rosary School became available. In 2023 Carol retired from the business but she and Sandra remain close friends.
“BarBar” comes from Carol and Sandra’s surnames as well as the wings of the butterfly in flight (as seen on the logo) – signifying a unity of friendship and the freedom to explore. This is carried forward into the settings for the children.