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Alpha Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2024)
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4.9(14 parent reviews) ·198 Woodside Green, South Norwood, London, SE25 5EW · Croydon
Number of places
45 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2024
Local authority
Croydon

About this day nursery

Alpha Day Nursery, situated conveniently near Croydon, Lambeth, and Bromley, is dedicated to providing a nurturing and stimulating learning environment for children. The nursery focuses on supporting each child's unique needs and development, fostering warm relationships, and building trust.

With spacious rooms tailored for different age groups and an expansive outdoor garden filled with various equipment, children are encouraged to explore and socialise. The nursery implements an engaging curriculum that adheres to both local authority and Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) requirements, delivering lessons through a diverse range of activities.

These activities are carefully crafted to align with children's interests and individual developmental stages, promoting improvements in language, communication, creativity, knowledge, and social skills through play-based learning. Beyond the core curriculum, Alpha Day Nursery enriches children's experiences with additional activities like sensory play, emotion boxes, and cooking, aiming to develop transferable skills essential for their future schooling.

The nursery prides itself on a qualified and friendly staff team and provides freshly prepared, healthy, and multicultural meals on-site, catering to various dietary needs.

Our ethos

Alpha Day Nursery is committed to providing a nurturing and stimulating environment that supports each child's unique needs and development through play-based learning. Their curriculum, which adheres to EYFS requirements, is delivered through diverse activities designed around children's interests and developmental stages, aiming to foster language, communication, creativity, knowledge, and social skills. They also enrich children's experiences with additional activities focused on developing transferable skills for future schooling.

What it's like

Children enjoy their time at the nursery and are greeted by friendly, warm and attentive staff who listen to them, reassure parents and help children settle. Staff provide well-sequenced activities that develop early language, social and mathematical skills, and older children have opportunities to visit local shops and take part in transition activities, such as yearly graduations. Staff are good role models who help children respect others, share and become independent.

Spacious outdoor gardenQualified and friendly staffMulticultural meals cooked on-site

Pricing & funding

The nursery offers full day and half day sessions, alongside an hourly rate option. An additional service charge is applied to funded sessions.

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
  • Full Day£90.00 / day
  • Half Day£62.00 / session
  • Additional Service Charge£9.00 / session
  • Hourly Rate£20.00 / hour
  • late-pickup fee£1.00 / minute

Good to know

  • Offers full day (8am – 6pm) and half day (8am – 1pm or 1pm – 6pm) sessions.
  • An additional service charge is billed per funded session.
  • An hourly rate is available for extra hours.

Key facts

Opening hours

8.00am to 6.00pm (core opening time) Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays. Closed three weeks a year (one week in Easter, Summer, and over Christmas period). Optional early start at 7.30am with additional cost.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2004

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Alpha Day Nursery

Last inspected 12 June 2024 · Angela Johnson; Kareen Jacobs

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children enjoy their time at the nursery and are greeted by friendly, warm and attentive staff who listen to them, reassure parents and help children settle. Staff provide well-sequenced activities that develop early language, social and mathematical skills, and older children have opportunities to visit local shops and take part in transition activities, such as yearly graduations. Staff are good role models who help children respect others, share and become independent.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are greeted by friendly, warm and attentive staff who help them settle.
  • Well-sequenced activities support early language, social and mathematical development.
  • Strong partnerships with local schools support smooth transitions and yearly graduations.
  • Effective support for children with SEND, working with parents and professionals and using strategies such as picture cards.
  • Children's independence is encouraged and they enjoy a healthy, culturally diverse diet.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff in the baby room to develop a greater understanding of how to promote children's communication and language skills
  • 2use information from the monitoring of staff supervisions and practice to further their professional development more precisely.
Inspection #10346989 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff provide effective support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, working closely with parents and professionals and implementing suggested methods to help close gaps in learning; for example, staff use picture cards to help children with SEND understand routines and engage in activities.

Parent Reviews of Alpha Day Nursery

4.9
(14)
Vera Pagapong
8 months ago

My son has been attending Alpha Day Nursery since he was 10 months old. How he has thrived and learned so much over a year is a massive thank you to the lovely staff of this nursery! They have been so supportive of him and always updating us of his progress and any areas we can help him with. My son goes to nursery excited and goes home with a constant smile on his face. My husband and I couldn’t recommend them more. In fact, we have reserved a slot for our baby to attend next year.

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Charlotte Barrington
10 months ago

Had an absolutely amazing experience with Alpha Day Nursery. My daughter took a while to settle in and all the staff helped massively and she loved going and has come on so so well. Would highly recommend this nursery, its a shame I am leaving the borough or I would be sending my younger daughter here too! I cannot fault the nursery or the staff at all, its sad to say goodbye but we are looking forward to the next chapter. Thank you to everyone at Alpha Day Nursery for welcoming Delilah and making her nursery experience such a special one!

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Leyla Mai Nguyen
8 months ago

I believe Alpha Day is OUTSTANDING. I was initially impressed with how clean the nursery was, safeguarding (& the understanding of not wanting photos taken due to social media) and staff tenure. It was so overwhelming and daunting to leave your precious child in someone else's care but I couldn't recommend Alpha Day enough and it broke my heart that both my daughters (age 3 and 1) were not able to graduate there due to us moving out of the area. My girls loved the nursery and the teachers genuinely care, nurture the children and were so supportive. I was impressed by the communication, daily activities which was a combination of fun & play, learning & creativity. The teachers supported me with development areas and medical attention such as my baby needing to wear glasses/eye patch and nourished interests such as my girls' love for reading. My daughter from the age of 2 was writing, counting and knew her phonics. I love that they do yoga, sing multicultural songs, counting in other languages, play football and the menu is diverse & healthy. I wish the nursery all the best and wanted to give a special shout out to Ms Cynthia, Ms Meryem, Ms Marta and Ms Kereen whom we already miss dearly. The relationship with the girls were so special and they had so much fun which made me feel less guilty having to return to work!

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Sophia Pratt
10 months ago

We love Alpha nursery. I’ve been impressed with their communication with us and rapport with our daughter and all the kids we see. When we toured the nursery for the first time, I was really struck by how many of the staff have been at the nursery for years. That says a lot to me. Our daughter loves going and we appreciate how well they take care of her, offering such a variety of activities for fun and learning. Can wholeheartedly recommend.

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Barbara A
3 years ago

I highly recommend this nursery to any parents looking for a safe and caring environment for their little ones. My son attended this nursery for almost three years, and we couldn't have been happier with the experience. The staff is absolutely lovely - they are warm, welcoming, and always put the children's needs first. My son quickly became attached to them. The small size of the nursery is perfect for babies. I always felt confident leaving my son in their care, knowing he was in good hands. Overall, we had a wonderful experience

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Inspection history

Date: April 2013

  • June 2024Good
  • August 2018Good
  • June 2016Good
  • April 2013Requires improvement

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