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Bambinos Day Nursery in Croydon

Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2024)
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4.8(12 parent reviews)
·662 Davidson Road, CROYDON, CR0 6DJ · Croydon
Number of places
24 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2024
Local authority
Croydon

About this day nursery

Bambinos Day Nursery LTD, located in Croydon, provides a welcoming and engaging environment where children aged 2 to 4 years old can thrive. Graded 'Good' in its recent Ofsted inspection on 22 February 2024, the nursery maintains its previous 'Good' rating, reflecting its consistent dedication to quality early years education.

The nursery offers a broad and ambitious curriculum designed to support children in making good progress across all areas of their learning and development. Children are encouraged to explore their local community through outings to parks and cafes, fostering a sense of curiosity and connection.

Staff at Bambinos Day Nursery LTD are positive role models who foster excellent behaviour and attitudes, teaching children important social skills like sharing and good table manners. The nursery places a strong emphasis on communication and language development, utilising circle times, songs, and stories to expand vocabulary, especially for children who speak English as an additional language.

A robust key-person system ensures that individual children's interests, skills, and progress are well understood and supported through meaningful and challenging activities. The nursery competently supports children with special educational needs and disabilities, working closely with external agencies and providing one-to-one support when needed.

Parents speak highly of the nursery, noting significant improvements in their children's language and overall development. The manager is committed to staff development, providing regular supervision, meetings, and training to ensure best practices in areas such as Makaton, curriculum planning, and autism awareness.

Safeguarding arrangements are effective, demonstrating an open and positive culture that prioritises children's interests.

Our ethos

Bambinos Day Nursery LTD focuses on providing a broad and ambitious curriculum that supports children's progress across all learning and development areas. They emphasize fostering curiosity through community exploration, prioritize communication and language development with a focus on English as an additional language learners, and utilize a key-person system to tailor activities to individual interests and skills. The nursery is also committed to inclusive practices, supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities.

What it's like

Children thoroughly enjoy spending time at nursery, entering happily and settling quickly into activities with friends. Staff provide a broad and ambitious curriculum that helps all children make good progress, fostering their curiosity and teaching them about their local community through outings to parks and cafes. They are motivated and creative, using their imaginations to make melodies and developing fine motor skills.

Good overall effectivenessBroad and ambitious curriculumStrong communication and language developmentEffective key-person systemGood support for SENDPositive behaviour and attitudes

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

8am until 6pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Bambinos Day Nursery

Last inspected 22 February 2024 · Trisha Edward

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 thoroughly enjoy spending time at nursery, entering happily and settling quickly into activities with friends. Staff provide a broad and ambitious curriculum that helps all children make good progress, fostering their curiosity and teaching them about their local community through outings to parks and cafes. They are motivated and creative, using their imaginations to make melodies and developing fine motor skills.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff foster children's communication and language skills well, including those children who speak English as an additional language.
  • There is an effective key-person system in place, ensuring staff know their key children's interests and abilities and provide motivating activities.
  • The special educational needs coordinator is clear of her role, and children needing additional support are well supported through external agencies and targeted funding.
  • Children enjoy counting with number songs and rhymes, learning problem-solving and number recognition.
  • Staff ensure children lead healthy lifestyles by providing nutritious meals, planning routines to teach healthy options, and discussing health benefits of fruits and vegetables.

Areas to develop

  • 1provide children with more opportunities to make marks for a purpose to develop their early writing skills
  • 2strengthen mathematical activities to promote children's knowledge of wider mathematical concepts.
Inspection #10316988 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents that were spoken to have high praise of staff and express how supportive they have been.

They comment that they have seen a marked improvement in their children's language and overall development.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The special educational needs coordinator is clear of her role. When children need additional support with an area of development, staff work closely with external agencies and follow plans. Staff use funding the nursery receives for children's additional needs to provide children with one-to-one support. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported.

Parent Reviews of Bambinos Day Nursery

4.8
(12)
Sabrina Nadine
a year ago

My son and daughter both attend this nursery and they are absolutely thriving! Both of my babies love going to nursery, they have developed so much since starting and they love all the staff members, I was very nervous about putting my children into nursery when I returned to work but I have no worries about them in Bambinos nursery, I cannot thank them enough for how amazing they are! Myself and my partner thoroughly recommend them!

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Rebecca Blown
3 years ago

My daughter and son have both attended this nursery. My daughter is still currently at the nursery and absolutely loves it! The support and care from the staff is incredible for both children and parents from day one. My daughter always comes home clean and happy, always coming home with pieces of work/art work to show her progress and writing/numbers. The teaching and preparing for the children to go to reception is amazing. All around brilliant nursery/staff, I can’t recommend enough!

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patrice Wilson
3 years ago

The staff at this nursery are so warm and welcoming. My son settled in so fast and absolutely loved attending nursery. He learnt so much.. The nursery is more like a family home. Thank you Bambinos for being the best nursery I've seen in a long while.

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Nazia M
3 years ago

I googled up the nursery read reviews both good an bad however I still wanted to have a look myself as I don’t trust negative google reviews . I had rang booked appointment was able to visit within a week as I had work commitments . Went in got seen within minutes were very helpful staff with questions and gave a clear description of how the nursery works and what children learn . I was happy with the cleanliness and the way children are being treated My 2 year when he started could not speak the nursery has been so help full with this and now he’s 3 ! Talking that he won’t stop he’s very happy an excited to go , I get updated on progress. The children are treated very well as if it were their own children I definitely recommend the nursery !

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Nicola Hayles
a year ago

My son and daughter attend this nursery still currently attending and overall I can say that am very pleased with how they've been looked after my son and daughter is very happy at this nursery when its time to go, my daughter doesn't want to home very clean and friendly environment highly recommended.

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Inspection history

Date: May 2010

  • February 2024Good
  • May 2018Good
  • July 2017Good
  • July 2016Good
  • March 2016Inadequate
  • April 2015Good
  • April 2014Requires improvement
  • May 2013Requires improvement
  • August 2011Good
  • May 2010Good

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