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Blooming Years Nursery Schools in London (SW4)

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2024)
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4.3(16 parent reviews)
·7-8 Clapham Common South Side, London, SW4 7AA · Lambeth
Number of places
45 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2024
Local authority
Lambeth

About this day nursery

Blooming Years Nursery Schools provide a nurturing and friendly environment across multiple London locations, catering to children aged 3 months to 5 years. The nursery focuses on supporting children's harmonious development by building solid and secure foundations through a blend of play-based and adult-led activities.

Their approach encourages exploration and confidence, aiming to raise happy and secure children. The curriculum emphasises the development of strong morals and virtues, alongside fundamental interpersonal skills such as kindness, active listening, empathy, and self-control.

Each child is treated as an individual, with learning tailored to their most receptive methods. The nursery is committed to preparing children with essential foundations for their future educational journeys.

They frequently open new branches, including upcoming nurseries in Wimbledon Broadway Court and Barons Court, demonstrating their growth and dedication to providing quality early years education.

Our ethos

Blooming Years Nursery Schools blends play-based and adult-led activities to foster harmonious development, encouraging exploration and confidence. Their curriculum emphasises morals, virtues, and interpersonal skills like kindness and empathy, with a commitment to preparing children for future education. They tailor learning to individual children's needs and receptive methods.

What it's like

Staff create a warm, engaging and inviting environment; children arrive happy and quickly settle, forming secure bonds that help them to feel safe, secure and valued. Staff implement an ambitious curriculum and provide indoor and outdoor learning experiences that enable all children to make good progress.

Nurturing EnvironmentPlay-based LearningCharacter DevelopmentMultiple London Locations

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, all year round.

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2017

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Blooming Years Nursery Schools

Last inspected 16 October 2024 · Laura Brewer

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

Staff create a warm, engaging and inviting environment; children arrive happy and quickly settle, forming secure bonds that help them to feel safe, secure and valued. Staff implement an ambitious curriculum and provide indoor and outdoor learning experiences that enable all children to make good progress.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff create a warm, engaging and inviting environment where children quickly settle.
  • An ambitious curriculum enables all children to make good progress in their learning and development.
  • Children benefit from a wide variety of carefully planned indoor and outdoor learning experiences, including yoga, physical education and trips to the library.
  • Staff are skilled at expanding children's knowledge using stories, music and songs to support language and creativity.
  • Children behave well and receive frequent praise, which builds confidence and self-esteem.

Areas to develop

  • 1build on existing good practice by encouraging children to develop their listening and communication skills further during group activities to ensure that they get the most out of all experiences.
Inspection #10353988 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are well supported. Systems to identify where children may need support are good; early help is sought promptly and staff work closely with parents and external professionals to monitor progress and develop clear targets.

Outdoor space

Children benefit from a wide variety of carefully thought out indoor and outdoor learning experiences. Activities such as yoga and physical education support children's physical and mental well-being and provide opportunities for physical development.

Parent Reviews of Blooming Years Nursery Schools

4.3
(16)
Zoe Antonov
a year ago

Crazy idea but maybe don’t give the kids (not their fault at all) pots and pans to smack and bang in the morning in the back garden, as all of the apartment buildings are being disturbed. There’s babies sleeping in these flats and people working from home trying to have meetings. I understand fun time is fun time, but the bars make less noise then the nursery.

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claire holland
3 years ago

My son went from 1-4 yrs old. He loved it. The staff were patient and kind, offered such a variety of activities, helped him grow in confidence and independence and supported me when I had questions on a few things. He joined reception this year well prepared and ready for his next chapter. Thank you team.

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Laura Colciago
5 years ago

Excellent nursery! We are so happy about it. I was so scared about the idea of not finding a good place for my little one. Then I have tried Early Foundations and my baby loves it. The teachers are qualified and they take care of every emotional aspect of the babies. I have visited a lot of nurseries but I never had the same warm feeling.

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Gellner Ndudi
3 years ago

I had to call three times before I was able to be seen. Each time the manager said she would call me and never did, then finally I mentioned I called numerous times, then I was booked in for an appointment. It was a terrible experience, the manager kept at me and my child. I mention my daughter was delayed with her speech, but was hitting her milestone with everything else. She then said if there’s anything else wrong with my child, I should mention, as though I was withholding something. My daughter was also very irritated because she had a ear infection, which I mentioned, because she was abit fussy, but it felt like she wanted to diagnose my daughter with something and judging her.. She said she said she would send me information on enrolling my daughter to my mailbox, 3 days later, nothing, I guess my daughter didn’t pass the interview. Poor management, very judgmental, i won’t bother following up with them, waste of my time!

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FA A
7 years ago

I went for a show around to this nursery and it was awful. Children were walking around with dirty faces and noses,staff were chatting amongst themselves and hardly paying any attention to the children. I also noticed that staff were raising their voices at the children and also handling them roughly ,which made the children very upset. Children were running up and down the classroom with their socks and there was a wet floor that no one bothered to mop. It also looked as if staff were neglecting the children when they were crying or upset.

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Inspection history

Date: January 2020

  • October 2024Good
  • January 2020Good

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