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Blossoms Community Nursery

Ofsted: Expected standard·Potter Street Community Association, Potter Street, Harlow, CM17 9AQ · Essex
Number of places
50 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2026
Local authority
Essex

About this day nursery

Blossoms Community Nursery, located in Harlow, CM17 9AQ, operates as a childcare setting on non-domestic premises, catering to children aged 0–53 years. The nursery focuses on fostering a welcoming and nurturing environment where children are encouraged to achieve, belong, and thrive.

Staff build strong relationships with children and their families, ensuring a sense of security and belonging. The curriculum, based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, emphasises developing communication and language skills, and the nursery has shown success in closing learning gaps for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Established in 2023, the nursery maintains high expectations for children's behaviour, helping them to develop self-regulation and positive social interactions. The dedicated staff team prioritises children's well-being and works collaboratively with parents and external professionals to provide targeted support when needed.

The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 07:00 to 16:00, offering a structured yet flexible environment for children to learn and grow.

Our ethos

The nursery aims to foster a love for learning by building independence, creativity, and social skills through a blend of structured activities and imaginative play in a secure and nurturing environment. They are committed to supporting each child's developmental journey.

What it's like

Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this welcoming and nurturing nursery where staff actively encourage them to achieve, belong and thrive. Children receive warm greetings from staff, who know them and their families well. Younger children are inquisitive, using their senses to explore the texture of natural resources, such as leaves and twigs. Older children are highly imaginative as they pretend to be vets or special helpers, confidently completing age-appropriate responsibilities such as setting the table for lunch.

Welcoming and nurturingStrong relationshipsEYFS curriculumSEND supportPositive behaviour

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Potter Street: Mon – Fri · 7:00am – 4:00pm; Gilden Park: Mon – Fri · 7:30am – 5:30pm

Age range

Babies, toddlers and pre-school children

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2023

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Feb 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 53
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Blossoms Community Nursery

Last inspected 26 February 2026

What it's like to attend

Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this welcoming and nurturing nursery where staff actively encourage them to achieve, belong and thrive. Children receive warm greetings from staff, who know them and their families well. Younger children are inquisitive, using their senses to explore the texture of natural resources, such as leaves and twigs. Older children are highly imaginative as they pretend to be vets or special helpers, confidently completing age-appropriate responsibilities such as setting the table for lunch.

Inspector highlights

  • Children make progress in their learning, particularly in communication and language, and gaps in children's learning are closing for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
  • Older children flourish in confidence and become articulate communicators, showing a love of books and using activities to strengthen small muscles.
  • Leaders and staff have high expectations for children's behaviour, managing inappropriate behaviour calmly and teaching children to regulate their emotions.
  • Staff build positive relationships with children, who thoroughly enjoy interactions and learn to share resources.
  • Leaders and staff support children to form secure attachments with their key person, ensuring children feel secure and settled.
  • The well-established staff team supports one another and meets the needs of children requiring additional support.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should support all staff to review and adapt activities to ensure these consistently support all children's learning needs.
  • 2Leaders should build on staff's practice to enrich the curriculum for mathematics and enhance older children's understanding of concepts such as size, shape and capacity.
  • 3Leaders should continue to support staff to refine and embed lunchtime routines for older children so they remain engaged in meaningful learning.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The nursery effectively supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities by conducting ongoing and targeted assessments, working in partnership with parents and external professionals, and creating individual support plans. They aim for early intervention and review plans regularly. While generally effective, staff do not consistently adapt activities to make them accessible to support all children's learning needs.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

26 February 2026

Expected standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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