Opening hours
Monday – Friday 8am – 6pm; 7.30am drop off & 6.45pm collections are available on request. Open 51 weeks of the year, closed on Bank Holidays.
Bluebells Day Nursery in London
Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2025)
Number of places
60 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2025
Local authority
Waltham Forest
About this day nursery
Bluebells Day Nursery, established four years ago, is deeply committed to fostering "young minds" through a comprehensive care and education approach for children from birth to five years old. The nursery prides itself on providing an exceptional and secure setting where children can thrive and prepare for school.
Their philosophy revolves around creating a nurturing and stimulating environment that encourages physical, emotional, social, and intellectual growth. Bluebells aims to build strong relationships with both children and parents, offering a tailored settling-in process to ensure every child feels comfortable and confident.
The dedicated staff are focused on providing a "home from home" experience, prioritizing safety by personally greeting and escorting children and parents at the start and end of each day. The nursery is open 51 weeks a year and provides flexible opening hours to accommodate working parents.
What it's like
Staff help children to flourish; children arrive to warm greetings, form strong bonds with staff and quickly settle to engage with activities. Leaders and staff plan a curriculum that supports progress across all areas of learning, staff work well with parents and agencies to support children, and children enjoy their time, make independent choices and show growing confidence.
"Growing Young Minds" ethosCaters for babies to 5-year-oldsTailored settling-in process"Home From Home" environmentFocus on school readiness
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
- Hourly Rate£10.60 / hour
- 15 Hours Meal Cost£7.06 / week
- 30 Hours Meal Cost£14.12 / week
Key facts
Age range
new-born babies through to children of 5 years old
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2016
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Bluebells Day Nursery
Last inspected 5 June 2025 · Anne-Marie Giffts
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 help children to flourish; children arrive to warm greetings, form strong bonds with staff and quickly settle to engage with activities. Leaders and staff plan a curriculum that supports progress across all areas of learning, staff work well with parents and agencies to support children, and children enjoy their time, make independent choices and show growing confidence.
Inspector highlights
- Children form strong bonds with staff and feel safe and secure.
- Curiculum planning supports progress across all areas of learning.
- Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive good support through partnerships with parents and agencies.
- Staff provide good opportunities for physical development and early mathematical understanding.
- Parents praise staff for care and information about children's development; a lending library supports reading at home.
Areas to develop
- 1strengthen the planning of activities and experiences so there is a sharper focus on children's individual next steps in learning
- 2support staff to be consistent in how they support children to learn why some behaviour is not acceptable, and how it has an impact on others
- 3promote staff's skills and knowledge further by establishing effective coaching, training and mentoring to support children with consistently high levels of education.
Inspection #10403081 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive good support; staff work with parents and relevant agencies to ensure appropriate support is available, helping children to progress in their learning.
Parent Reviews of Bluebells Day Nursery
5.0
(5)
alice martin
a year ago
My daughter has loved her time at Bluebells. The staff are kind, encouraging and have gone above and beyond to help her settle and enjoy her time here. I would recommend Bluebells to anyone.
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Pamela Downey
4 years ago
My son started Bluebells in Sept 2020 when he was only 8 months old. Despite the challenges of Covid-19 the staff were kind enough to let me visit the nursery and made us feel so welcome. I cannot speak highly enough of all the staff. As a first time mum, I was anxious about how my little boy would settle in but he is loved beyond compare and the staff really have encouraged him to take his first steps, learn to feed himself, sing nursery rhymes, play with others and taken care of him better than anyone else. I trust them implicitly. They give you feedback each and everyday about how your child is doing and are always happy to answer any questions. We are only leaving Bluebells this month due to the fact we are relocating to a whole other part of the country! It breaks my heart to have to move away but if you are wondering or nervous about putting your child to start at Bluebells then do not worry. They are fantastic and we will miss them dearly.
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Isabella Castell
4 years ago
Amazing Nursery and lovely, friendly staff. Went above and beyond to help with my sons difficulties and really saw progress whilst he attended. Provided constant feedback & he was always so happy to attend and asked to go to nursery every day! Extremely happy we chose this Nursery
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K K
a year ago
Great nursery, my daughter loves attending every day and is doing really well so far.
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Cemal Arikan
3 years ago
No doubt one of the best Nurseries in the country. They will go above and beyond to provide care. Thank you for everything you have done for Salih.
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Inspection history
Date: October 2018
- June 2025Good
- December 2019Good
- June 2019Inadequate
- October 2018Good
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