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Chrysalis Day Nursery & Pre-School

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Nov 2022)
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5.0(6 parent reviews) ·3 Church Hill, LOUGHTON, IG10 1QP · Essex
Number of places
49 places
Age range
1–3 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2022
Local authority
Essex

About this day nursery

Chrysalis Day Nursery & Pre-School offers a nurturing and engaging environment for young children in Loughton, with an additional branch newly opened in Epping. The nursery is dedicated to fostering each child

What it's like

Children flourish in this exceptional nursery, developing strong bonds with nurturing and attentive staff, which ensures they settle quickly and feel safe. They behave exceptionally well and are instinctively kind towards their peers. Children benefit from a rich and exciting curriculum, are highly motivated, and are extremely independent, serving their own lunch and scraping their own plates.

Ofsted OutstandingEYFS CurriculumAge-specific Rooms

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6.30pm.

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Chrysalis Day Nursery & Pre-School

Last inspected 21 November 2022 · Emily Woodhead

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children flourish in this exceptional nursery, developing strong bonds with nurturing and attentive staff, which ensures they settle quickly and feel safe. They behave exceptionally well and are instinctively kind towards their peers. Children benefit from a rich and exciting curriculum, are highly motivated, and are extremely independent, serving their own lunch and scraping their own plates.

Inspector highlights

  • The management team is inspirational, and their ambition for children to succeed is shared by the dedicated staff team.
  • Children enjoy a wealth of opportunities to learn about their local community, including trips to the library, supermarkets and local parks.
  • Support for children's language and literacy development is outstanding, with staff immersing children in rich, vibrant language and introducing new words at every opportunity.
  • Partnerships with parents are exceptional, with parents fully involved in their children's life at the nursery and social evenings used to share information to support children's development.
  • Children have extensive opportunities to learn how to keep their bodies healthy, enjoying physical activity in the outside area and learning about oral health and nutritious meals.
Inspection #10235749 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

parents state that the nursery goes 'above and beyond' and 'truly provides children with first-class care'.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make excellent progress.

Outdoor space

The outside area offers the same enticing learning environment as inside, giving children who prefer to learn outside the same rich experiences. Children enjoy smelling different herbs in the mud kitchen and explore using different tools to mark make with paint on easels.

Parent Reviews of Chrysalis Day Nursery & Pre-School

5.0
(6)
Rachel Ellis
8 months ago

Both my boys started at Chrysalis nursery at 13 months and stayed through the pre-school. I highly recommend them, from day staff through to management, everyone is so friendly and helpful. The sites are so well maintained, the food is high quality, the activities are varied and they work hard to make sure they are school ready when the time comes. Thank you for giving the boys such a happy experience and always being ready to provide extra help and tips if asked! :)

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Paul Thomas
5 years ago

My four year old boy attends Chrysalis and I 100% recommend! He loves his time there and always has such a happy day. I can tell the staff are really passionate about working with the children. Recently my boy had his birthday, because of COVID-19 we were unable to have a party at home so were delighted when Chrysalis had a party for him instead! He brings home lots of great crafts he has made and Chrysalis uses an online system called Tapestry so we get lots of videos and photos of his day. I also love that my boy gets freshly cooked hot meals at lunchtime (as well as snacks throughout the day). I have seen the meals when they were freshly cooked - they looked delicious and made 39 year old me very hungry!

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Alex Hayward
a year ago

Our twin girls are so happy at Chrysalis. The staff are so friendly, professional & we know the days that they are in they are being entertained with a wide range of educational activities & good food.

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Ben Michael Smith
3 years ago

Brilliant nursery and pre-school. Caring staff, nice garden area.

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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2022

Date: January 2013

  • November 2022Outstanding
  • February 2017Good
  • November 2013Good
  • January 2013Good

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