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Curiocity Childcare

Ofsted: Good
(May 2022)
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4.5(20 parent reviews) ·55 Tealby Court, Georges Road, London, N7 8HY · Islington
Number of places
45 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2022
Local authority
Islington

About this day nursery

Curiocity Childcare, located in London, N7 8HY, operates as a childcare setting on non-domestic premises, offering care for children aged 0 to 4 years. Rated as 'Good' by Ofsted following its inspection on 31 May 2022, the nursery prides itself on providing a stimulating and exciting curriculum, generally focused on the children's interests.

Children at Curiocity Childcare are described as happy and content, forming secure emotional attachments with staff and quickly settling with their key person. They are encouraged to be independent, with staff having high expectations, teaching them skills such as filling their own water bottles and serving their own food, fostering positive behaviours and attitudes to learning.

The nursery is open Monday to Friday from 8am until 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year, closing only for Christmas and New Year. The manager has established effective partnerships with external professionals, ensuring timely support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

The quality of education is provided both indoors and outdoors, allowing for a varied learning experience. The setting values children's home languages, supporting a strong sense of belonging, and children are developing good communication and language skills through daily routines of singing and stories.

Parents have expressed extreme satisfaction with their children's progress, feeling well-informed and confident to support learning at home.

What it's like

Children are happy and content at nursery, enjoying secure emotional attachments with staff and settling quickly with their key person. They are excited to play and explore, with pre-schoolers confidently using gymnastic rings and babies delighting in peekaboo. Staff have high expectations, promoting independence by teaching children to fill water bottles and serve their own food, fostering positive behaviours and attitudes to learning.

Good Ofsted ratingSecure attachmentsIndependence fosteredStimulating curriculumEffective partnershipsSEND support

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday from 8am until 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year, closing for Christmas and New Year

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Curiocity Childcare

Last inspected 31 May 2022

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 are happy and content at nursery, enjoying secure emotional attachments with staff and settling quickly with their key person. They are excited to play and explore, with pre-schoolers confidently using gymnastic rings and babies delighting in peekaboo. Staff have high expectations, promoting independence by teaching children to fill water bottles and serve their own food, fostering positive behaviours and attitudes to learning.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager is committed to promoting a stimulating and exciting curriculum for children, generally focused on their interests.
  • Effective partnerships with parents help to support children's development.
  • Staff monitor children's progress and assess their levels of development to identify next steps in learning.
  • Children are developing good communication and language skills, with singing and stories as daily routines.
  • Children's home languages are valued in the setting, supporting a strong sense of belonging.

Areas to develop

  • 1identify how children's learning experiences can be extended during adult-led activities, to help them to further build on their interests, knowledge and skills
  • 2review the planning and teaching of group activities to ensure that they consistently support the learning needs of younger children as well as possible.
Inspection #10197341 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents express they are extremely satisfied with the progress their children are making.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The manager has established partnerships with external professionals. This helps to ensure timely support for children identified as needing additional support.

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Curiocity Childcare

4.5
(20)
Valentina Iakovleva
10 months ago

We had 2 kids in Curiocity and they both loved the time there. We would go ahead with placing our third child in there if not a swift decision to move abroad. The teachers were caring and always with a smile. The kids were happy and well developed. The menu made me feel jealous :) Daily detailed updates were handy to track the progress but also to be reassured that the kids are happy and having fun. The baby group was using sign language to promote early communication and speech, which worked really well. Spending lots of time outside including napping outdoors and regular trips to the nearby parks - absolutely amazing. I can go on and on, but I’ll just say that I can 100% recommend this nursery!

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Cynthia lan
10 months ago

We totally love it for our baby. We joined when my baby girl was 4 months only. She has been happy ever since- they went to zoo, stadium, a lot of outings and many celebrations for different cultures. We are so happy so see her grow happily and freely. She fits in so well and learned so many things. Highly recommend

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Katherine Tory
2 years ago

CurioCity is the perfect place for our little daughter. We were quite concerned starting her at six months of age but the nursery staff put us so much at ease from the very beginning. The bond that the teachers share with the children in the baby room is so heartwarming and reassuring. Our daughter absolutely loves going there and gets very excited every day at drop-off. The children get exposed to many different experiences and the teachers are led by each child’s impulse & interests. What this nursery offers every day would be impossible to duplicate at home: different crafts, music, reading, muddy outdoor time (in the NEW garden area or the park), taking their nap outdoors when the weather allows in the summer months - all embedded in a comforting daily routine. My wife and I are completely in love with this nursery. The daily updates we receive on our daughter‘s development (including pictures and videos) are so precious to us! And the food they offer the little ones is AMAZING!!

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Sophie Epstone
4 years ago

From the minute we stepped into the garden to meet the team, to the excellent settling process and beyond, our little boy has had so much care, attention, opportunities to learn, explore and grow, not to mention outstanding food. From taking first steps to baby Olympics, exploring nature and pizza making, all before 16 months! If we could give 5.5*'s we would. CurioCity has an incredibly nurturing environment and love to see all their children thrive in this happy setting. Every day we get updates on the app about the days events, activities and friendships being formed and there's happy faces at pick up and drop off - without doubt this nursery is playing a big part in our little ones development. Thank you to all the Baby Room, Toddler Room, Naz & the great Management team... parents and carers in the area, we'd highly recommend!

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Igor Jurkowski
4 years ago

CurioCity has been such a great place for my and my wife's son - we could see that he was happy playing at the nursery, the staff bonded with him (and us) so well. The food has been amazing (it made me hungry sometimes reading what goodies he had for lunch or tea-time), the play time outstanding (a lot of exploration), and the fact that they have had outings almost every day also a giant plus. Also the management takes care so that any sickness doesn't spread across nursery - all according to government guidance. If we were still in London we would definitely choose CurioCity - it's one of the places we miss the most since leaving the city. Amazing place!

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

31 May 2022

Good

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

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