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Dicky Birds Pre School Nurseries - Durham Road

Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2024)
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5.0(3 parent reviews) ·12-14 Durham Road, LONDON, SW20 0TW · Merton
Number of places
101 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2024
Local authority
Merton

About this day nursery

Dicky Birds Pre School Nurseries Ltd – Durham Road is an all-year childcare setting in London, SW20 0TW, offering care for children aged 0–4 years. Established in 2013, the nursery operates from 8am to 6pm, 51 weeks of the year.

The most recent Ofsted inspection, on 22/11/2024, rated the nursery as 'Good' overall. Staff at Dicky Birds are known for their warm relationships with the children and their ability to implement care routines that mirror home life, helping children to feel happy, confident, and settle quickly.

The nursery provides a wide array of activities to support children's development, including yoga and multisport sessions to enhance physical skills. Babies enjoy outdoor tummy time and learn to navigate steps and slopes safely.

Indoor and outdoor learning experiences are thoughtfully planned to impact children's learning positively. The provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is supported by staff accessing specialist advice, ensuring all children progress well from their starting points, even though occasionally staff may not always recognise when additional support is needed.

Parents appreciate the clear communication, including timely updates on children's learning and care through technology, and often observe improvements in their children's language and social skills.

What it's like

Staff know children well and form warm relationships, implementing care routines that mirror home life. Children are happy, confident, and settle quickly, with staff providing reassurance and promoting emotional well-being. A range of opportunities are provided for physical skills development, including yoga and multisport sessions, and sensory experiences engage children.

Warm relationships with childrenFocus on physical developmentStrong parent communicationSupport for SENDOutdoor play for the communitySequenced learning

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

Key facts

Opening hours

8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Dicky Birds Pre School Nurseries - Durham Road

Last inspected 22 November 2024 · Kareen Jacobs

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 know children well and form warm relationships, implementing care routines that mirror home life. Children are happy, confident, and settle quickly, with staff providing reassurance and promoting emotional well-being. A range of opportunities are provided for physical skills development, including yoga and multisport sessions, and sensory experiences engage children.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders are ambitious for children and staff and strive for continuous improvement.
  • Leaders support staff to gain recognised qualifications and develop their professional practice.
  • Staff regularly share accurate assessments of children's learning with parents.
  • Staff understand how to plan sequenced learning opportunities for children.
  • Staff help children to develop an awareness of their local community and develop their fluency well.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen support for staff teaching so that children are more consistently engaged in learning and receive an even higher level of support to develop their skills
  • 2increase opportunities for children to recognise, value and share what makes them unique.
Inspection #10353822 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents say that they appreciate the information that is shared with them.

They value the use of technology to communicate timely records of children's learning experiences and care.

Parents notice the improvements in children's language and social skills.

They speak warmly of the caring staff team.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities benefit from staff's access to specialist support and advice. Very occasionally, staff do not recognise when children need more support to engage with learning or extend their learning. Nonetheless, all children progress well from their starting points in learning.

Outdoor space

Babies enjoy tummy time outdoors and learn how to safely navigate steps and slopes. 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 Dicky Birds Pre School Nurseries - Durham Road

5.0
(3)
Sarah Pickersgill
a year ago

Our son has been at DBs since he was one, and he’s now in the pre-school class. He has always been settled there and made lots of friends. It’s a very loving, fun and creative environment and the staff are really wonderful with the kids. Annabel, the manager, has made a big difference since she started last year. We’ll be really sad to leave the nursery.

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Monika Czechowska-Rawnson
a year ago

Fantastic team and lovely range of activities are offered at Durham Road. My little one comes back home dirty, but very happy and well fed 😉

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Inspection history

Date: February 2014

  • November 2024Good
  • November 2023Good
  • June 2023Inadequate
  • November 2021Good
  • April 2014Outstanding
  • February 2014Good

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