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Dragonfly Day Nursery in Colchester

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2024)
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5.0(16 parent reviews) ·14 North Hill, Colchester, CO1 1DZ · Essex
Number of places
68 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2024
Local authority
Essex

About this day nursery

Dragonfly Day Nursery offers exceptional childcare for infants and young children aged three months to five years. Conveniently located in both Stratford, East London, and Colchester, Essex, the nursery prides itself on its state-of-the-art facilities and carefully designed environments, equipped with modern resources that encourage exploration and discovery.

The dedicated team at Dragonfly Day Nursery is committed to fostering a stimulating, welcoming, and enjoyable atmosphere, ensuring each child receives the best possible start in life. The nursery believes in celebrating every child's unique potential and tailors their approach to make learning a fun and engaging adventure.

With a strong emphasis on learning through sensory play, exploration, and social interaction, Dragonfly Day Nursery aims to cultivate happy, challenged, and empowered children, all while prioritising their education, social well-being, and overall development. Fresh, healthy meals are prepared on-site, promoting good eating habits and social skills among the children.

The nursery also values strong partnerships with parents, recognising the importance of collaborative care and education.

What it's like

Children enjoy their nursery day, engaging in well-organised activities led by inventive staff who know them well. They learn about positive behaviour through 'golden rules' and mimic staff's respectful interactions, fostering a culture of mutual respect and understanding of diverse cultures.

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Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Established

2023

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Dragonfly Day Nursery

Last inspected 5 January 2024 · Lynn Hughes

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 enjoy their nursery day, engaging in well-organised activities led by inventive staff who know them well. They learn about positive behaviour through 'golden rules' and mimic staff's respectful interactions, fostering a culture of mutual respect and understanding of diverse cultures.

Inspector highlights

  • Children enjoy their nursery day and quickly become engaged in play.
  • Staff are inventive in their presentation of activities and know children well.
  • Staff help children link their behaviour to 'golden rules' and promote kindness and caring.
  • The management team has further developed their responsibilities and improved procedures for health and dietary needs.
  • Parents praise the kind and caring staff and effective communication from the nursery.

Areas to develop

  • 1build on the provision for outdoor play and experiences to provide more learning opportunities for those children who prefer to learn outdoors
  • 2strengthen procedures for obtaining information about children when they first start at the nursery, especially for children who previously attended another early years provision.
Inspection #10309424 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents spoken to comment on how happy their children are at the nursery.

They praise the kind and caring staff and comment that a real strength of the team is the effective communication they receive about their child's day.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff help to develop children's speech and communication skills from a very early age. They name objects in everyday play and encourage babies to repeat or name things. Staff working with the older children use planned circle time to encourage children to sing familiar songs and to talk about events, introducing new words.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy some outdoor learning when they visit the nursery garden. On occasions, they go for walks in the local community. During the winter months, however, the provision for such experiences is reduced to short, planned outdoor play sessions.

Parent Reviews of Dragonfly Day Nursery

5.0
(16)
fenella earle
7 months ago

Our little one has the best time with the children and staff. After moving, she settled in quickly and was incredibly happy. The staff have been helpful and friendly and it really is like home away from home for our little one. She’s made amazing progress in all areas and the staff have been knowledgable and supportive in helping us with areas such as potty training! We can’t fault the nursery in any way and love to see our daughter flourish and grow with Dragonfly’s care and encouragement.

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Alexander Randall
6 months ago

We had such a great experience at Dragonfly. The staff are lovely, caring, and always made our child feel happy and safe. The nursery has a welcoming atmosphere and you can tell the team genuinely care about the children. Highly recommend

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Hilda B White
9 months ago

We are so grateful for the wonderful care and support our son has received at Dragonfly Nursery. From the very beginning, the staff have been so kind, attentive, and genuinely dedicated to his well-being and development. They have created such a nurturing and welcoming environment where he feels happy, safe, and excited to learn every day. We truly appreciate all the effort, patience and love the team puts into making the nursery such a special place. A huge thank you for Tasha the manager you are amazing! Thanks a lot for the incredible teachers Clare, Sophie and Carmen for all love and caring. Thank you for all special staff for the attention and care you all are a star. Thank you for being such an important part of our son's early years - we couldn't have asked for a better start for him.

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Lianne Cook
10 months ago

Dragonfly Nursery has been absolutely amazing for our daughter. She loves the people there and has made some great friends. The Management of the Nursery always goes out of their way to help and support both the children and the parents. Moving our daughter to this nursery was the best decision we made! She has learned so much from the girls there, and her education is supported. Dragonfly not only offer support and care to my daughter, but they welcome my son at drop offs and pick ups as if he was apart of their team (even though he is already at school). I recommend this team to everyone I speak to with young children and will continue to do so. I appreciate the help and support everyone here offers

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Sagar Patel
11 months ago

My son has grown up with this nursery, and we've had the joy of watching it grow alongside him. The entire team is absolutely wonderful—always warm, caring, and most importantly, incredibly patient. Every day, we were greeted with smiling, happy faces, making drop-offs and pick-ups a pleasure. The staff have always kept my son's best interests at heart, and their dedication has meant the world to us. A special mention goes to the Manager - Tasha, and the owner, who have both been so polite, understanding, and accommodating throughout our journey. We are especially grateful to Zoie, Caris, Claire, and Sophie for the genuine care and love they've shown our son. Thank you all for making his early years so happy and nurturing. Highly recommend it!

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2024

Date: August 2023

  • January 2024Good
  • August 2023Inadequate

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