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Eljoy Nursery in Romford (RM6 5NR)

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2024)
·St. Marks Church Centre, Belben Court, Romford, RM6 5NR · Barking and Dagenham
Number of places
32 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2024
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham

About this day nursery

Eljoy Nursery, established in 2016, provides a nurturing and stimulating environment for children from birth to 4 years and 11 months. Located in Chadwell Heath and Mark’s Gate, the nursery offers both part-time and full-time places.

Their approach is child-centred and inclusive, focusing on learning through play to foster social, emotional, and academic growth. The nursery prides itself on its experienced and qualified staff, a key person system for personalised support, and robust safeguarding procedures.

They value strong partnerships with parents, ensuring open communication and involvement in each child's learning journey. Eljoy Nursery aims to build confidence, care, and curiosity in every child, preparing them for future learning and well-being.

Our ethos

Eljoy Nursery's child-centred and inclusive approach focuses on learning through play to foster social, emotional, and academic growth. They aim to build confidence, care, and curiosity in every child through personalised support and strong parent partnerships.

What it's like

Staff provide a safe and welcoming environment where children thrive, receive emotional support, and build strong attachments. They confidently separate from parents and understand consistent boundaries and high expectations for behaviour. The manager and staff offer a broad curriculum, encouraging personal care skills and learning through activities that interest and excite children.

Play-based learningExperienced staffIndividualised careParent partnerships

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Chadwell Heath: 7:30 am – 6:00 pm; Mark’s Gate: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Age range

Birth to 4 years and 11 months

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Session types

Part-time, Full-time

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Eljoy Nursery

Last inspected 18 June 2024

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 provide a safe and welcoming environment where children thrive, receive emotional support, and build strong attachments. They confidently separate from parents and understand consistent boundaries and high expectations for behaviour. The manager and staff offer a broad curriculum, encouraging personal care skills and learning through activities that interest and excite children.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager and staff regularly observe and assess children's development, enabling them to sequence children's learning.
  • There is good support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
  • Staff read and sing with children each day, and carefully consider words to learn, supporting good language skills.
  • Children love spending time outdoors being active, exercising large muscles, which contributes to their enjoyment of healthy lifestyles.
  • Parents are very happy with the service provided, speaking highly of the caring and supportive staff.

Areas to develop

  • 1help staff to improve the planning and delivery of group activities, to ensure that all children fully engage and benefit as much as possible from the learning opportunities
  • 2support staff to teach children about a broad range of emotions, to help children communicate their feelings and begin to moderate their behaviour independently.
Inspection #10350622 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

There is good support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff swiftly identify and address any emerging gaps in children's learning, working in partnership with parents and other professionals to help all children make good progress. Staff also enable children to communicate in other ways, such as using objects or pictures, which helps children with SEND to express themselves confidently.

Outdoor space

Children love spending time outdoors being active. They exercise their large muscles as they run, climb, balance and pedal tricycles. Staff remind children to be careful and considerate of others as they use the large apparatus, helping children understand risks and keep themselves safe.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

18 June 2024

Good

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

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