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Flourish Day Nursery in London

Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2021)
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4.0(15 parent reviews)
·Christ Church Hall, Christchurch Road, London, SW19 2NY · Merton
Number of places
30 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2021
Local authority
Merton

About this day nursery

Flourish Day Nursery is dedicated to fostering the development of young children during their crucial first five years. The nursery provides a secure, enjoyable, and stimulating environment designed to help each child achieve their full potential and thrive.

Their philosophy emphasises encouraging, motivating, engaging, and inspiring children through positive outdoor experiences, integrating free-flow play and learning through exploration. A key focus is on developing emotional intelligence, helping children understand and express their feelings constructively.

The nursery offers 55 places across five dedicated rooms, catering to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. They boast an onsite chef who prepares highly nutritious and varied meals.

Flourish Day Nursery uses a hybrid approach, combining a bespoke early years curriculum with a strong emphasis on natural resources to ignite children's curiosity. They also integrate regular outdoor learning sessions at the local common, covering all seven areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).

The nursery operates with a set of core values: placing children first, maintaining authentic integrity, providing high-quality care, being supportive, teamwork, making learning fun, advocating play, and valuing individuality.

Our ethos

Flourish Day Nursery's philosophy emphasises encouraging children through positive outdoor experiences, integrating free-flow play and exploration. They focus on developing emotional intelligence and use a hybrid approach combining a bespoke curriculum with natural resources to ignite curiosity, integrating all seven areas of the EYFS. Their core values include placing children first, high-quality care, making learning fun, advocating play, and valuing individuality.

What it's like

Children's personal, social and emotional development is central to the ethos of the setting. Children who are new settle exceptionally well due to flexible arrangements and tailored support. All children build secure relationships with staff and excitedly seek out their key person upon arrival.

Focus on emotional intelligenceOutdoor learningOnsite chefBespoke early years curriculum

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Food

Onsite chef, highly nutritious and varied menu

Staff

We’re always looking for great nursery colleagues with early years experience to work with us at Flourish Day Nursery.

Opening hours

7.30am – 6.00pm Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

Full day

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Flourish Day Nursery

Last inspected 11 November 2021 · Danny Lydon

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children's personal, social and emotional development is central to the ethos of the setting. Children who are new settle exceptionally well due to flexible arrangements and tailored support. All children build secure relationships with staff and excitedly seek out their key person upon arrival.

Inspector highlights

  • Children's personal, social and emotional development is central to the ethos of the setting.
  • Children develop independence and respond to staff's extremely high expectations for their behaviour.
  • All children, including those who have English as an additional language or may have special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning.
  • Staff promote equality and diversity extremely well and discuss topics that help children understand the world around them.
  • Leaders and the manager have a strong focus on professional development and provide staff with a wide range of training opportunities.

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance staff teaching to help children have more freedom to decide how to use materials to experiment, explore and fully express their creativity.
Inspection #10208756 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak very highly of the setting.

They value the communication they receive from staff and feel involved in their children's learning.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those who have English as an additional language or may have special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning. All staff use effective assessment to monitor children's progress. Staff are well equipped to plan extensions for children's learning and development.

Outdoor space

The manager and staff know that many children may not have access to an outdoor space at home. As such, they ensure all children make use of the garden area daily and visit areas in the local community on a regular basis.

Parent Reviews of Flourish Day Nursery

4.0
(15)
Leanne King
3 months ago

Our Daughter absolutely loved attending Flourish Day Nursery. It has such a warm family feel and the care and love given to the children is fantastic. It's great that they have some outdoor space in London however they also regularly take the children to the library which instills a love of books as well as regular trips to local parks to explore. They even explore further afield with a trip into central London to the Science museum which I never imagined possible at a nursery but was done with military precision (I attended for extra support). Our daughter has now started school and still regularly talks of nursery and her pre-school teacher in particular The nursery is also fantastic as sending multiple updates and photos daily giving you confidence your child is happy. This is something I really miss now our daughter is at school

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Elisa Magadán Pérez
6 months ago

We were so lucky to find Flourish and have space for our daughter there. Honestly, she was always so happy to go and be there. Big peace of mind for me and my partner as parents as we knew she was very well looked after! Everyday is full of activities and they take their time in making sure is educational and fun. I would recommend to anyone around the area, they really care about all the kids and create such a fantastic family like atmosphere. Thank you for this fantastic 2 years, Isabel’s learnt so much with you and we will all miss you!

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Roberta Paciolla
6 months ago

Our little boy spent his early years at this nursery, and we couldn’t be happier with the experience. The entire team provided exceptional care, creating a nurturing and supportive environment for him to grow and thrive. We truly appreciate their dedication and kindness. Highly recommended

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Emma Ward
a year ago

Our daughter had a wonderful time at Flourish. Having been to a couple of different nurseries since, I can honestly say that Flourish stands out as the best for two reasons: 1) because of the individual attention they give each child and 2) the "extra curricular" activities they plan and provide for the children - e.g. trips near and far (our daughter went to the park, library and even into central London with Flourish). Updates are regularly given on the app and feedback to the managers is well received. I would recommend this nursery to anyone.

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Nicola Lomas
a year ago

My daughter quite literally flourished under the care and attention of the team at Flourish Day Nursery. She joined at 15m during the pandemic and left the week before starting primary school.. We went through all of the “rooms” in the nursery, baby, toddler and pre-school. Each was the best, and each caregiver and teacher well trained, well respected by the owners, and loved by the children in their care. We still talk regularly about the teachers and friends made at Flourish and the environment was so positive and nurturing. The set up is great, the outside space very well utilised, they had regular trips to the local park etc, and kid friendly home cooked meals and healthy snacks. My daughter is now in reception, and we still talk about what she learned there and the friends she made, and although the nursery friends go to different primary schools, we are fortunate to see them often due to the strong bonds formed during their early years at Flourish. I’m a bit late in this review, but I was just recommending the nursery to another mum and saw some unfair comments related to admin/communication. The owners/managers of the nursery are very focused on what’s happening day to day, and the families that attend, rather than the sales pipeline. To leave a poor review because a phone call was not returned is pathetic, and it does not reflect the care that the staff at the nursery give day in day out. I was always pleased that the staff care more about the kids in their care than answering emails. The only frustration was with the application process, which seemed the same across all the nurseries we spoke to and included a very popular nursery that took a deposit without ever securing a place: applying for nursery and school places is a learning experience! I would recommend Flourish to any parent who wants a loving, safe and nurturing environment combined with some great age appropriate education and child development delivered by awesome staff.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

11 November 2021

Good

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