Term time / All Year
All Year
Goldsmiths Community Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2024)
Number of places
24 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2024
Local authority
Lewisham
About this day nursery
Goldsmiths Community Centre, established in 1939 and nestled in North Downham, serves as a vibrant local hub dedicated to fostering community connection and growth. The centre offers a diverse array of events, workshops, and volunteering opportunities, providing a welcoming environment for all individuals to learn and engage.
Their facilities are available for hire, accommodating various occasions from children's parties to weekly classes and community group gatherings. They pride themselves on offering affordable rates, friendly support, and a warm welcome to everyone who steps through their doors.
The centre is easily accessible and aims to make a positive impact within its community by providing versatile spaces and engaging activities.
What it's like
Children settle happily and make good progress at this stimulating, caring nursery. Staff help babies to feel secure, for instance by finding out about familiar home care routines. They incorporate this into daily practice and babies feel secure and happy. Staff take time to get to know each child as an individual and value each child highly. They have high expectations of children.
Community HubEvent Space for HireWorkshops and Classes
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Goldsmiths Community Nursery
Last inspected 12 July 2024
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 settle happily and make good progress at this stimulating, caring nursery. Staff help babies to feel secure, for instance by finding out about familiar home care routines. They incorporate this into daily practice and babies feel secure and happy. Staff take time to get to know each child as an individual and value each child highly. They have high expectations of children.
Inspector highlights
- Children gain good mathematical skills by counting chairs at mealtimes and using tape measures.
- Children enjoy a stimulating and vibrant range of creative opportunities, exploring textures with paint, sand, and water.
- Staff support children's communication, language, and literacy skills well by introducing new words and reading stories.
- Children gain good independence by serving themselves at lunchtime and learning to share and take turns.
- The manager provides good support to staff and ensures they have opportunities for professional development.
Areas to develop
- 1review group organisation at story times to enhance learning of children aged two years.
Inspection #10351566 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The manager is keen to continually develop staff skills and knowledge. For instance, staff attended a course on supporting children with special educational needs to promote best outcomes for children.
Outdoor space
To support their understanding of the world further, staff teach children how to care for the pet chickens in the garden and teach them how they live. Staff provide space for babies to crawl and pull themselves up on low apparatus. Older children enjoy climbing in and out of holes and staff teach children how to use bats to hit balls. Staff are vigilant about children's safety. They have robust risk assessments regarding caring for pet chickens in the garden. Staff check all parts of the nursery, indoors and outdoors, to keep children safe from hazards.
Parent Reviews of Goldsmiths Community Nursery
4.2
(212)
Sean Ryan
4 years ago
My first visit to this amazing community centre that does so much. Well worth a visit
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Babajide
3 years ago
A lovely center with recreational activities. The hall is conducive and serene.
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Joe Savel
6 years ago
We have rented this hall numerous times for events like weddings and celebrations. It's a good size hall with a raised stage and stage curtains. Adjacent to the hall is a small open plan kitchen with some space for tables. Just outside the hall on the property is a children's playground which is fenced off and away from the road. It does need refurbishment as it's quite an old building but will do on a tight budget.
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John Macy
4 years ago
This is a community centre with a nice stage, disabled access, well ventilated with several doors giving access to the outside, a kitchen with a service hatch to the hall and well kept toilets. The hall can take 120 people as an audience and has good lighting.
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Sam S
8 years ago
Will be using this hall in the near future. It has recently come back into use after a long period of been closed. Therefore hoping the owners will start to invest some money back into the place. A lick of paint would be nice. Changing and updating the drapes. Getting a new PA system Fixing the ceiling above the hatch area and just below the beam. Some soft seated chairs. BUT overall a very good rent!!! Helpful and friendly staff
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Inspection history
Date: September 2018
- July 2024Good
- September 2018Good
Frequently asked about Goldsmiths Community Nursery
About the setting
Goldsmiths Community Nursery registered in 2016. It is located in Catford in the London Borough of Lewisham. The nursery is open Monday to Friday from 7.45am to 6pm for 50 weeks of the year and is closed on public bank holidays. There are 14 staff, including the manager, eight of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications. The nursery accepts funding for free early years education for children aged two, three and four years.
- URN
- EY535958
- Registered person
- Avery, Zoe Danielle
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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