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Goslings Day Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(May 2025)
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5.0(18 parent reviews)
·Goslings Nursery, 106 Evelina Road, London, SE15 3HL · Southwark
Number of places
33 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2025
Local authority
Southwark

About this day nursery

Goslings Day Nursery in Nunhead provides an inspiring and nurturing environment where children are encouraged to thrive, grow, and learn through diverse activities, play, socialisation, and mealtimes. The nursery is committed to early education, with a focus on developing strong relationships between children and staff in a family-like setting.

Safety is a top priority, with a strict safeguarding policy and experienced management. Staff undergo comprehensive training in the latest guidance, techniques, learning programmes, and first aid to ensure high-quality care.

The nursery partners with local schools to prepare children for their next educational steps. Goslings Day Nursery prides itself on the positive testimonials from past and present parents, which reflect their dedication to children's development and well-being.

They offer a range of programmes and facilities designed to keep children stimulated, engaged, and happy every day.

Our ethos

Goslings Day Nursery is committed to early education within a family-like setting, focusing on developing strong relationships between children and staff to encourage children to thrive, grow and learn. They partner with local schools to prepare children for their next educational steps.

What it's like

Goslings Day Nursery offers an outstanding start to children's learning journeys, where staff are deeply attuned to their emotional needs, fostering phenomenal attitudes towards learning. The curriculum is broad, intentional, and dynamically responds to children's evolving interests, making ordinary experiences extraordinary. Children thrive, becoming curious, brave, confident, and capable learners nurtured through spontaneous and sensitively guided play.

Ofsted OutstandingFamily-like settingExperienced staff

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
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

Opening hours

7.30am to 6pm, all year round, apart from one week in August and public bank holidays

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Goslings Day Nursery

Last inspected 30 May 2025 · Anja Eribake

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

What it's like to attend

Goslings Day Nursery offers an outstanding start to children's learning journeys, where staff are deeply attuned to their emotional needs, fostering phenomenal attitudes towards learning. The curriculum is broad, intentional, and dynamically responds to children's evolving interests, making ordinary experiences extraordinary. Children thrive, becoming curious, brave, confident, and capable learners nurtured through spontaneous and sensitively guided play.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders are thoughtful and principled, creating a culture of trust, professional growth and shared purpose, and continuously role model expectations for staff and mentor them effectively.
  • Staff are passionate and highly knowledgeable about their roles and responsibilities and transfer their positivity to the children, parents and visitors.
  • Inclusive practice is reflected through tailored support that is seamlessly integrated into the day and never isolated, ensuring every child is seen, heard and known.
  • Continuous provision is thoughtfully planned and regularly adapted in response to children's interests and staff's assessment of their key children.
  • Children form secure attachments with adults and peers, nurtured by consistent, emotionally available staff, who model care, empathy and reflective listening, which allows children to feel safe, respected and capable of contributing.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders have identified a small number of refinements to further strengthen practice of all staff and have plans in place to address these.
Inspection #10398117 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The nursery team demonstrates a deep commitment to inclusion. This is particularly so for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), those who speak English as an additional language and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. The team's support is proactive, embedded and holistic.

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. Continuous provision is thoughtfully planned and regularly adapted in response to children's interests and staff's assessment of their key children.

Parent Reviews of Goslings Day Nursery

5.0
(18)
Chloe Sudlow
5 months ago

Goslings is great! The team is incredibly caring and attentive, and it’s clear they truly know and understand each child. My son absolutely loves going—he’s always excited to walk through the door and comes home happy and full of stories. He is well looked after, and the activities they plan keep him engaged, stimulated, and thriving. I am very grateful for the wonderful environment they’ve created.

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Maria Sihaloho
5 months ago

Only have amazing things to say about this nursery. We have sent both of our sons here, the setting has a real family feel and the staff are so invested in the children in providing a safe and fun environment for them to thrive in. It’s always daunting leaving your little ones and I feel so happy to drop my son off in the mornings knowing he will be receiving great care and a day of fun activities and delicious food - my eldest still goes on about how his favourite food was from the nursery.

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Caroline Sacreste
4 years ago

So happy with Goslings Nursery! Both of our children started at this nursery at 12 months old, the eldest is now at primary school and our youngest is still there. The team at Goslings are absolutely amazing and whilst working with a relatively small space, they make it work brilliantly for all of the children and babies. Everyday is different with a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities and imaginative play created by the nursery staff. Communication is excellent and we are kept regularly updated on our child's progress. Both kids absolutely love/loved their time here and we are so pleased that we chose it. It's a very special place and perfect for starting a child's educational journey! Cannot recommend highly enough!

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Kat Flint
4 years ago

Lovely, friendly nursery - small but perfectly formed! The setting is cosy but very calm and orderly, with lots of time spent outside engaged in play. The staff are warm and caring, know all the kids really well and really help the children to develop through play-based learning. My eldest child is the youngest in her school year, but we had no worries about her moving up from nursery thanks to all the phonics, maths, self-care and creative activities covered at Goslings. Because of the size, the kids get to mix with other age groups throughout the day (while still doing activities tailored by age) which in my eyes is a real benefit, and the weekly music and Mandarin sessions are a nice bonus. Communication is good, and the nursery have been really helpful on a few occasions when we’ve had childcare emergencies requiring extra days. V happy all round!

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Cheryl Mensah
2 years ago

Highly recommend gosling to all parents. I was really nervous leaving my 6month old at first. But quickly went away. My baby is happy and developing very well in their care. I love the daily update and pictures of their activities at the end of day. The staff are really friendly and go above and beyond to ensure my child is happy and comfortable.

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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2025

Date: October 2019

  • May 2025Outstanding
  • October 2019Good

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