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Hatching Dragons Canada Water

Ofsted: Good
(May 2023)
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4.6(33 parent reviews) ·Lavender Pumphouse, Lavender Road, London, SE16 5DZ · Southwark
Number of places
72 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2023
Local authority
Southwark

About this day nursery

Hatching Dragons Canada Water is a pioneering bilingual nursery situated in London, offering an immersive mandarin immersion program for children from 0 to 5 years old. This early learning environment is dedicated to fostering language acquisition and cognitive development through engaging activities and a culturally rich curriculum.

The nursery provides flexible care options to accommodate various family needs, including full-time and part-time attendance, as well as specialized services like weekend school, holiday clubs, and after-school clubs. With a strong emphasis on community and family support, Hatching Dragons Canada Water aims to make quality early years education accessible through a range of funding options and discounts for siblings, referrals, and public sector workers.

The nursery is committed to supporting children's holistic growth in a vibrant and inclusive setting. They also offer online tours for prospective families to explore their facilities and unique educational approach.

Our ethos

Hatching Dragons Canada Water offers a bilingual (Mandarin immersion) early learning experience for children aged 0-5. Their educational approach focuses on language acquisition and cognitive development through a culturally rich curriculum, aiming for holistic child growth in an inclusive setting.

What it's like

Staff greet children warmly on arrival. New children develop secure attachments with their key person as settling-in systems are effective. Children are happy and form close bonds with staff, who partner with parents to identify starting points in learning and interests. Staff provide opportunities for a wide variety of activities, such as singing in Mandarin, and check children's understanding using recall strategies.

Bilingual Mandarin ImmersionFlexible Childcare OptionsCommunity & Family FocusedPublic Sector Discounts

Pricing & funding

Fees are charged monthly and vary based on the child's age, funding eligibility, and the number of days attended per week. Additional services include weekend school, holiday clubs, after school clubs, and early or late collection. Discounts are available for siblings, referrals, and advance payments.

Funding accepted

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

Good to know

  • Registration fee applies to each program.
  • Discounts are offered for siblings, referrals, and advance payments.
  • Monthly fees depend on the number of days per week and funding options.

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am until 6.30pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2021

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Hatching Dragons Canada Water

Last inspected 12 May 2023

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 greet children warmly on arrival. New children develop secure attachments with their key person as settling-in systems are effective. Children are happy and form close bonds with staff, who partner with parents to identify starting points in learning and interests. Staff provide opportunities for a wide variety of activities, such as singing in Mandarin, and check children's understanding using recall strategies.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager has supported staff to establish effective routines and structures for children to follow, leading to well-behaved, calm, and respectful children.
  • The new manager has made significant changes, including providing training and professional development opportunities for staff, which has positively impacted curriculum delivery.
  • Key persons have a good knowledge of their key children and plan the curriculum based on their interests and individual learning needs.
  • Children's communication and language are promoted well through dual coding, such as using keywords in children's home languages accompanied by images.
  • Outdoors, staff provide children with opportunities to develop their gross motor skills, and children enjoy climbing on obstacle courses and confidently climb on logs and jump off.
  • The manager and staff effectively cater to children's allergen, dietary, and medical requirements, with individual place mats displayed at snack and lunchtimes.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and their families are very well supported, with early intervention provided to ensure active participation in the curriculum.
  • The manager and staff have built strong relationships with parents, who are happy with the communication and support provided by key persons and impressed with the opportunity for their children to learn Mandarin.

Areas to develop

  • 1make better use of questioning during children's play and activities to increase their thinking skills
  • 2maximise opportunities for children to take appropriate risks and challenges to enhance their resilience and independence further.
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Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and their families are very well supported. Staff provide children with early intervention to ensure that they can actively participate in all aspects of the curriculum. The manager works in partnership with the local authority inclusion leader, early years advisory team and other professionals to support children with SEND effectively.

Outdoor space

Outdoors, staff provide children with opportunities to develop their gross motor skills. Children enjoy climbing on obstacle courses created from building blocks. They shriek with joy when operating a pretend cement mixer using big circular movements. Children confidently climb on the logs and jump off, landing safely.

Parent Reviews of Hatching Dragons Canada Water

4.6
(33)
Yen Nguyen
6 months ago

I am sharing this to warn other parents about my experience with one of this nursery group’s branches. It has been over a year since I withdrew my daughter, and I am still waiting for a proper response and refund for the unused fees. The issue began when I found out that male staff members had been carrying out intimate care for my young daughter without my knowledge or consent. I raised this as a safeguarding concern and asked for open communication about who provides personal care. Instead of addressing this properly, the management responded publicly by quoting the Equality Act, which completely avoided the real issue. This was never about discrimination; it was about safeguarding, respect and parental trust. To make matters worse, after withdrawing my daughter in October, the nursery kept the fees for the entire month of November and has still not issued any refund despite repeated requests for over a year. Parents deserve transparency, accountability and honesty from any childcare provider. Based on my experience, I would urge others to ask very clear questions about how this nursery group handles intimate care, communication and refunds before enrolling.

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Cynthia Jimenez
2 years ago

It's one of the best! My 4-year-old son was only there for one year and we loved it. It's a shame they doesn't have more years, otherwise I wouldn't have changed him to another school. I liked it because there weren't that many children and that way they could take better care of them. The caregivers are very kind. . If I have another baby I will not hesitate her/ his to enroll in this Nursery.

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Viveka Chauhan
a year ago

The Hatching Dragon Canada Water teachers and staff created a very heartfelt thoughtful and warm experience for us mums for this mothers day. They invited Aimee fom Holistic Wellness with Aimee to host a wellbeing circle for us where we learnt some breathing, grounding and self healing tips as well as created a much needed, safe space for sharing our experience of motherhood and things that come in the way of our own wellbeing. The teachers and chef then had a lovely dinner laid out for us along with a fun quiz which got us all laughing and connecting with one another. All in all a very thoughtful way of getting us parents together and feeling the joy of community.

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Marc Graciov
a year ago

Extremly Happy with this nursery! From the first day my wife was impressed with the friendly and exploratory atmosphere, and made the decision right away we want to choose it for our daughter. We have been delighted parents since then!

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Maggie Lu
a year ago

Five stars for Hatching Dragons Canada Water ***** the experience is truly multicultural with inspiring results in our child. We enrolled Sebastien at the nursery after a quick tour and knew the practitioners were who we want to care for Sebastien everyday. He is warmly welcomed by the headteacher in the morning and loves going there every day. Thank you to the staff and management for all their care, and for parents' peace of mind.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

12 May 2023

Good

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

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