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Horizons Day Nursery & Pre-school

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Oct 2023)
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3.3(10 parent reviews)
·165 Hither Green Lane, Lewisham, London, SE13 6QF · Lewisham
Number of places
35 places
Age range
1–3 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2023
Local authority
Lewisham

About this day nursery

Horizons Day Nursery & Pre-School, established in September 2000 by a husband and wife team with extensive teaching backgrounds, is dedicated to providing exceptional childcare across its two locations. The nursery aims to cultivate a happy and supportive setting where children are encouraged to develop into responsible and caring individuals.

Each child is recognised for their uniqueness, and the environment values the diverse backgrounds of both children and staff. Early years practitioners collaborate with parents and guardians to facilitate learning through play, laying a strong foundation for children's school readiness.

The nursery is registered with Ofsted and adheres to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, offering care for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Children are grouped into 'Babies' (0-2 years), 'Tots' (2-3 years), and 'Pre-School' (3-5 years), with each child assigned a Key Person to tailor care and development to individual needs.

The curriculum incorporates both indoor and outdoor play, emphasising environmental awareness and physical skill development in a secure and enjoyable atmosphere.

Our ethos

Horizons Day Nursery & Pre-School aims to cultivate a happy and supportive setting where children are encouraged to develop into responsible and caring individuals. They collaborate with parents to facilitate learning through play, laying a strong foundation for school readiness, and adhere to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum.

What it's like

Staff create an extremely caring and nurturing environment in which children feel safe and secure, forming strong bonds with their key person and adapting quickly to routines. Children demonstrate exemplary behaviour, developing growing strength and coordination, and making incredibly rapid progress across all areas of learning. They can make links between current and previous experiences, enjoying rich opportunities to learn about different cultures and their local community.

Established 2000EYFS CurriculumIndoor and Outdoor PlayKey Person Approach

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm

Age range

3 months-5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

Full day

Established

2000

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Horizons Day Nursery & Pre-school

Last inspected 3 October 2023 · Anita Rickaby

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

Staff create an extremely caring and nurturing environment in which children feel safe and secure, forming strong bonds with their key person and adapting quickly to routines. Children demonstrate exemplary behaviour, developing growing strength and coordination, and making incredibly rapid progress across all areas of learning. They can make links between current and previous experiences, enjoying rich opportunities to learn about different cultures and their local community.

Inspector highlights

  • The leadership team demonstrates exceptional passion and determination to provide the best possible care and education.
  • Staff use highly effective teaching strategies to implement the curriculum and receive incredible support for their well-being and professional development.
  • Staff are sensitive to the needs of all children, providing quiet encouragement to develop their confidence and ensuring equal access to the curriculum.
  • Children make remarkable progress in their language and literacy skills, becoming deeply engaged in stories and confidently using newly acquired vocabulary.
  • Children display markedly high levels of independence and resilience, with an excellent understanding of how to stay healthy.
Inspection #10285842 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Where there are concerns that a child may have special educational needs and/or disabilities, parents are quickly signposted to other agencies for support and assessment.

Outdoor space

Children demonstrate growing strength and coordination as they crawl through tunnels and dive into the ball pool. On a trip to the shops with staff, they look at fruit and vegetables and describe enthusiastically how they grew tomatoes in the nursery garden.

Parent Reviews of Horizons Day Nursery & Pre-school

3.3
(10)
dimple madnani
4 months ago

I have to give a star because there is no option for a 0. This is by far ,the worst nursery I have visited. Firstly, their communication skills are poor. They would never return calls or emails. We had to wait for 30 minutes despite making a booking before going. To highlight, their manager is extremely rude and disrespectful. She is unprofessional and overly authoritative. Rather than being warm or comforting, she was stern and unapproachable towards kids and parents both. Instead of making the kids comfortable, she was controlling them in a very strict environment and suppressing their natural behaviour not even letting the children express themselves. A nursery environment should feel safe and nurturing but this was quite opposite. None of the staff looked happy. They were not smiling either. The vibe was very negative in there. The worst ever !

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lily smith
3 months ago

I honestly can’t recommend this nursery enough! From day one, it’s just felt really friendly and welcoming which makes such a difference for both kids and the parents. The staff are amazing, kind, patient and you can tell they genuinely care about the children. They really get to know each child and support them in a way that feels personal. The space itself is always clean, bright and full of fun activities. My child absolutely loves going, which says everything really. They’re also great at keeping parents in the loop with updates and little bits of feedback, which I really appreciate. It’s such a relief knowing my child is happy, safe and well looked after.

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Danny Davidson
a year ago

It's in a really good location. I don't like the fact they've tried to copy the name Bright horizon. Nursery, but other than the inside, is fairly spacious.But not for the number of kids they have We ultimately chose a different nursery. Also, their communication skills is to be desired. Also, it would be great if they made it a little bit more welcoming and got rid of that awful gate on the front.

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Zornitsa Marinova
10 years ago

To all the mums that are out there, looking for a nursery. My 2.5 years-old daughter now spent the last 1Y3M at Horizons Day Nursery and I can only highly recommend it to all parents in the area. She goes 8am-6pm every day Mon-Fri and has always been provided with extremely good care. She has a very good bond with all the members of staff, other children as well and I regularly get to hear about the activities she's done over the day in the evenings by her. Yoga, dancing, reading, mark making, playing with sand, Spanish are only part of the activities they engage children with at this nursery on a daily basis. She's developed her cognitive skills fairly well for her age, counting to 20 and singing the alphabet these days. She's also toilet trained and a easily a full week goes by without any accidents. Overall I'm very happy with the engagement of the staff with the children, and all the above feedback is a result of that!

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Dasiy Jiang
8 years ago

Has made an appointment to review the nursery , when we got there, no one opened the door when I rang the bell, had to call again instead.when we got into the nursery, waited for 5mins then told by staff that no one knew we were coming , and the manager was not in, so I have to re-book another appointment , so pissed. I wouldn't sent my baby there as there is poor communication between the staff , poor arrangement. very disappointing.

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Inspection history

Date: September 2004

  • November 2023Outstanding
  • October 2023Outstanding
  • November 2017Outstanding
  • October 2017Outstanding
  • December 2015Outstanding
  • November 2015Outstanding
  • July 2012Outstanding
  • June 2012Outstanding
  • April 2008Outstanding
  • September 2004Requires improvement

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