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Leaping Toads

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2022)
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4.1(22 parent reviews)
·Leaping Toads Centre, 1-4 Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA · Barking and Dagenham
Number of places
80 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2022
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham

About this day nursery

Leaping Toads Nursery and Preschool in Dagenham offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 9 months to 5 years, fostering confidence, curiosity, and independence. The nursery focuses on building strong foundations for school and life through warm relationships and engaging learning experiences.

They provide fresh, nutritious meals prepared daily in their own kitchen, supporting children's overall well-being. The diverse, multilingual staff reflects the local community, ensuring all children and families feel welcomed and supported.

The learning approach integrates sensory exploration and creative discovery within both indoor and outdoor environments, encouraging children to develop social, emotional, and early academic skills. The nursery prides itself on being trusted by local families since 2008, offering flexible and competitively priced sessions, with options for all-year or term-time care.

They also highlight their experienced and qualified long-serving staff, multilingual team, and use of a Parent App to keep families connected.

Our ethos

Leaping Toads fosters confidence, curiosity, and independence through warm relationships and engaging learning experiences. Their approach integrates sensory exploration and creative discovery in indoor and outdoor environments to build strong foundations for school and life, encouraging social, emotional, and academic skills.

What it's like

Children enjoy their time at Leaping Toads, arriving excitedly and forming close bonds with staff. They are eager to investigate activities and receive good interactions, with staff introducing new vocabulary. Children relish time in the garden, concentrating on activities like watering plants and building a bug hotel, while learning to care for the environment.

Flexible childcare optionsGovernment funding schemes acceptedFreshly prepared meals includedMultilingual staffEngaging indoor and outdoor learning

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)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

Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7am until 6pm

Food

All snacks, meals and cow's milk are included - freshly made each day.

Age range

9 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Leaping Toads

Last inspected 2 August 2022

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

Children enjoy their time at Leaping Toads, arriving excitedly and forming close bonds with staff. They are eager to investigate activities and receive good interactions, with staff introducing new vocabulary. Children relish time in the garden, concentrating on activities like watering plants and building a bug hotel, while learning to care for the environment.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager is passionate and committed to high-quality care and education, making changes that benefit children and building a strong team.
  • All children, including those with additional support needs or SEND, make good progress due to the knowledgeable and experienced SENCo.
  • Parents speak highly of the "happy and amazing" staff, noting children settle quickly and make good progress.
  • Good support is provided for children who speak English as an additional language, with strategies like Makaton, visual prompts, and bilingual staff.
  • Children's behaviour is good; they understand expectations and are kind to one another, with a calm atmosphere and engrossing play.

Areas to develop

  • 1plan and provide more opportunities for children to expand their enjoyment of books
  • 2review the organisation of snack and mealtimes so that staff can make the most of all opportunities to help children develop their independence skills.
Inspection #10208390 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak highly of the 'happy and amazing' staff at the nursery.

They say their children settle quickly and have made good progress in their learning.

They comment that staff are professional.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children make good progress, including children who require additional support or have special educational needs and/or disabilities. The nursery's special educational needs coordinator is very knowledgeable and experienced. She ensures the nursery is inclusive and that children receive the support they need to enjoy a meaningful day at nursery.

Outdoor space

Children relish their time in the garden. They concentrate as they pour water through water wheels and watch with fascination as the wheels turn. They take care to water the plants they grow and manage watering cans with skill. Children are learning to take care of the environment, and observe closely for any new residents in the bug hotel they have built.

EAL / language support

Good support is provided for children who speak English as an additional language. Strategies in place help children to communicate and make progress, such as the the use of Makaton and visual prompts. Children benefit from bilingual staff who can communicate in a variety of languages with them. There is a strong emphasis to ensure children make good progress in both languages. Any delays in speech are quickly identified and gaps are supported. Children speak their home language confidently during their play.

Parent Reviews of Leaping Toads

4.1
(22)
Elizabeth
6 months ago

Leaping Toads nursery has been absolutely amazing and we’re so grateful for the care they give our daughter every day 🥰 The staff are warm, patient and genuinely care about the children’s wellbeing and development. She’s grown so much in confidence, communication and independence since starting, and she’s always excited to go in (which says everything!). The activities are creative, the environment is loving and we always feel informed and supported as parents. Honestly couldn’t recommend them enough 💛🌟

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Puscalau Andreia
5 months ago

We are very happy with this kindergarten. The teachers are kind, patient, and genuinely care about the children’s well-being. The activities are creative and engaging, and my child has developed both socially and academically. The communication with parents is excellent, and the environment is safe and welcoming. Highly recommended!

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Faryal Mehmood Jehangiri
10 months ago

Wonderful nursery! Leaping Toads has been a fantastic experience for my son. The staff are caring, supportive, and truly invested in the children's development. The facilities are clean, safe, and well-maintained. My son has thrived in this nurturing environment and always looks forward to going. Highly recommend!

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Mariana David
3 years ago

The most expensive and traumatic experience for both the toddler and the parents! Our son has been bitten right on his first day there. The accident occurred at 10 a.m. and I picked him up at 1 p.m. shacking with fear. The deep dishonesty of the staff has made me doubt if trust should be served. On my son`s accident form they have lied, stating a smaller bitten area and, also, they have omitted that he has bitten twice, not once. That experience, the lack of attention and care made him have nightmares since then and we are now still struggling to make him comfortable being with new people. More than that, the nursery has refused to give us the money back. For 4 traumatic days we have paid £1000 and they have considered to give back only £378. They said `notice day`. Did they notice us that our child is mistreated and unsupervised there? Is a parent supposed to let a child with dishonest people that lack professionalism and basic training? Dishonesty, lack of professionalism, passive aggressive attitude and mockery (my son has been handed to me like a sack of potatoes when he was shaking with fear, and no apologies from the lady) these are the words that best describe Leaping Toads!

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laura walsh
a year ago

I had 2 of my children at leaping Toads nursery, and I can honestly say it was the most amazing experience. I am a very nervous parent, and it takes a lot for me to trust anyone with my children, but I did not have one concern while my children were in their care. My children were always so excited to go to nursery and created lovely bonds with all staff members. Sean and Jodie were my childrens key workers, and they made me so comfortable and always looked after my boys. My 2-year-old son was very close to Jodie. I am so grateful to her! The administrative team was also very good! Saman was always helpful and helped me whenever I needed it, alongside Arabella from billing. Overall, I would recommend everyone to send their children to Leaping Toads nursery as it was the most positive experience for me and my family.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

2 August 2022

Good

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