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Magic Roundabout Nurseries in London (E17)

Ofsted: Good
(May 2024)
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4.4(15 parent reviews)
·Roberts Hall, 161 Wadham Road, London, E17 4HU · Waltham Forest
Number of places
120 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2024
Local authority
Waltham Forest

About this day nursery

Magic Roundabout Nurseries provides a nurturing and stimulating environment where children are encouraged to play, explore, and learn. Their child-centred curriculum focuses on delivering rich experiences that foster development and inspire young minds.

The nurseries pride themselves on a secure setting, supported by a team of highly skilled, devoted, and passionate educators. They receive positive feedback from parents who commend the warm atmosphere, the strong relationships children form with staff, and the professional yet personal approach to childcare.

With convenient locations and a commitment to communication with parents through technology, Magic Roundabout Nurseries aims to provide excellent value and a smooth experience for families.

Our ethos

Magic Roundabout Nurseries Ltd has a child-centred curriculum that focuses on delivering rich experiences to foster development and inspire young minds. They aim to provide a nurturing and stimulating environment where children are encouraged to play, explore, and learn.

What it's like

Staff provide children with a warm and friendly welcome, helping them settle quickly and feel secure. The well-planned curriculum builds on children's interests and offers a broad range of challenging activities, both inside and outside. Staff use Makaton and 'now and next' boards to support children's understanding, allowing them to make good progress with a positive attitude to their learning.

Child-centred curriculumHighly skilled teamSecure and nurturing environmentStrong parent communication

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am and 7pm for 51 weeks of the year

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

1994

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Magic Roundabout Nurseries

Last inspected 29 May 2024 · Helen Craig

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 provide children with a warm and friendly welcome, helping them settle quickly and feel secure. The well-planned curriculum builds on children's interests and offers a broad range of challenging activities, both inside and outside. Staff use Makaton and 'now and next' boards to support children's understanding, allowing them to make good progress with a positive attitude to their learning.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager is enthusiastic and passionate to lead a team which is delivering high-quality learning experiences for all children.
  • Staff have a strong focus on developing children's communication and language skills.
  • Partnerships with parents are strong.
  • The nursery has embedded a culture of diversity and inclusion.
  • Children develop good hygiene skills and an understanding of healthy lifestyles.

Areas to develop

  • 1reflect and review routines during the day to ensure that all children benefit from the experience and continue their learning
  • 2seek views from parents to help support the evaluation of the nursery and how further improvements can be made.
Inspection #10346935 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak very highly of the nursery and the good progress their children are making, especially with their language development.

Parents feel involved in their children's learning and say staff are kind and caring.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), benefit from the well-planned, ambitious curriculum. The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND.

Outdoor space

The inside and outside environments allow children to make choices and build on their independence. Staff support children to practise their physical skills. For example, children balance on logs and ride bikes. Babies are encouraged to crawl and given support to take steps.

Parent Reviews of Magic Roundabout Nurseries

4.4
(15)
S “Stidge” M
4 months ago

A fantastic nursery. My daughter is now 2 and started just over a year ago in the baby room. The rate of progression, the communication and level of care is excellent. I work in education myself so am familiar with safeguarding and Ofsted routines and I must commend the high standards here. The Famly app is great for comms and the food and education provided is really good too. I’ve noticed low staff turnover here which is also reassuring for consistency and familiarity to my daughter. My future child will also be attending in a year’s time and cannot wait to see them develop amazingly too

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Fatemah Abidi
8 months ago

Fantastic care towards the children, excellent communication and a loving staff body. Facilities are robust and go a long way towards building resilience. Our daughter thrived there between Toddlers to Preschool and our son will be starting in the Baby Room.

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Tammy Richards
a year ago

We enrolled our daughter into Magic Roundabout when she was 11 months old. Similar to most children she cried during the first few weeks of settling in but the nursery staff were always reassuring us that she was fine and happy post drop off. In the 7 months that our baby has been at the nursery my husband and I have seen her develop fast and her speech is coming along and we can see that she is enjoying her time there. Now at drop off she jumps out of our arms to go to the teachers and play with her friends. We’ve always sang and taught her animals at home, but recently we’ve noticed that she’s been counting and we’re positive that she’s only learnt that at nursery. Thank you Magic Roundabout staff!

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Θεανώ Κατερτζή
6 years ago

My niece is very satisfied and she is looking forward to go to this Nursery every day. She has many friends, she feels creative and joyful every day. Her mood makes us feel happy and as a family we are satisfied of the activities and the facilities of this Nursery because we see such a good progress of her day by day. The stuff is very friendly, polite and helpful. The management is remarkable and thoroughness to the details and the needs of the nursery. There are a lot of games to play with, based on certificated educational methods. Personally, I find very important for a child to join a Nursery clean, sunny with a lot of options for our children with a stuff very educated. I highly recommend this Nursery.

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Alex Borriello
4 years ago

It has been an excellent choice for our child's first experience out of the house. Everyone in the baby-room at the Nursery are doing an excellent job, all have been warm and comforting to both us as parents as to our child. Excellent and responsive information and administrative services, both by email, phone and video call. They also update: nappy, food, sleep and activities via an APP, so at work, you can see what they have been up to. There is no doubt we fully appreciated the team's work and would without a doubt recommend Roundabout Nursery at any time.

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Inspection history

Date: February 2013

  • June 2024Good
  • May 2024Good
  • September 2018Good
  • October 2017Requires improvement
  • June 2015Good
  • May 2015Good
  • January 2015Inadequate
  • December 2014Inadequate
  • June 2014Requires improvement
  • March 2014Requires improvement
  • January 2014Good
  • February 2013Requires improvement

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