Opening hours
08:00 - 16:00 Monday to Friday (term time only)
New River Green Childrens Centre
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Apr 2023)
Number of places
91 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2023
Local authority
Islington
About this day nursery
New River Nursery, the sister nursery to "The Play Cabin," has been offering high-quality childcare and nursery education since 1979 for children aged 2-5 years. The nursery focuses on creating a nurturing "home from home" environment, designed to spark imagination and encourage children to learn and explore independently and with their peers.
They are committed to providing free nursery education to all children in their local community, operating as a charity and ensuring no fees for waiting lists, deposits, or top-up fees for free places. 8/5 rating based on parent reviews, and its diverse and multilingual environment.
The nursery strives to be flexible to meet parents' childcare needs and offers various government funding schemes. They operate Monday to Friday, term-time only, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
What it's like
The support for children and their families is exceptional. Children are supremely confident, independent and very well behaved, showing high levels of concentration and perseverance. All children make excellent progress, including those who speak English as an additional language and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Charity-runTerm-time onlyDiverse & MultilingualGood Ofsted rating
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
Age range
2-5 years old
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for New River Green Childrens Centre
Last inspected 3 April 2023
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
The support for children and their families is exceptional. Children are supremely confident, independent and very well behaved, showing high levels of concentration and perseverance. All children make excellent progress, including those who speak English as an additional language and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Inspector highlights
- Managers and staff are dedicated to the children and families who attend and provide targeted support packages for vulnerable families.
- Managers provide inspirational leadership and support staff to develop their knowledge and skills.
- Staff fully support children's emotional well-being, helping them to feel emotionally secure and safe.
- Children are becoming extremely confident speakers, with staff skilfully engaging them in meaningful conversations and using Makaton to support understanding.
- Outside learning is highly valued, with the garden providing exciting learning experiences through forest-school activities.
Inspection #10242993 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents have nothing but good things to say about the centre and its staff.
They appreciate the kindness and compassion their children receive.
They highlight how much progress their children make and feel fully informed about their children's learning and development needs.
They know that whenever they need advice and/or support, staff will be available to provide it.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is exceptional. All staff understand these children's specific needs and set appropriate development targets with parents and other professionals involved in their care, ensuring they focus on the areas children need to improve.
Outdoor space
Outside learning is highly valued. The garden is full of exciting learning experiences. Children find out about the natural world through forest-school activities. They observe plants, insects, birds and frogspawn in the pond area and build a 'frog home', while they wait for the tadpoles to develop.
Parent Reviews of New River Green Childrens Centre
4.4
(14)
alisha eastlyn
4 months ago
I went to the baby massage and breastfeeding group at New River Green when my baby was about a month and a half old and we loved it. The baby massage was lovely and all the staff are such sweethearts. They made me feel so comfortable and welcome — such a supportive space for new parents and babies. Highly recommend.
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Iris Spom
a year ago
I use the stay and play groups here. It can get busy sometimes but is a lot of fun for me and my 2 year old! My niece also goes to the nursery at the centre and my sister says she really likes it.
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Janice Wilson
7 years ago
I like this children's centre. It's very child friendly.it caters for babies.unlike the factory who makes no effort to include young babies Independence or join in at fruit time at the table with the other children as their are no baby chairs and service they offer is of a poor service as it's term time only. New river green offers us what we want. The worker there is fantastic. Thank you Jackie for always including our babies and giving us so much choice to choose from and offering an all year round good service. Well done to new river green. Shame on you whoever is running the factory.we use to run it at a high standard until it was taken over for the worse. It's now going to the dogs.found out very recently that the factory is only opened term time only. So sad.what is this world coming to
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Brendan Nelson
12 years ago
I attend Dad's Club here and it's great fun. My son also went to under-1's club and we attended ante-natal classes before he was born too. This centre offers so many great services and the staff are caring, professional people.
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Alejandro
2 years ago
Our health visitor Fatima has been amazing on our home visits. Really kind and understanding, great advice and has been a pleasure to have to our home on all her visits!
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Inspection history
Date: April 2008
- May 2023Outstanding
- April 2023Outstanding
- May 2022Requires improvement
- April 2022Requires improvement
- June 2017Good
- June 2017Good
- August 2015Good
- July 2015Good
- November 2011Requires improvement
- April 2008Requires improvement
Frequently asked about New River Green Childrens Centre
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