Opening hours
Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm
Oak Hill Community Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2024)
Number of places
55 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2024
Local authority
Lewisham
About this day nursery
Oak Hill Community Nursery, located in London SE4 2NX, is a childcare setting registered in 2006 as part of Hatcham Oak Children's Centre. It operates Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, for most of the year, catering to children aged 0 to 4 years.
The nursery offers a warm, nurturing environment where children are keen to attend and enjoy their time. Staff focus on promoting independence from a young age, encouraging children to take off their coats and shoes, and washing their hands upon arrival, fostering good hygiene.
With a total capacity of 55 places and 52 children on roll, the nursery employs 20 staff members, 17 of whom work directly with children, with many holding early years qualifications ranging from level 2 to level 6. The setting is committed to providing a broad and exciting curriculum that builds on children's interests and previous knowledge, preparing them for the next stage of learning, and consistently achieving a "Good" rating for overall effectiveness, including at its previous inspection.
What it's like
Children are keen to attend the nursery and arrive happy, enjoying their time at this fun and nurturing nursery. Staff provide children with a warm welcome on arrival, which helps them to settle quickly and feel safe and secure. Staff speak to parents and check on their children's well-being, helping them to be attentive to children's needs. Staff encourage children's independence from an early age.
Nurturing environmentGood hygiene routinesPromotes independenceEffective communication skillsStrong parent partnershipsEngaging curriculum
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
Mixed
Established
2006
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Oak Hill Community Nursery
Last inspected 26 March 2024
Overall effectiveness
Good
What it's like to attend
Children are keen to attend the nursery and arrive happy, enjoying their time at this fun and nurturing nursery. Staff provide children with a warm welcome on arrival, which helps them to settle quickly and feel safe and secure. Staff speak to parents and check on their children's well-being, helping them to be attentive to children's needs. Staff encourage children's independence from an early age.
Inspector highlights
- Children are keen to attend the nursery and arrive happy, enjoying their time in this fun and nurturing environment.
- Staff provide a warm welcome, helping children settle quickly and feel safe and secure.
- Children make choices and enjoy the range of resources available, including water wheels, magnetic letters, shape sorters, and sand play.
- Staff have high expectations for all children, role modelling good behaviour and providing gentle reminders when needed.
- Children regularly receive praise and encouragement, raising their self-esteem.
- Staff provide a broad and exciting curriculum, building on children's previous knowledge and skills.
- Partnerships with parents are a key strength, with parents sharing positive experiences and acknowledging their children's good progress.
- The nursery has embedded a culture of diversity and inclusion, welcoming all children and teaching about different cultures and festivals.
Areas to develop
- 1Strengthen consistency of staff's interactions to consistently extend children's learning during play activities.
- 2Embed children's understanding of mathematical language and concepts, such as shape, space and measures, to increase their knowledge further.
Inspection #10312048 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The special educational needs coordinator supports children who need additional support and makes swift referrals to ensure that all children get the help they need.
Outdoor space
Children use the inside and outside environments to practise and extend their physical skills. Babies enjoy climbing and crawl through tunnels, and older children increase their coordination using hoppers.
Parent Reviews of Oak Hill Community Nursery
4.4
(13)
mina Kay
4 months ago
Staff are extremely rude ,especially crystal and Keya, spelling might be off. They most definitely like to make a joke of others . Keya especially clearly has to undergo some serious intensive staff retraining and learn that the way she acts is completely unacceptable for an environment around children and learn basic manners because she is RUDEE and have even had other staff members agree to the fact that everyone is rude.
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Matthew Bolton
4 years ago
Oak Hill is a great nursery. The indoor rooms and outdoor space is large and they have lots of resources. The staff are kind and create strong bonds with the kids, as well as doing lots of fun activities. It is a really well run nursery and lovely environment.
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Emma Reynolds
4 years ago
We thoroughly recommend Oakhill community nursery - each of our three children attended from the age of 1 until starting school and were very happy. The quality of care has been consistently excellent and a great community feel. Despite living a distance away in Crofton Park, we opted for Oakhill due to the quality of care and child led approach, and facilities with a large outdoor space which was really important for us. Plus freshly cooked quality food on site - a big plus!
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Pamela Sharp
4 years ago
A wonderful nursery, with an excellent community feel! They do so much to invite parents in to participate, with lots of special events such as "Bring your Mum to Nursery Week," Christmas shows and summer trips. We are so sad to be leaving the community now our little one will be going to school. They've handled the pandemic brilliantly, bravely keeping open and flexibly making safety adaptations. If anything, our child liked it even more in her bubble, as they made things so fun for the children. It is a special place.
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Katerina Leonenko
4 years ago
It's a great, looked-after nursery with excellent facilities. Baby room is amazing - a separate small room with cots for smallest babies to have a nap, heated floors, sensory room. Rooms for older kids are full of fun activities, and the garden is safe and quiet, away from street noise and fumes. Management, Sam and Paula, are involved in every-day activities, know every child and happy to discuss and answer any questions.
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Inspection history
Date: December 2011
- March 2024Good
- April 2018Good
- May 2015Good
- December 2011Good
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