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Playdays Preschool @ St Georges

Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2023)
·St George's Church, 64 Chippenham Road, Romford, RM3 8HX · Havering
Number of places
36 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2023
Local authority
Havering

About this day nursery

Playdays Preschool is a family-operated childcare provider that has been serving the community since 2010. They offer a nurturing and stimulating environment for preschool-aged children, focusing on enhancing their development and education within a friendly, community-based setting.

Each of their locations, which include Playdays Preschool, Nutkins Nursery, and Bretons Preschool, is managed by its own dedicated team, comprising a Manager, Deputy Manager, and Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENDCO), alongside other qualified and experienced staff members. The preschool adheres to the Early Years Foundation Stage framework, providing a specially tailored curriculum designed to help children achieve approved learning outcomes.

They emphasise individualised care and attention, with each child assigned a dedicated key person and a high adult-to-child ratio. This approach aims to foster fun and friendship among children and adults, while also encouraging families to actively participate in the group's activities and their child's developmental progress.

Playdays Preschool is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for all children and families.

Our ethos

Playdays Preschool @ St Georges follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, tailoring the curriculum to meet learning outcomes. They emphasise individualised care through a key person approach and high adult-to-child ratios, fostering a nurturing, stimulating, and community-based environment that encourages family participation.

What it's like

Staff greet children and their parents enthusiastically. Routines support children to feel confident and engage in play. Interactions between staff and children, especially those with SEND, are warm and caring, supporting communication skills.

Family-run businessEarly Years Foundation Stage curriculumDedicated key person system

Pricing & funding

Fees are charged per three-hour session, with an hourly rate applicable for the Baby Unit. A daily consumable charge applies to all children to cover snacks and extra-curricular activities, which parents can opt in or out of during registration.

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Consumable charge covers snacks and extra-curricular activities.
  • Parents must complete an opt-in/out form for the consumable charge during registration.

Key facts

Opening hours

Breakfast Club 8:00-9:00, AM Session 9:00-12:00, PM Session 12:00-15:00, Full Day 9:00-15:00, Afterschool Club 15:00-18:00 (for Playdays Preschool at St George's Church, Playdays Preschool 8, and Playdays Preschool 4 @ RCCG Baby Unit); for Nutkins Nursery 1: AM Session 8:50-11:50, PM Session 11:50-14:50, Full Day 8:50-14:50; for Nutkins Nursery 2, Bretons Preschool 1 & 2, Playdays Preschool 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 & Arnaud Lodge: AM Session 9:00-12:00, PM Session 12:00-15:00, Full Day 9:00-15:00; for Playdays Preschool at St James: AM Session 8:30-11:30, PM Session 11:35-14:35, Full Day 8:30-14:35

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2021

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating

Last inspected 6 November 2023 · Kathryn Irvine

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 greet children and their parents enthusiastically. Routines support children to feel confident and engage in play. Interactions between staff and children, especially those with SEND, are warm and caring, supporting communication skills.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff encourage children to develop a love of books by reading stories enthusiastically and engaging them with character toys and opportunities to speak.
  • Children's communication skills are promoted well through strategies like signing and using actual objects to help them indicate their needs.
  • The manager implements strategies to support all children with SEND, including displaying suggestions for adults and providing a booklet with key words and visuals for children who speak English as an additional language.
  • Staff help children to be healthy with a focus on oral health and discussions about healthy eating at lunchtime.
  • Partnerships with parents are highly valued, with resources available for home learning and parents reporting that staff keep them updated on their children's progress and are "really approachable."

Areas to develop

  • 1develop further the good behaviour management strategies staff use to ensure they wait for children to listen before giving instructions
  • 2support staff to consider the impact on learning of an activity rather than focusing solely on what they are doing.
Inspection #10313803 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Interactions between staff and all children, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are warm and caring. The manager puts strategies in place to ensure all children with SEND receive the support they need. Suggestions for how adults can help individual children are on display. The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND.

Outdoor space

The manager and staff help children to develop the physical skills they have recognised that children need to develop. They provide a wide range of equipment, including a climbing frame, indoors and out. Staff talk them through how to move over the top safely, making sure they position their feet on the holds as they make their way down.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

6 November 2023

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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