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Precious Jewels Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2023)
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4.8(22 parent reviews) ·St. Augustines Church & Church Hall, 16-18 Broadwater Road, LONDON, SW17 0EF · Wandsworth
Number of places
90 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2023
Local authority
Wandsworth

About this day nursery

Precious Jewels Nursery, situated in Tooting, is dedicated to fostering child development through an exceptional play-based learning curriculum aligned with early learning goals. The nursery cultivates a stimulating and free-flowing environment, encouraging continuous exploration and engagement.

Both indoor and outdoor spaces are highly valued, allowing children unrestricted movement and access to enriching resources, under the guidance of supportive staff. Dedicated areas like the "Home Corner" promote imaginative play and social role-playing, transforming into various community settings.

A "Calm Corner" provides a safe haven for children to manage their emotions and develop self-regulation skills, which are crucial for their overall well-being and behaviour. The outdoor area offers tactile learning opportunities, including messy play with sand and water, alongside natural elements for hands-on activities.

The nursery places a strong emphasis on staff well-being and professional development, believing that a happy team translates to happy children. Their manager, Carlos Marquez, holds an Early Years Teacher Status, an MA in Education (Early Years), a CACHE Level 3 Diploma, and qualifications in SEND and Child Protection, ensuring a highly qualified and committed approach to childcare.

Our ethos

Precious Jewels Nursery is committed to an exceptional play-based learning curriculum aligned with early learning goals, encouraging continuous exploration and engagement in stimulating indoor and outdoor environments. They focus on imaginative play, social role-playing, and developing self-regulation skills, believing that these are crucial for overall well-being and behaviour. The nursery also emphasises staff well-being and professional development, understanding that a happy team leads to happy children.

What it's like

Children enjoy their time at this diverse, welcoming nursery. They develop close bonds with the staff team who reflect their cultural and religious backgrounds. Children arrive happy and separate from their parents with ease to join their friends engaged in meaningful play. Staff provide fun opportunities that help to promote children's literacy skills, such as alphabet bingo and making marks for purpose.

Play-based learningStimulating environmentEmphasis on outdoor playFocus on emotional regulationDedicated and qualified staff

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

07:30 - 18:00 (Mon - Fri) TERM TIME ONLY

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Precious Jewels Nursery

Last inspected 14 December 2023 · Trisha Edward

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 this diverse, welcoming nursery. They develop close bonds with the staff team who reflect their cultural and religious backgrounds. Children arrive happy and separate from their parents with ease to join their friends engaged in meaningful play. Staff provide fun opportunities that help to promote children's literacy skills, such as alphabet bingo and making marks for purpose.

Inspector highlights

  • Children enjoy their time at this diverse, welcoming nursery.
  • Staff provide fun opportunities that help to promote children's literacy skills.
  • Staff support children's communication and language skills effectively.
  • Children have plenty of opportunities to play outside in the garden and develop good physical skills.
  • Children have healthy, nutritious meals throughout the day.

Areas to develop

  • 1consider the organisation of the sleep area and rest time routines, to further promote children's health and well being
  • 2strengthen coaching and training for staff, so that it targets their individual development needs and helps raise the quality of education to the highest level.
Inspection #10312115 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in relation to their starting points. The management team and staff have developed effective partnerships with outside professionals, such as the speech and language therapist, and occupational therapist. The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with suspected special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Children have plenty of opportunities to play outside in the garden and develop good physical skills. They move around with confidence on balance bikes and confidently use their feet and core to help them balance and propel themselves around obstacles. Children also play "What's the time Mr Wolf" in the garden with staff.

Parent Reviews of Precious Jewels Nursery

4.8
(22)
Ellen Louise
3 years ago

Amazing staff! The time and care the children are given is to the highest quality. I have honestly loved my daughter attending the nursery. The staff have excellent communication with the parents and my daughter has made noticeable progress in the time she has been here. Her social skills have improved dramatically. She is always excited to go every morning and is greeted by the staff in the most welcoming manner. The nursery always have different activities to do for the children and cook the children really delicious food. They nurture the children while still helping them become more independent. I love everything about Precious Jewels Nursery. I definitely recommend!

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Dinah Isaac
3 years ago

My 3 y/o loves this nursery. She comes home and speaks positively about her experiences and staff. She is always happy to go in and at times, doesn't want to leave. As a parent and a member of staff in a primary school, I always get positive vibes and witness all children playing happily in this establishment. I would personally rate this childcare service a 10/10 and I'm not being generous, this is an honest opinion based on what myself and my daughter have experienced during our time at Precious Jewels Nursery. The ONLY reason my daughter will be leaving is due to her starting a school nursery closer to home. Thank you to all staff and owners who have dealt with us so professionally yet friendly.

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Lara Scuderi
5 years ago

My son started to attend Precious Jewels Nursery when he turned 2 and spent a year there (then we moved home and had to find a new nursery). It was my first experience with nurseries and I had no clue what to expect. On the day I visited the nursery I felt very welcomed. Miss Jasmine showed me around and explained all the activities they were doing, the meals choices etc..I found the place nice, big and spacious. While I was talking to Miss Jasmine, my son was happily playing with the nursery's toys. When visiting the garden, my son joined in with the other kids and didn't want to leave. Overall I had a nice and warm feeling about the nursery and its staff. And I was right. The staff is passionate, caring, warm and happy to be around children. They always made the effort to accommodate my needs and supported me with my personal family issues. My son settled almost straight away. He always enjoyed going to Precious Jewels and played with his friends. He took him a bit longer to properly open up because he couldn't communicate in English (we speak Italian at home), but the staff never put pressure on him about it. They gave him the time he needed to feel confident and to communicate with them and the other children. My son enjoyed the different activities such as arts and crafts, drawing, food face, but most of all he enjoyed cooking and baking. A big thank you to all of the team for looking after my son with care and love. We are going to miss them all. Lara

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D Dn
3 years ago

My son started at this nursery just as he had turned 3, before that he was going to a childminder that took care of 3 children in total. As he was my first born I was a bit over protected of him and decided to send him to a childminder at first, after 2,5 years I decided to send him to a nursery. I did my research visited a few nurseries around the area (tooting bec, balham) read reviews etc. Due to my sons delayed speech I considered him vulnerable so my main goal was to find a nursery with caring staff with low staff turnover. After much research I ended up with Precious jewels nursery! And how glad I am that we found this place The staff is amazing, caring, nurturing and my son LOVES this place, and so do I, from management to staff top QUALITY. He has developed so much, social skills, speech all due to the staffs patients and encouragement. The precious jewels nursery's management and staff has always had the right approach and attitude right from the start towards myself and my son Thank you from a very happy mother Maliks Mummy :)

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Ayaan Mohamed
2 years ago

Amazing staff at Precious Jewels the time and care the children are given is to the highest quality. I honestly loved my daughter attending the nursery, she speaks positively about her experience and the staff, she’s always happy to go in. The staff have excellent communication with the parents and my daughter has made noticeable progress in the time she’s been at Precious Jewels

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Inspection history

Date: July 2010

  • December 2023Good
  • April 2018Good
  • December 2015Good
  • January 2015Requires improvement
  • May 2011Good
  • July 2010Inadequate

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