Food
Our on-site chef prepares fresh nutritious meals encouraging children to make healthy choices and experience a broad range of different food and tastes
Puddle Jumpers Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2024)
Number of places
90 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2024
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
About this day nursery
Puddle Jumpers Nursery views early education as the cornerstone of a child's development, preparing them for a joyful, healthy, and prosperous life. The nursery dedicates itself to providing carefully planned learning experiences that foster creative thinking and problem-solving.
Through a strong key person approach, the nursery builds upon each child's individual strengths and interests, encouraging exploration and discovery while ensuring adaptability to change. The nursery draws inspiration from various educational philosophies.
The Reggio Emilia approach guides the creation of a neutral, calm environment rich with natural objects, stimulating children's fascination and wonder, and allowing time and space for revisiting interests. The diverse cultural backgrounds of the children inspire the curriculum, broadening perspectives and celebrating differences.
Furthermore, principles from Waldorf Steiner encourage experiential learning through practical activities and creative endeavors. Staff observe children at play, carefully planning activities to scaffold learning, promote independence, and build confidence and belonging.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework is used to track developmental progress, working closely with families to focus on the child's holistic needs. The nursery also offers daily outings to local areas, promoting real-world learning and connection with nature, alongside music lessons, cooking activities, mindfulness, and yoga to support well-rounded development.
Our ethos
Puddle Jumpers Nursery's philosophy is rooted in fostering creative thinking, problem-solving and independence. They are inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach, utilising a calm environment with natural objects to spark wonder and exploration. Principles from Waldorf Steiner also inform their experiential learning, with a focus on practical and creative activities. The nursery integrates the EYFS framework and values strong home-school partnerships, with daily outdoor excursions and a range of activities like music, cooking, and yoga to support holistic development.
What it's like
Staff help children to settle and separate easily from their parents on arrival. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure at the nursery as they move around freely and with confidence. Leaders have devised a broad curriculum that helps children to learn what they need to know next.
Reggio Emilia inspired environmentWaldorf Steiner principlesDaily outings and nature explorationOn-site chefMindfulness and yoga
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Opening hours
Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6.30pm
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Puddle Jumpers Nursery
Last inspected 7 June 2024 · Agnes Wink
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 help children to settle and separate easily from their parents on arrival. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure at the nursery as they move around freely and with confidence. Leaders have devised a broad curriculum that helps children to learn what they need to know next.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders closely monitor the quality of education and care that staff provide for children.
- Children are motivated and have lots of opportunities to develop a love for books.
- The special educational needs coordinator and staff team ensure that there is a consistent approach to meeting the individual needs of children.
- Children learn about healthy lifestyles and self-care.
- Staff help children to develop good physical skills.
Areas to develop
- 1ensure staff make consistently good use of opportunities to narrate to babies what they are doing and help them to link words with actions
- 2strengthen staff's skills to best support babies during transition between routines and activities.
Inspection #10336448 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents spoken to at inspection and written comments provided express how pleased they are with children's care and progress.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The special educational needs coordinator and staff team ensure that there is a consistent approach to meeting the individual needs of children. Children receive personalised and targeted support, for example, to manage their behaviours. This supports them to make the progress they are capable of.
Outdoor space
Younger children are confident to climb small indoor equipment. They further develop their stamina as they enjoy walks to the local park.
Parent Reviews of Puddle Jumpers Nursery
4.3
(29)
Alessandro Vecchi
4 months ago
Our son attended this nursery from the age of 11 months until 3½ years, and it has been a truly positive experience for our whole family. From the very beginning, he felt happy, safe, and comfortable, which says everything. The staff are incredibly caring, attentive, and genuinely loving towards the children. Their kindness and consistency helped him grow in confidence and enjoy every stage of his time there. He always looked forward to his days at nursery, and that gave us real peace of mind as parents. We’re very grateful to the team for the care and attention they gave our son over the years and would happily recommend the nursery to other families.
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manjunath vinayagam
a year ago
My son has been at Puddle Jumpers for just over 6 months and has had a really positive experience! The baby room staff and management team are friendly and approachable and there has ben consistency of my son's key person since he started. The babies are regularly taken on outings locally and spend time in the garden too. We receive regular updates via the app, weekly newsletter with photos etc. The food is cooked in house and the variety of food is excellent, balanced and healthy, mainly vegetarian. There is a nice nursery community with lots of extra events such as monthly coffee mornings for parents and a Mothers Day breakfast. Would highly recommend this nursery!
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Ben Snodin
3 years ago
My son loves this nursery, he has been there for around 9 months so far. He has built excellent relationships with many of the baby-room team and has developed so much during his time at Puddle Jumpers. I appreciate that the team is quite stable and mostly the same faces each day. The planning seems to be well thought through, with many activities and almost daily trips out in the local area for the children. The menu sounds excellent and is very diverse, and parents are regularly updated on what the children are eating. Communication with the nursery management and the team in the room is easy, either by speaking to them at pick-up/drop-off or through the app. We also receive photos through the app regularly to know what the children are getting up to. Overall - a fantastic nursery with very kind staff! Would highly recommend.
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Chris Jayne Micu
3 years ago
Puddle Jumpers is a lovely warm nursery, staff are very caring and has high aspirations for the children. Amazing unique outdoor learning experiences as the children are taken out to the local area/ community every day to learn and explore the world around them. A family feel for all. A happy nursery, I truly recommend.
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Georgia
3 years ago
Puddle Jumpers Nursery staff are kind, friendly, and so welcoming. The nursery is full of joy, kindness and laughter. I could not recommend enough. Children are given a full range of opportunities to develop and learn new skills each and every day. Amazing Nursery!
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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2024
Date: April 2022
- June 2024Good
- July 2023Requires improvement
- October 2022Good
- April 2022Inadequate
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