Nursery Advice
Claim Your Nursery

Purple Panda Nursery in Croydon

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2024)
·26 Church Road, Croydon, CR0 1SB · Croydon
Number of places
30 places
Age range
0–3 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2024
Local authority
Croydon

About this day nursery

Purple Panda Nursery and Pre-school, with over a decade of experience in childcare and education, is dedicated to providing meticulous care and engaging learning opportunities for all children. The nursery focuses on a child-centred approach to play and education, offering both indoor and outdoor learning environments.

They aim to foster confidence and essential skills, preparing children for their transition to school. Purple Panda Nursery prides itself on its strong relationships with parents, encouraging their active participation in nursery life.

The curriculum is designed to be stimulating and fun, incorporating activities tailored to children's interests. The nursery offers comprehensive care across baby, day nursery, and pre-school units, ensuring a supportive and enriching atmosphere where children can thrive and develop academic and social skills.

Extra classes such as cookery, French, football with Kickstars, and yoga with Yoga Bugs are also offered to broaden children's experiences.

Our ethos

Purple Panda Nursery and Pre-school advocates for a child-centred approach to play and education, aiming to foster confidence and essential skills. They offer stimulating and fun activities tailored to children's interests, and pride themselves on strong relationships with parents, encouraging their active participation in nursery life. The nursery provides comprehensive care across different units, ensuring a supportive and enriching atmosphere where children can thrive and develop academic and social skills.

What it's like

The manager and staff create a homely and welcoming environment. Children develop strong and nurturing relationships with staff, who ensure that children feel safe and secure from the moment they settle in. Children make good progress in relation to their starting points in development. Staff plan a wide and varied curriculum that provides children with a range of exciting experiences that interest and challenge them.

Child-centred play and educationStrong parent partnershipsAges 9 months to 4 years oldExtra curricular activitiesWell-maintained garden

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured around the child's age and days attended, offering funded and unfunded spaces. Funded packages are available for children aged 9 months up to pre-school. One-off administration, deposit, and late fees apply.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • A non-refundable administration fee and a one week's deposit are required to secure a place.
  • A 5% sibling discount is applied to the fees of the eldest child.
  • Late collection fees apply for delays starting from 15 minutes.

Key facts

Waitlist

A non-refundable administration fee of £90.00, as well as one week’s deposit of £380.00 is required to secure a place.

Opening hours

7:30am to 6:30pm

Age range

6 months to 4 years

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Purple Panda Nursery

Last inspected 15 October 2024 · 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

The manager and staff create a homely and welcoming environment. Children develop strong and nurturing relationships with staff, who ensure that children feel safe and secure from the moment they settle in. Children make good progress in relation to their starting points in development. Staff plan a wide and varied curriculum that provides children with a range of exciting experiences that interest and challenge them.

Inspector highlights

  • Key persons understand their role and responsibility to monitor and assess children's development effectively.
  • Staff strategically place themselves at activities to support and extend children's communication and language.
  • Older children help staff to clean out the setting's turtle enclosure.
  • Staff provide healthy nutritious meals and snacks and carefully cater for children's individual dietary requirements.
  • Leaders supports the continued professional development of staff effectively.

Areas to develop

  • 1enable younger children to explore and develop their motor skills, balance and spatial awareness more consistently, such as by reviewing how resources and opportunities are organised during poor weather
  • 2promote older children's independence skills further by encouraging and supporting them to do more things for themselves.
Inspection #10360187 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

This report does not contain a SEND summary. Please provide one if available.

Outdoor space

Older children access fresh air and exercise daily, whizzing around the garden on balance bicycles and taking part in obstacle courses. Younger children have access to a secure outdoor area with equipment for large muscle skills, but limited indoor climbing opportunities during poor weather.

Inspection history

Date: October 2024

  • November 2024Good
  • October 2024Good

Frequently asked about Purple Panda Nursery

Nearby day nurseries in Croydon

Other Ofsted-registered day nurseries close to Purple Panda Nursery.

Are you the owner of this nursery? Claim this listing to manage photos, hours and contact details.

Claim listing

Share this nursery

Send to a partner, friend or family member.

This listing has been compiled from official Ofsted records, the nursery's own website, details provided directly by the nursery where available, and other trusted public sources. We regularly review and update listings to keep the information as accurate as possible. Learn more