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Purple Panda Nursery in London

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2023)
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5.0(6 parent reviews)
·53 Norbury Crescent, LONDON, SW16 4JS · Croydon
Number of places
60 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2023
Local authority
Croydon

About this day nursery

Purple Panda Nursery, located in Norbury, London SW16 4JS, opened in 2013 and offers full day care for children aged 0-4. The nursery operates from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm, Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks a year.

With a capacity for 60 children and 57 currently on roll, the nursery provides a happy and settled environment where children enjoy a range of activities. The dedicated and long-standing staff team build strong bonds with the children and are skilled at providing spontaneous learning experiences.

The nursery benefits from a well-maintained garden, offering children extensive outdoor learning opportunities in all weathers, fostering physical skills and confidence. Children are encouraged to be confident communicators through stories, rhymes, songs, and conversations, helping them develop a love of reading.

The nursery also provides nutritionally balanced meals prepared on-site, accommodating children's dietary needs and allergies, with children enjoying serving themselves fruit and crackers at snack time. The provision receives funding for free early years education for two, three, and four-year-olds.

What it's like

Children at this nursery are happy and settled. They enjoy the activities on offer and participate fully in a range of experiences. The long-standing staff team knows children well and develops strong bonds with them. Children make friends at nursery and they interact positively with their peers. They know the behaviour that is expected of them and their responsibility to help. They develop the confidence and skills they need for their eventual move to school.

Happy and settled childrenStrong staff bondsOutdoor learningNutritionally balanced mealsStrong attachments

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6.30pm from Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2013

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Purple Panda Nursery

Last inspected 19 January 2023

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children at this nursery are happy and settled. They enjoy the activities on offer and participate fully in a range of experiences. The long-standing staff team knows children well and develops strong bonds with them. Children make friends at nursery and they interact positively with their peers. They know the behaviour that is expected of them and their responsibility to help. They develop the confidence and skills they need for their eventual move to school.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy and settled, enjoying activities and participating fully in a range of experiences.
  • The long-standing staff team knows children well and develops strong bonds with them.
  • The well-maintained nursery garden provides outdoor learning opportunities for all children in all weathers, fostering physical skills and confidence.
  • Staff are very skilled at providing spontaneous learning experiences, such as dancing under 'snow' in the garden.
  • Babies make strong attachments with their key person and have opportunities to develop crawling and walking skills.
  • Children frequently hear stories, rhymes, and songs, and have access to quiet reading areas, helping them become confident communicators.
  • Food is freshly prepared on site by the nursery cook, with a nutritionally balanced menu that accommodates allergies.
  • Parents are very happy with the nursery, praising staff knowledge and support for families, including those with English as an additional language.

Areas to develop

  • 1manage transitions more effectively to minimise disruption as children move from one activity to another
  • 2organise snack time to ensure children are not walking around while eating to promote their safety.
Inspection #10270150 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

The well-maintained nursery garden provides outdoor learning opportunities for all children in all weathers. Children enthusiastically fetch their coats and hats when it is time to go outside. In warmer weather, older children enjoy direct access through the open doors to the garden. Children develop their physical skills and confidence as they ride bikes, scoot and climb in the well-laid-out outdoor space. Children are fully engrossed in the mud kitchen and sandpit where they develop their fine motor skills and social skills.

Parent Reviews of Purple Panda Nursery

5.0
(6)
Phil Gates
3 months ago

We have had plenty to worry about over the past couple of years but our son’s care at Purple Panda Nursery has not been one of those things. We are so very glad we chose Purple Panda for our son. The staff are absolutely amazing and genuinely dote after our son, give us great progress reports, very friendly and are just great at what they do all round. The facilities are wonderful, with plenty of space, a huge AstroTurfed garden and plenty of play equipment. An on site chef makes them nutritious meals they like to eat. We follow progress, see photos and get reports on what they eat, how long they sleep etc, all through an app. The children have songs, stories and a curriculum of learn through play. Our son’s development has been remarkable and we can see the spark in him when we pick him up, having had a fun, educational, nurturing, sensory experience with his friends and wonderful staff, all of whom he mentions when at home. The management have also been very kind, understanding and flexible with us. Overall our experience of Purple Panda has been extremely satisfying and we would heartily recommend it.

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H Butler
8 months ago

Purple Panda is absolutely fantastic. I can’t recommend this nursery more highly. My son has been excited to get in the door from his first day age 1. Their approach to learning is second to none. Everything is included too which really makes the difference, lovely garden with scooter track and such great staff and atmosphere.

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Rachel Hill
10 years ago

My son has been with Purple Panda for a year now. It is a lovely, friendly nursery and we are extremely happy there. The quality of care exceeds my expectations and above all my son loves it. There is a true warmth about the place and the children are always smiling. I would highly recommend this nursery to anyone looking for top quality care for their child....if you can get in!

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Will Wisbey
6 years ago

This is a superb nursery. Naturally they are running a school for babies and toddlers, so there are always some ups and downs, but as a neighbour works for a nursery, we were in a unique position to compare. We have two beautiful daughters who were there from the ages of 2.5 years to school age (around 2 years in total). Positives Excellent provision of resources. There is always something new in the garden, both in terms of toys and climbing frames, running track and other bits and bobs they introduced animals for the children and indoors things get replaced when old. Everything was always clean as well (well not always the children - they had FUN!) which meant a lot to my wife Jana. Active play is mixed with discipline in a way our girls found enjoyable. The moment they went to Purple Panda we noticed an immediate improvement in speech, maths, drawing and much more. They were always good girls so the routine was fairly easy for them to adjust to. Purple Panda's goal is to make all children ready for school. It has a highly educational focus and I cannot express that if the goal for your little one(s) is education, this is at the heart of the nursery, our girls are more than ready, both academically and practically with the nursery helping with toilet training, dressing and many other things. Most of all, we always felt the staff charged with our world loved our children. It wasn't just a job, they really loved our girls and that more than anything meant the world to us. Naturally teaching toddlers is a tricky old business and not always a smooth ride. Purple Panda can improve their communications with parents and while they have a good relationship with a local old people's home, there were not the trips promised nor grand parent's days and other initiatives. If not mentioned we wouldn't have expected them, and classes such as Yoga Bugs and other fun activities where local experts were brought in more than made up for this. All in all, this is a great nursery and by and large improving each year. I can highly recommend this for parents and in particular my thanks to Arianne, Lanka and Vanessa and the whole team for helping to give Sophie and Melissa a great start in life.

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Owen Bevan
10 years ago

I can't give a comparative review as this is the only nursery that my two year old has attended, but we think it's marvellous. There's fantastic quality of care from great staff, it's well managed and run, food is nutritious and varied, activities are fun and educational and above all my little one is extremely happy there. Can't think what else we could wish for really!

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Inspection history

Date: January 2014

  • January 2023Good
  • October 2017Good
  • January 2014Good

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