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Rainbow Day Nursery in Lowestoft

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2024)
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4.2(6 Google reviews)
·Love Road, Lowestoft, NR32 2NY · Suffolk
Number of places
48 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2024
Local authority
Suffolk

About this day nursery

Rainbow Day Nursery, registered with Ofsted in 2015, provides childcare from its Lowestoft, Suffolk location at NR32 2NY. The nursery operates year-round, offering full day care for children aged 1 to 4, closing only for bank holidays and one week over Christmas.

With sessions running from 8am to 5:30pm, it supports working families by providing comprehensive care. The nursery has a dedicated team of 20 staff members, 19 of whom hold early years qualifications at Level 3 or higher, including the manager who has a Level 6 qualification.

This experience and commitment to professional development ensures a high standard of care and education. Children at Rainbow Day Nursery benefit from a comfortable and well-resourced environment where they develop strong bonds with staff.

The nursery fosters a positive atmosphere where children learn to share, take turns, and cooperate, enabling them to feel safe and secure while actively participating in a variety of educational opportunities. Unique to this setting is the strong emphasis on community engagement, with children regularly visiting local day-care and care homes, fostering valuable intergenerational relationships and respect for others.

What it's like

Children show that they feel safe and secure in this well-resourced, comfortable and inviting nursery. They develop strong bonds with staff, particularly their key-person. Staff help children to know what is happening next and give them time to prepare for any changes in activities. They praise children for their 'fantastic help' in tidying up. This helps to promote children's positive behaviour. Furthermore, children learn to share, take turns and cooperate.

Well-resourced environmentCommunity engagementStrong staff-child bondsStrong parent partnershipsEffective communication support

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday 8am to 5:30pm

Term time / All Year

All_year

Registered with Ofsted

2015

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Rainbow Day Nursery

Last inspected 30 April 2024

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children show that they feel safe and secure in this well-resourced, comfortable and inviting nursery. They develop strong bonds with staff, particularly their key-person. Staff help children to know what is happening next and give them time to prepare for any changes in activities. They praise children for their 'fantastic help' in tidying up. This helps to promote children's positive behaviour. Furthermore, children learn to share, take turns and cooperate.

Inspector highlights

  • Children show that they feel safe and secure in this well-resourced, comfortable and inviting nursery.
  • Staff help children to know what is happening next and give them time to prepare for any changes in activities.
  • Managers develop their curriculum in response to information they gain from prompt and sound assessment of children's skills and abilities.
  • Staff provide children with a wealth of positive educational opportunities, which children enthusiastically participate in.
  • Staff help children to actively participate in their local community, regularly taking small groups of children to visit the nearby day-care and care home.
  • Children make good progress in their communication and language development due to the successful, individualised strategies that staff use.
  • Staff introduce parents to sign language to help them recognise when their child uses signs to communicate at home.

Areas to develop

  • 1Consider ways to reduce background noise levels to support children with tuning into and hearing speech sounds more clearly.
  • 2Find ways to offer even more effective support to less experienced staff to help them to raise the quality of their teaching.
Inspection #10300688 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Managers and staff show a deep understanding of the needs of families and children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, giving expert support to families. They form strong and effective working partnerships with other professionals and organisations, including statutory agencies.

Outdoor space

Children build strength and coordination using wheelbarrows and playing football in the large field area.

Google Reviews of Rainbow Day Nursery

4.2
(6 Google reviews)
Home Roofs
3 years ago

Brilliant little Nursery, my little boy learning more all the time here. Nice nursery , clean and tidy and friendly staff. Recommended !

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8 years ago

Worst nursery in lowestoft, staff rude and ignorant, dont listen and then accuse you of not telling them. Manger is a nosy cow, interfering nobody! Stay well away from this nursery. Because if your child is not improving they will call social services! Shame they havent been closed down yet

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Oliver Thorn
3 years ago

I actually went here myself, recently looked it up and I'm happy to see it's still running. I had fond memories here and my parents definitely thought it was nice too :)

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Gemma Roe
7 years ago

Best nursery around lowestoft..... The staff are lovely and very easy to talk to and they have a lovely out side area great in the summer times.... would defo recommend x

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Katarzyna Wawrykow
5 years ago

Great place for children's and great, friendly, professional staff

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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2024

Date: November 2017

  • April 2024Good
  • June 2023Requires improvement
  • November 2017Good

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