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Rye Garden Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2021)
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4.3(16 parent reviews) ·East Dulwich Road, Peckham Rye Park, LONDON, SE15 4HQ · Southwark
Number of places
26 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2021
Local authority
Southwark

About this day nursery

Rye Garden Day Nursery, registered in 2012, operates from a non-domestic premises in London, SE15 4HQ, offering full-day childcare for children aged 1 to 4. The nursery is open 50 weeks a year, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm.

The dedicated team of six staff, including a manager with early years professional status and four members qualified to at least Level 2, provides a well-designed curriculum that ensures all children make good progress in their learning. Children are happy, settled, and safe, forming positive relationships with staff and demonstrating a good understanding of mathematical concepts.

The nursery effectively uses additional funding to support disadvantaged children and provides stimulating activities that help children appreciate diversity and develop a positive attitude towards themselves. Staff work closely with parents, adapted well to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, using technology to keep parents informed about their children's care and learning, ensuring they feel reassured about leaving their children at the nursery.

What it's like

Children at Rye Garden Day Nursery are happy, settled, and feel safe, making good progress in their learning. They demonstrate a positive attitude, with younger children showing high concentration during activities and older children engaging well in discussions and exploring concepts like weight and measures. The stimulating environment helps them appreciate diversity and develop a positive self-image, with parents feeling well-informed and reassured about their children's care.

Good progressHappy and safe childrenEffective key-person systemAdditional funding used wellStrong parent partnerships

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

Key facts

Opening hours

each weekday from 7.30am to 6pm, for 50 weeks of the year

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2012

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Rye Garden Day Nursery

Last inspected 9 July 2021

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children at Rye Garden Day Nursery are happy, settled, and feel safe, making good progress in their learning. They demonstrate a positive attitude, with younger children showing high concentration during activities and older children engaging well in discussions and exploring concepts like weight and measures. The stimulating environment helps them appreciate diversity and develop a positive self-image, with parents feeling well-informed and reassured about their children's care.

Inspector highlights

  • All children, including those who receive additional funding, make good progress in their learning.
  • Children are happy, settled and feel safe.
  • The manager and staff provide a well-designed curriculum that meets children's learning and development needs.
  • Children gain a good understanding of mathematical concepts.
  • The provider uses additional funding well to improve outcomes for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
  • The manager and staff use effective strategies to support children to become familiar with the daily routines.
  • The key-person system is effective, helping children to form close relationships with staff and supporting their emotional well-being.
  • Overall, staff work well with parents, keeping them updated on their children's care routines and learning.

Areas to develop

  • 1Make good use of the information that parents provide, such as on other languages that children speak at home, to help support children's learning even further.
  • 2Review and improve the curriculum intent and implementation for physical development to help children become active and resilient learners.
Inspection #10201108 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Parent Reviews of Rye Garden Day Nursery

4.3
(16)
Alice Till-Carty
3 months ago

Both of our children have attended this nursery - our son started at 11 months old and our daughter at 4 when her previous nursery closed. Joy and her team are caring, supportive, and dynamic, and the kids have both made lovely friends and learned so much. They also do school pickups/dropoffs, often at short notice, which is a huge help for us as working parents. Rye Garden is brilliant and we are so grateful to have such caring folks keeping our kids happy every day!

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Tom Tolhurst
a year ago

Our daughter went to this nursery from 10 months old. Joy and all her staff took exceptional care of her and it she absolutely loved her time there. The staff team create a friendly and nurturing environment and in her time at Rye Gardens she learned to walk, read amd write as well as how to count to 10 in Spanish. Her time at this nursery meant she was ready for the transition to Primary school. Thank you Joy and the team!

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Saffron Vandenburg
a year ago

My son attended this nursery from 11 months up until we had to move away. I was devastated to leave as we had such a brilliant experience with the nursery. They cared for my son so well and I could tell that they really loved my son which made me feel so safe to leave him there. He thrived there and at 18 months was beginning to count, take turns, name colours and more. He developed close bonds with other kids and staff. A special thanks to Miss Benita who was fantastic. Thank you!

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Byron Hutchinson
a year ago

Our son has been attending Rye Garden Day Nursery since he was 10 months old. We initially had parent-guilt for sending him to nursery so young, however he is so happy there. We get updates of him doing very fun (and messy play) activities that he wouldn't otherwise get to do at home. He also had an allergy to cow's milk protein, which the nursery were very vigilant about and they have since worked with us to ladder him to be almost allergy free. Miss Joy, Raffa, Bonita and Luna have all been wonderful and nurturing; it's evident how much he enjoys his time there. No more parent-guilt!

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Cat Barton
4 years ago

Joy and her team at Rye Garden are amazing. Our 18-month-old thrived at this small, caring nursery, where he got tons of individual attention. He loves everyone at Rye Garden, especially Layla and Gabby, and regularly came home singing new songs and covered in paint, having had a wonderful day making music and art with his friends. It’s a great location on Peckham Rye, and they have a charming outdoor space for the kids to play under the trees. The whole team took such good care of our boy. It is a fantastic nursery, where they really take the time to get to know and understand your child. Highly recommend.

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Inspection history

Date: October 2012

  • July 2021Good
  • June 2017Good
  • November 2016Inadequate
  • September 2014Good
  • October 2012Inadequate

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