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The Lodge Pre School And Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2021)
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4.8(37 parent reviews) ·88 Southborough Road, Bromley, BR1 2EN · Bromley
Number of places
47 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2021
Local authority
Bromley

About this day nursery

The Lodge is a Bromley-based preschool and nursery committed to fostering an environment where children can joyfully explore, learn, and cultivate their interests through play and inherent curiosity. The nursery distinguishes itself with thoughtfully designed, spacious rooms catering to various age groups and activities, along with an expansive outdoor area featuring Astroturf, a lush lawn, and a thriving vegetable patch, encouraging daily fresh air and outdoor engagement.

The Lodge also places a strong emphasis on the details, providing delicious and varied meals, using biodegradable nappies and wipes, and maintaining a good degree of flexibility to meet families' needs. With a focus on nurturing a sense of belonging, the nursery's ethos is rooted in supporting children's development from the moment they join, ensuring a smooth settling-in process.

Our ethos

The Lodge Pre School And Nursery Ltd fosters children's development through play and curiosity, creating a joyful exploration environment. They are committed to supporting children's growth and a sense of belonging from the start.

What it's like

Children are welcomed warmly by friendly and professional staff and settle quickly. Staff provide a stimulating learning environment, both indoors and outdoors, allowing children to confidently choose their play. Children with English as an additional language are supported by recordings in their home language, and all children make good progress.

Play-based learningOutdoor playFlexible approachNutritious meals

Pricing & funding

Fees are calculated over a 51-week year and billed monthly in 12 equal payments, including bank holidays and training days. A full month's fees are required in advance upon accepting a place.

Good to know

  • Fees are calculated on a 51-week year and divided into 12 monthly payments.
  • Fees include bank holidays, public holidays, and two training days.
  • A full month's fees are required in advance upon accepting a place.
  • A 5% discount is offered to the eldest child if a sibling attends for three days or more per week.
  • A minimum of two full calendar months' notice is required for reducing days or withdrawing a child.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7:30am – 6:00pm, 51 weeks a year (excluding Bank Holidays and two training days).

Food

Breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, and afternoon tea are included in the fees.

Age range

0-5 years

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Lodge Pre School And Nursery

Last inspected 16 August 2021

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are welcomed warmly by friendly and professional staff and settle quickly. Staff provide a stimulating learning environment, both indoors and outdoors, allowing children to confidently choose their play. Children with English as an additional language are supported by recordings in their home language, and all children make good progress.

Inspector highlights

  • Children, including those in receipt of funding or who have additional needs, make good progress and develop foundations for future learning.
  • Staff create a calm and relaxing space for younger children to explore and engage with a variety of resources.
  • Children have good physical skills. Staff have attended recent training about 'tummy time', and have incorporated this throughout the setting for all children.
  • Children have excellent concentration, and exhibit extremely positive attitudes to learning.
  • The dedicated and passionate manager shows a good commitment to the professional development of her team.
  • Staff provide ample opportunities for children to learn about being healthy. Children enjoy tending to the vegetable patch and are eager to harvest the vegetables when they are ready.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to better recognise and make more effective use of spontaneous opportunities to extend and deepen children's learning.
Inspection #10191624 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported effectively. Children with additional needs make good progress and develop foundations for future learning.

Outdoor space

Staff provide a stimulating and inviting learning environment outdoors. All children enjoy regular access to the outside area, where they have fun exploring a range of interesting activities and practise their physical skills. Older children are encouraged to be on their tummies while painting in the outdoor classroom to build muscles for holding a pencil.

Parent Reviews of The Lodge Pre School And Nursery

4.8
(37)
J Patel
9 months ago

My son has been at the Lodge since Jan 2025 - it took us ages to find the perfect Nursery and I couldn’t be happier with the care he receives at The Lodge. The Nursery has a lovely ‘home away from home feel’ and I knew The Lodge was the Nursery we wanted our son to attend as soon as we met all the lovely staff. They go above and beyond with arranging new activities (pizza making and sensory disco being some examples). I’ve seen my son thrive and love it so much! Thank you to all @ The Lodge for caring for my son so beautifully- I can’t wait for Baby 2 to hopefully join in the future!

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aimee Patel
10 months ago

The lodge is an exceptional nursery. My son started in January 2025 and attends two days a week. The ladies are great. Georgetta and Elicia are fantastic and look after our son with such love and happiness. We receive updates via the app daily. The Lodge provide such great, educational activities and we have seen such a great progress in our son’s development. We highly recommend the Lodge

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Marie Southall
9 months ago

The Lodge is everything you can want from a nursery. The staff are amazing, the environment is a home-from-home and the daily enrichment/curriculum activities look amazing. I love the fact that they spend so much time playing outside and that the whole nursery feels like you are stepping into a child-orientated calm home. As parents we get regular photos and updates and if I have had any concerns or queries the staff have been so great in providing advice and reassurance.

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Karen Lancaster
a year ago

Everything about the Lodge is outstanding. I have full confidence leaving my baby there and he looks forward to going to nursery each day. The induction to the baby room was superb and the staff went above and beyond to ensure that my son settled quickly and well. We get comprehensive and regular updates about his progress throughout the day. The staff create a homely, inclusive environment which is very much centred around the children’s individual interests and development milestones. It is very much a magical place for little ones to thrive and we feel very lucky that our son has the opportunity to attend the Lodge. We are very grateful to the staff for going above and beyond to create such a friendly and warm atmosphere and would unequivocally recommend it as the perfect nursery!

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Jennifer Tong
a year ago

My daughter has been in the Lodge since Jan and we couldn’t be happier. She has flourished in so many areas of development, especially her social skills being surrounded by caring nursery staff as well as other kids. We get great updates with so many photos which gives us so much comfort that my little one is enjoying her day. The environment is very homely with the staff knowing all the children and the owner, Natasha, making the effort to get to know the parents as well.. my daughter especially loves her key worker, Georgeta, who has helped her settle into nursery so well and kept us updated of all her key milestones at nursery

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Inspection history

Date: August 2021

  • September 2021Good
  • August 2021Good

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