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Tots Rye Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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5.0(4 parent reviews) ·209 Rye Lane, London, SE15 4TP · Southwark
Number of places
30 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Southwark

About this day nursery

Tots Rye Day Nursery, established in 2022, provides childcare for children aged 1 to 4 years. Open all year round, Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 6 pm, except for bank holidays, the nursery benefits from a "Good" Ofsted rating, following its inspection on 23 January 2025.

Children are observed to arrive happily, forming good relationships with staff and demonstrating a sense of belonging. The nursery employs a well-thought-out curriculum, designed to meet the needs and abilities of the children, offering plenty of opportunities for sensory exploration and imaginative play both indoors and outdoors.

Leaders swiftly identify children who require additional help, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), making referrals for support with parental consent. They target additional funding effectively and have plans to create a sensory room, in addition to following professional guidance to implement intervention strategies and individual learning plans.

Staff engage children in one-to-one activities to support their progress. Parents speak highly of the setting, appreciating the engaging and friendly staff and being well-informed about their children's daily activities through face-to-face handovers.

What it's like

Children arrive happily and form good relationships with staff, demonstrating a sense of belonging. Staff embed consistent routines and support children's developing concentration and discussions during play. Children listen and generally behave well.

Caring StaffGood Communication SkillsImaginative PlayGood SEND SupportStrong Parent Feedback

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2022

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Tots Rye Day Nursery

Last inspected 23 January 2025

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

What it's like to attend

Children arrive happily and form good relationships with staff, demonstrating a sense of belonging. Staff embed consistent routines and support children's developing concentration and discussions during play. Children listen and generally behave well.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff are caring and follow individual children's care plans, helping them feel at home and build early understanding of transitions.
  • Children develop their communication skills, listening attentively and responding to questions during story time.
  • Staff promote children's imaginations and creativity through dressing-up activities and extending simple play ideas.
  • Staff use focus activities to help children build good concentration, making marks, drawing, and reinforcing numbers and pencil control.
  • Support for children with SEND is good, with leaders making links with local authority advisors and planning a sensory room.

Areas to develop

  • 1help staff to consistently support children with their emerging independence and self-help skills during everyday routines
  • 2gather more information about children's home languages, to support individual children's understanding and speech development further
  • 3strengthen and fully embed coaching and monitoring of staff to raise their practice further.
Inspection #10372307 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak well of the setting.

They feel comforted by how engaging and friendly staff are.

Parents know what activities their children have been doing.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders swiftly identify children who require additional help or children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and make referrals for support, with parental consent. Support for children with SEND is good. Leaders have made links with the local authority's early years advisers and SEND support team, effectively target additional funding, and plan to create a sensory room. They follow professionals' guidance to implement intervention strategies and devise individual learning plans, with staff engaging children in one-to-one activities to help them make progress towards their targets.

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation during outdoor play.

Parent Reviews of Tots Rye Day Nursery

5.0
(4)
Zhaklin Slavova
a year ago

I am beyond thankfull to all the staff in Tots Rye Nursery. My daughter (Amani) learn so many things and was loved by everyone. Im feeling nostalgyc that she have to continue to big school now. Miss Ann miss Tina and Miss Alice and all the rest thank you for the care 🤍🙏 we will miss you 🥲

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Inspection history

Date: January 2025

  • February 2025Good
  • January 2025Good

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