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Walton House Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2025)
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4.7(13 parent reviews) ·130 Walton Road, SIDCUP, DA14 4LW · Bexley
Number of places
36 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2025
Local authority
Bexley

About this day nursery

Walton House Nursery provides a nurturing and stimulating "home-from-home" environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years, with operating hours extending until 6:30 pm. The nursery emphasises attachment-focused, individualised care, allowing children to learn and develop at their own pace.

They foster a sense of belonging through curiosity-led play, natural materials, and unhurried days, encouraging children to explore and express themselves freely. The nursery’s mission is to create a secure environment where children can build self-confidence and grow into kind, compassionate individuals.

They have also developed their outdoor space with wildlife features and are part of the RHS Campaign for School Gardening, having achieved a Level 1 Award. Currently, they are offering a promotion with no registration fee for new enrolments starting between September and December 2026.

Our ethos

Walton House Nursery offers an attachment-focused and individualised care approach within a "home-from-home" environment. They promote curiosity-led play with natural materials, unhurried days, and opportunities for children to explore and express themselves freely. Their mission is to foster a secure setting for children to develop self-confidence and grow into kind, compassionate individuals.

What it's like

Staff create a welcoming, friendly and stimulating environment for children. The play areas contain age-appropriate resources for children to explore and develop their skills effectively. Staff provide good opportunities to develop all children's curiosity, independence, confidence, resilience and risk taking.

Home-from-home environmentCuriosity-led playRHS School Gardening AwardIndividualised care

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured by age bands (0-3 years and 3-5 years) across full day, short day, morning, and afternoon sessions. Additional hours are charged at an hourly rate. Voluntary consumables charges apply to sessions or funded hours, and a sibling discount is available on non-funded hours.

Good to know

  • Sibling discount of 10% is applied to non-funded hours.
  • Voluntary consumables charges apply for meals and snacks.
  • A non-mandatory consumables charge of £0.40 applies to each funded hour.
  • Additional hours are charged at an hourly rate.

Key facts

Opening hours

until 6:30 pm

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Walton House Nursery

Last inspected 20 March 2025

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

What it's like to attend

Staff create a welcoming, friendly and stimulating environment for children. The play areas contain age-appropriate resources for children to explore and develop their skills effectively. Staff provide good opportunities to develop all children's curiosity, independence, confidence, resilience and risk taking.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff provide good opportunities for children to develop their mathematical skills well.
  • Staff provide plenty of experiences to support children's understanding of the world.
  • Staff use a variety of good resources to keep children active and to support their physical development effectively.
  • Staff develop children's communication and language skills well.
  • Staff develop strong partnerships with parents and encourage their involvement in their children's learning.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the adult interactions with the older children during their play to extend their learning further
  • 2better manage how routine tasks are carried out to minimise interruptions in children's play.
Inspection #10380863 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

parents highlight that they are satisfied with the care and activities provided to children and they receive regular information from the nursery.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff work closely with external professionals to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and they put in place support plans to improve their learning and development. All children, including those with SEND, make good progress with their development, in relation to their starting points.

Outdoor space

Staff provide exciting outdoor activities, such as sand play, climbing, sliding, mark making and imaginative play. Children display confidence while walking on a balancing beam and they recognise when to adjust the beam and crate for their safety.

Parent Reviews of Walton House Nursery

4.7
(13)
Amelia Smith
a year ago

My son has been attending Walton House Nursery for over a year now and he has been thriving. It’s such a lovely environment with a real home from home feel. The nursery staff really get to know each child’s needs and really support you with any additional support required. All of the staff are wonderful and you can really see how much they care deeply for the children.

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Megan Missions
a year ago

My daughter has been attending Walton House for nearly a year now and she loves it there! The staff are so friendly and caring and go the extra mile to ensure my child's extra needs are met. The nursery is smaller than some others, which means children of all ages mix daily and it has a more family vibe. Every staff member knows each child very well and are always welcoming.

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Melanie Rose
a year ago

My son has been going to Walton Nursery house since he was 1,5 year old and he has been so happy. The place is lovely with a nice garden and II have full trust on the staff who is professional, caring and lovely. My son is very happy at the nursery ! They also have an amazing Chef who passionately home make healthy and yummy food with fresh products.

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Charlotte Forster
a year ago

My daughter has been going to Walton house for 3.5 years and will be leaving shortly to go to school. The nursery has been great and she has thrived in such a welcoming and supportive environment - I have never had any issues. The staff are fab and work hard to create a home from home environment for the children. Thank you Walton House for setting my daughter up for school and providing a safe space for her to make friends, learn and grow.

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Vicki Jones
a year ago

Our daughter has been going to this nursery for the past year and a half, and she absolutely loves it. It is a smaller nursery which we prefer as this means that the children mix between age groups and all the staff develop deep bonds with the children. The staff are friendly and professional and take time to get to know each child and their individual needs. Highly recommended.

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Inspection history

Date: April 2012

  • March 2025Good
  • June 2019Good
  • January 2018Inadequate
  • March 2015Good
  • April 2012Good

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