Blooming Years Nursery Schools, Croydon

Children’s choices shape the approach at Blooming Years Nursery Schools, Croydon. Rooms are arranged to let children select what to explore, with adults guiding their activities. The aim is to help children practise making decisions and working things out for themselves.

Based on Heathfield Road, this nursery welcomes children from 3 months to 5 years. No Ofsted inspection has been published for this setting yet. Its practical offer includes funded childcare and a gradual start with parents involved.

The EYFS provides the framework for learning. Here, the approach centres on children choosing activities, exploring their interests and trying things again with adult guidance. That gives families a clear sense of the intended day: opportunities for children to make decisions, with practitioners supporting their exploration.

Independence is an aim of this approach. The arrangement of the rooms is part of it, giving children choices about what they do. For parents, the useful emphasis is on how staff support those choices and respond when a child needs help.

Settling begins with a parent alongside the child. Attendance builds gradually, at a pace tailored to the child, so the move into nursery life involves time together before independent stays.

Daily conversations with parents continue throughout settling. Once children are established, termly individual discussions cover their development and what comes next. These provide a regular opportunity to talk through progress beyond the initial settling period.

The address is 9 Heathfield Road, Croydon, CR0 1EY. Opening hours are 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the nursery operates throughout the year except bank holidays. Enquiries can be made by telephone on 020 8667 1345 or by email to croydon@bloomingyears.com.

Both the 15-hour universal entitlement for children aged 3 and 4 and the 30-hour extended offer for working families meeting the government’s income criteria are accepted. Funding therefore forms part of the attendance options for eligible families.

On-street parking is available around Heathfield Road. East Croydon station is nearby, making the location relevant to families combining nursery with a rail commute.

• Settling with a parent. Parents participate from the first settling session, and attendance builds gradually. At a visit, discuss how that start would fit around your return to work.
• Weekday hours. The nursery opens at 8am and closes at 6pm. Which booking pattern would fit your family’s working day within that window?

Blooming Years Nursery Schools, Croydon suits families seeking care from babyhood through to school age, with parental involvement during settling and scheduled development discussions thereafter. Its child-choice approach gives it a clear educational intention; the Heathfield Road location and weekday opening window provide the practical basis for deciding whether it fits family life.