The Nurtury Day Nursery & Pre-School

A large sandpit and outdoor chimes gave The Nurtury's October 2024 nursery day a strong physical and musical character: children explored the marks their feet made and used metal spoons to make sounds. At its October 2024 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Outstanding, found safeguarding effective and praised the support for children with SEND and those learning English as an additional language. Those findings give families a clear, dated assessment of both education and care.

At 89 Bromley Road in Catford, the nursery accepts children from 3 months to 5 years and has 61 places in total. Natural materials are part of its current approach to play and learning. Its opening hours run from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, across 51 weeks of the year, with Bank Holidays and INSET days excluded.

Learning and Activities

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guides learning here, connecting play with communication, understanding feelings and physical development. In October 2024, stories and puppets helped children explore emotions, while outdoor activities challenged their physical abilities. Natural resources give that play a practical basis. This is the framework for the nursery day, rather than an extra programme that distinguishes it from other settings.

In October 2024, stories became material for play, rather than something children encountered only while listening to an adult. Jack and the Beanstalk was one example: children recalled parts of the story as they played together. Books reflecting different cultures also featured, and children could borrow books to share with their families. That connected reading at nursery with reading at home.

Language experiences extended beyond books. In October 2024, a French teacher introduced counting and songs in French, giving children a concrete way to encounter another language. Staff also used puppets and stories to explore emotions and help children recognise how others felt. The practical connection matters: storytelling served both language development and everyday relationships.

Outdoor and Community Life

In October 2024, the outdoor area supported physical challenges and exploratory play. Alongside the sandpit and chimes, children scooped soil into a carved pumpkin. These were different ways to investigate materials, movement and sound, rather than a single outdoor activity repeated throughout the day.

The same month's nursery experiences reached into the surrounding community. Children visited a local market, museums and a local swimming pool; some earned swimming awards. Each offered a different experience beyond the nursery premises, from encountering community life to taking part in swimming. These examples describe the October 2024 programme, rather than a fixed timetable of current trips.

Relationships and Communication

In October 2024, staff built close relationships with individual children and used consistent responses to behaviour. Storytelling and puppets helped make feelings understandable through examples children could recognise. For parents, that is a more concrete account of care than a general promise of warmth: relationships and behaviour were connected to what children did during the day.

Communication with families had several forms in October 2024. Photos and observations were shared online, alongside assessment reports, giving parents both glimpses of daily activity and information about development. Webinars covered oral health and early literacy, extending that communication into ideas families could use at home.

African drumbeat sessions and summer family barbeques also formed part of parent involvement at that time. These brought families into nursery activities, while the home-borrowing books gave them a quieter way to continue an experience with their child. Parent participation was therefore expressed through both shared occasions and everyday learning.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

In October 2024, visual prompts and gestures helped staff understand children's wishes and needs. This is useful detail for families considering how a child who communicates differently might express themselves: the interaction did not depend entirely on spoken words.

Health was addressed through everyday experiences too. In October 2024, children practised cleaning their teeth and spent time outdoors. Meals were freshly prepared and organic, connecting food with the nursery's work on healthy habits.

The address is 89 Bromley Road, London, SE6 2UF. Enquiries can be made by email to info@thenurturylondon.co.uk or by telephone on 020 7018 8661 or 07473 806760.

Opening hours are 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. The nursery operates for 51 weeks each year, excluding Bank Holidays and INSET days. Families planning care around work need to account for those closure days as well as the daily opening window.

In October 2024, the nursery offered government-funded childcare places. That dated participation is relevant to a family's budget, while the written terms of the proposed arrangement remain an important part of the joining decision.

• The proposed childcare arrangement. At a visit, how would settling, booked attendance and funded or paid hours fit together in a written quotation, including food and consumables? Consider the complete arrangement alongside your child's needs.
• Closure days. The 51-week calendar excludes Bank Holidays and INSET days. Build those closures into family care plans rather than relying only on the weekday opening hours.
• Activities beyond the premises. The October 2024 programme included museums and swimming. Consider how those experiences fit your child's interests and confidence alongside the play offered within the nursery.

The Nurtury suits families seeking care for a baby, toddler or preschool child within a weekday 8am-to-6pm opening window, with natural-resource play as part of the current approach. Its October 2024 assessment provides a strong quality reference, supported by concrete examples: story-based play, French songs and counting, community visits and several ways for parents to stay involved. The calendar and proposed childcare terms deserve equal weight in the final decision.