Bumpsa Daisies Nursery Morden

A baby age band capped at six children gives Bumpsa Daisies Nursery Morden a concrete point of difference for families weighing their child's first nursery place. The Morden setting also has an enclosed outdoor space with free-flow access, giving outdoor play a place alongside indoor activities. Size and access matter more here than a branded educational promise.

At its 14 March 2022 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good overall, while identifying home-language support and consistency in early literacy teaching as areas requiring further work. Those findings give parents a useful balance: a positive judgement with specific teaching questions to pursue.

There are 40 places in total, for children aged three months to five years. Morning, afternoon and full-day attendance patterns serve different family routines.

Rooms and Ages

The 0-2 Years age band has a maximum of six children, making the youngest group's published cap a useful consideration for parents of babies. The 2-3 Years band has a maximum of 12 children. For 3-5 Years, the maximum is 16. These are separate age-band limits, rather than the nursery's overall capacity or a promise about how many children attend on a particular day.

Age grouping deserves attention alongside those figures. A child's move between stages affects their daily companions and activities, so the practical arrangement matters as much as the age labels themselves.

Learning and Activities

The nursery follows the early years foundation stage, the framework for children's learning, development and care. In parent language, that means everyday play and routines have an educational purpose: conversation develops language, handling materials develops coordination, and counting makes mathematics part of ordinary activity.

In March 2022, younger children explored paint made from natural materials, using both fingers and brushes to make marks. Older children used balance bikes outdoors. These examples show different opportunities for physical development, from small hand movements to steering and balance, rather than expecting every age group to do the same activity.

Mathematics also appeared in practical tasks in March 2022. Children counted the crockery needed for snacks, explored quantities through water play and used sand timers. Learning was attached to something children could handle or needed to do. That makes the purpose of counting easier to understand than an isolated exercise.

Books, songs and rhymes featured in March 2022, alongside comfortable places to read and activities preparing children's hands for writing. The qualification is important: some older children were not consistently encouraged to write with a purpose or connect letters with their sounds. Bilingual children also had too few opportunities to encounter their home languages. These were specific curriculum weaknesses, rather than a criticism of every activity.

Outdoor and Community Life

Free-flow access to the enclosed outdoor area gives this branch a practical connection between inside and outside. King George’s playing fields are nearby, although proximity alone should not be read as a particular timetable of outings.

In March 2022, the garden included a bug hotel where children explored minibeasts, as well as opportunities to ride balance bikes. The combination gave children reasons both to move energetically and to examine living things closely. Outdoor learning had concrete resources behind it.

At the March 2022 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and the key-person arrangements successful, with staff using their knowledge of individual children to plan subsequent learning. This is a dated assessment of practice, and a useful starting point for understanding how relationships and educational planning fitted together.

Daily conversations and periodic reviews kept parents informed in March 2022. That combination connected immediate news about a child's day with discussion of their development over time. Staff also helped children attempt everyday tasks themselves, including managing coat fastenings and preparing fruit snacks. Independence was practised through ordinary routines.

Dietary needs and long-term medical conditions were taken into account in March 2022, and adults supervised children closely when they used knives for fruit preparation. The example matters because independence requires appropriate adult oversight, rather than simply leaving children to manage a task alone.

The current Morden team includes designated safeguarding lead and special needs coordinator roles, alongside SEN support. These are identifiable responsibilities within the staff structure; they give families a clear point of contact for discussing an individual child's support needs.

Sessions and Attendance

The address is Rear Of 25, Dudley Drive, Morden, SM4 4RQ. Opening hours are 8am to 6pm on weekdays. The branch operates across the year, with closures for bank holidays, the Christmas period and a January staff training day.

Three attendance patterns have stated times: the AM session runs from 8am to 1pm, the PM session from 1pm to 6pm, and the full day from 8am to 6pm. The distinction is useful for families whose working hours require a whole day and those organising childcare around a shorter morning or afternoon.

The Morden contact number is 0208 330 0988, and enquiries can be emailed to bumpsadaisiesmorden@yahoo.co.uk.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded childcare and private childcare are both offered. For funded hours, additional services are optional and are not a condition of taking up the entitlement. Families should distinguish the funded childcare itself from any services they choose alongside it when comparing the total arrangement.

Current prices come in the nursery's written quotation. The Morden funding and fee information separates the information for funded childcare from that for privately paid care.

• Early literacy and home languages. The March 2022 improvement points concerned purposeful writing, letter-sound connections and children's home languages. During a visit, ask to see how these now appear in activities for older children and bilingual children.
• The youngest group and room moves. The 0-2 Years band is capped at six children. Ask how the age bands work in the current rooms and how a move to the next group is arranged, including settling into new relationships.
• The funded package. Additional services attached to funded hours are optional. Request a written quotation separating funded hours from any optional services you choose.
• A short visit. Morden prospective-parent visits are scheduled for 15 minutes and require management approval. Use that time to discuss your child's routines and support needs, as well as the age grouping that would apply to them.

Bumpsa Daisies Nursery Morden suits families considering morning or afternoon sessions as well as full-day care, especially those who value a small published cap for the youngest age band and access to an enclosed outdoor space. The March 2022 examples give the nursery character: practical counting, fruit preparation, balance bikes and the bug hotel.

The decision should also give proper weight to the literacy and home-language improvement points. This is a setting with a clear practical offer and a positive dated judgement, whose current teaching routines deserve close attention when families visit.