Playhouse Nursery & Pre-School

The Moonshot Centre, New Cross, London SE14 6LU
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8.0 49 Reviews
  • Playhouse Nursery & Pre-School, London
Rated Good by Ofsted (October 2017), Playhouse Nursery & Pre-School provides childcare and education to children from birth to 5 years old.

The Nursery is based in Fordham Park, close to New Cross and New Cross Gate stations. It's a spacious, modern nursery with separate rooms and gardens for different age groups.

The experienced staff inspire the children to learn through curiosity and discovery. There are many different activities to try, from science experiments to traditional cooking, world music to yoga, construction, sensory play with water and ice, dialogic reading, and much more! Families can also join in the fun with regular workshops.

An in-house chef prepares tasty, balanced meals using recipes from LEYF's menu.

Care Provided by Playhouse Nursery & Pre-School

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care
  • Person in charge
  • Sharon Dhand (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 24
  • Total Places for Children
  • 51
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Christmas

Playhouse Nursery & Pre-School Reviews (49)

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Playhouse Nursery & Pre-School has a Review Score of 8.0 (8.015) out of 10, based on 1 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Playhouse Nursery & Pre-School has 49 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has been attending Playhouse nursery from January 2018, he is in the baby room and he really loves it there especially cuddling key workers. I love the 'Friday 5' newsletter we receive on a weekly basis as I'm able to see some of the activities they enjoy throughout the week. I'm very pleased
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Playhouse Nursery is a great environment for children, my son was there for 4 years before starting school and my daughter has also been attending for almost 3 years.


The staff are amazing at engaging the kids and giving them a broad range of experiences.


My children are always happy to attend

and see their nursery as a second home.


The kids are encouraged to learn through play and preschoolers are prepared for school. This helped my son settle well into reception and subsequently advanced rapidly in his learning.


The staff and management team are supportive, allowing flexibility in multiple issues.


The food are freshly prepared daily by the in-house chef; parents are often given opportunities to taste new recipes and have lunch with the kids.


The nursery offers many extracurricular activities that parents can engage in with their kids.


I will highly recommend Playhouse nursery for babies to preschoolers, as I have had excellent service over the years in all classes.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Our toddler skips into nursery every morning, skips out happily in the evening, and asks if she’s seeing her Nursery friends, even on weekends. Very happy with the Nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

This nursery has been so supportive and accommodating to both me and my child’s needs. They’re very patient. The staff are just great! I’ve yet to meet one member who wasn’t extremely friendly and helpful. The manager at this nursery is amazing! I’ve already recommended to several parents in the area
looking for a nursery. Also, I’m always surprised at the lovely dishes the children will be eating each week!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Playhouse Nursery is a warm, friendly, caring nursery. It has outdoor areas bespoke to each room. Delicious organic healthy meals with its daily menus written on a chalkboard in the foyer every morning like a cafe! Staff are friendly and supportive, always take extra attention whenever I was worried
about anything. The activities are creative, explorative and promote structured independent learning. They have lots of events that invite parents to come and join in including workshops. Out of all the nurseries I looked at in my area it was the most affordable too which is so important when childcare is so expensive. My only feedback was wanting to know more about what progression my son was doing and seeing reports more regularly. However, they listened and this year they're introducing a digital report portal which can be accessed by parents which is great!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

All the staff is wonderful and caring. We know our baby is in good hands, learning and taking part in amazing activities. She is also loving her meals and is also happy to start a new day. Thank you to everyone!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Playhouse has been a wonderful experience for our three year old. He has complex medical needs and staff have bent over backwards to accommodate him and ensure he has a happy and safe learning experience. He loves going every day and seeing his friends and his development over the past year has been
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am very happy with Playhouse and most importantly, so is my child.


Staff are friendly and attentive and keep parents well informed of the children’s progress. Parents are also invited to regular workshops and activities run by the Nursery.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has been attending Playhouse since he was 6 months old. He is now 3 and a half and will remain at Playhouse until he starts Primary School. As a first time mum, it was extremely daunting leaving him for the first time, but the staff were so reassuring and the care he receives is amazing. Throughout
all of his years, they have been nurturing and supportive and he has developed so well. It's his home from home and I can't recommend this nursery enough.

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Current Review Score: 8.0 (8.015)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 8.0 (8.015) out of 10 for Playhouse Nursery & Pre-School is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 1 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.1 out of 5 from 1 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.917 for Playhouse Nursery & Pre-School is calculated as follows: ( (11 Excellents x 5) + (1 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 12 Ratings = 4.917

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 3.098 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Playhouse Nursery & Pre-School is based on 1 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 = 3

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 51 number of registered child places is 10.2. 1 Positive Reviews ÷ 10.2 = 0.098

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Meet the Team (1)

Funmi

Funmi

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Joined: 2016

Hello, my name is Funmi and I've worked at LEYF and Playhouse Nursery & Pre-School since 2016. We have an experienced staff group here, who inspire the children to learn through curiosity and discovery. People would describe me as driven, nurturing and passionate.