Play Place Wayside Nursery

Latest Ofsted grade for Play Place Wayside Nursery in Croydon, Croydon: Expected Standard. Inspection history, evaluation areas and report PDFs for URN EY475324 on Ofsted Insights.

Provider details

NamePlay Place Wayside Nursery
URNEY475324
Provider typeChildcare on Non-Domestic Premises
Local authorityCroydon
TownCroydon
Address21 Wayside, Fieldway, New Addington
PostcodeCR0 9DX
Telephone01689 867366
Registered7 February 2014
Registration statusActive

Latest inspection

Inspection date16 January 2026
Report published9 March 2026
FrameworkRenewed EIF 2025
Headline measure (lowest graded area)Expected Standard
Curriculum & TeachingExpected Standard
AchievementExpected Standard
InclusionStrong Standard
Leadership & GovernanceExpected Standard
Behaviour, Attitudes & RoutinesExpected Standard
Children's Welfare & WellbeingExpected Standard
SafeguardingMet

The renewed Education Inspection Framework does not give an overall grade. The headline measure is the lowest graded area, an Ofsted Insights measure explained in the methodology.

Ofsted reports

Previous inspections

  • 7 January 2025 — Pre-2025 — Requires Improvement (report PDF)
  • 11 December 2019 — Pre-2025 — Good (report PDF)
  • 20 July 2015 — Pre-2025 — Met (report PDF)
  • 9 July 2014 — Pre-2025 — Satisfactory (report PDF)

Data refreshed from Ofsted on 25 April 2026.

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