Holcroft Community Nursery
A message from the manager
My name is Mark and I joined LEYF as Holcroft Nursery Manager in September 2016. From the second I walked through the door, Holcroft really stood out to me as a friendly, family focused nursery with a caring and nurturing atmosphere. Based in the heart of central London, our children and families are at the centre of everything we do – with our ambition to be an integral part of our local community. I have been working with children for the last ten years in a range of settings including primary schools, special needs and behaviour provisions and most recently managing Ofsted 'Outstanding' nurseries. I am excited to be joining the LEYF family, who have such a strong passion for outstanding childcare and a focus on the quality of their provisions. I have a big passion for making sure that my settings work closely with parents, to work together at ensuring every child feels settled, happy and able to develop their individual personalities. As a manager, I still love being able to go in to the rooms with our children, and particularly enjoy delivering musical movement activities – giving children the opportunities to explore whole body movements and sound with instruments. We're very proud of our nursery and would love to show you around! Please get in touch to arrange a visit.
We're located in Marylebone, providing care and education for children from 6 months to 5 years. We're open 8am to 6pm, 51 weeks a year.
What Ofsted says about us
We were most recently inspected by Ofsted in November 2015 and rated as ‘Outstanding’.
What Ofsted like most about us
"The nursery is exceptionally well led and managed. Leaders' expectations for children's care, development and learning are very high. They have placed a very strong emphasis on evaluation and reflection to achieve the very high standards and to inspire further improvements."
"Teaching is of a very high quality. Staff are extremely responsive to children's interests and needs. The very experienced staff team skillfully supports children to help to ensure that they make rapid progress in their learning."
"The partnership with parents are outstanding. Parents speak very positively about this excellent and welcoming nursery. Staff keep parents fully up to date with their children's progress and offer a huge amount of communication and support. This all engages parents and helps children build on their learning at home."
