Cherrylands Nursery

Foam-brick houses and babies experimenting with musical instruments give Cherrylands Nursery a recognisable character: in September 2025, play brought together movement, conversation and practical exploration. This Weybridge setting has capacity for 30 children aged three months to five years.

At its September 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated Cherrylands Good and found safeguarding effective. The important qualifications concerned missed chances to deepen learning and inconsistent instructions during parts of the day. Both matter when judging how smoothly play and care fit together.

In September 2025, the curriculum organised learning in stages, with activities shaped around children's interests and individual goals as they moved between rooms. The early years foundation stage sets the framework for learning, development and care: here, the inspection-time examples included learning through stories, music, physical play and self-care.

Babies explored instruments during singing, making sounds and babbling. Story sessions included questions and exchanges with staff, giving children opportunities to practise conversation rather than simply listen. These were concrete ways to bring language into play.

Outdoor activity also featured in September 2025. Children ran and climbed under staff supervision, while the construction area supported imaginative building with foam bricks. Balancing the bricks and discussing their creations combined physical experimentation with shared play. The limitation was teaching consistency: some opportunities to take an activity into more demanding thinking passed unnoticed.

In September 2025, staff collected information about new children's routines, learning and support needs, then offered comfort and reassurance while they settled. Babies practised feeding themselves with spoons; older children helped prepare tables and served their own food. Meals provided opportunities to practise independence, with staff watching children as they ate.

At the September 2025 inspection, Ofsted found that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities received targeted support through individual plans developed with parents and outside agencies. Staff training supported that work.

EAL bags, sent home in September 2025 to support families with learning where children spoke English as an additional language, connected nursery activity with home. Repeated routines and visual prompts helped children understand the day. Staff also used a code of kindness to guide behaviour, acknowledging feelings and speaking calmly, although instructions were sometimes uneven: some children were told to tidy while others kept playing.

Cherrylands Nursery is on Sopwith Drive, Brooklands Business Park, Weybridge, KT13 0YU. Its opening hours are 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, across the year, with closures for bank holidays and Christmas.

In September 2025, sessions ran from 8am to 6pm and the nursery provided funded early education. These are dated attendance and funding details, distinct from the current opening window.

• Extending learning. September 2025 findings identified missed opportunities to develop children's thinking further. This matters for families looking for staff to build on an absorbing activity rather than leave it at its starting point.
• Consistent routines. Different instructions during tidy-up caused confusion in September 2025. Clear expectations deserve attention alongside the calm responses to children's feelings.
• Planning attendance. With an all-year opening schedule and dated session details, a useful visit question is: which current booking pattern and funded-hours arrangements would fit your family's week?

Cherrylands suits families seeking an all-year nursery for babies through to five-year-olds, with a September 2025 picture of music, construction play and growing independence. The Good judgement gives that picture weight. The decision points are equally concrete: how consistently staff extend learning and explain routines, alongside whether the attendance arrangement fits family life.