Twinnie Day Nursery, Belvedere

Twinnie Day Nursery's newest report card is a sharply mixed picture. In April 2026, children were making progress and safeguarding standards were met, but four evaluation areas needed attention: routines, welfare and wellbeing, curriculum and teaching, and leadership and governance. The setting has capacity for 53 children from three months to five years at Abbey Road, Belvedere, DA17 5DE.

The strongest evidence concerns inclusion. Children with SEND made progress from their starting points, while observations and assessments led to timely referrals and personalised support. Yet the same report identified practical weaknesses affecting babies and younger children, so this is a setting to assess with care rather than one to choose on the headline strengths alone.

The Early Years Foundation Stage provides the statutory educational programmes, goals and assessment points behind the nursery day. It means practitioners plan experiences across communication and language, physical development, personal and social development, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts, then use assessment to decide what each child should learn next. At this setting, April 2026 evidence showed older children building models inspired by structures around the world, solving a leak in a water tray and developing communication, mathematics and social problem-solving. Children also used apparatus, tyres and crates, with football, gymnastics and nature walks supporting balance and coordination. These are concrete, active experiences rather than a curriculum described only through broad intentions. Older children could talk proudly about their models and work through a practical problem together, giving the stronger end of the provision a clear emphasis on language, confidence and persistence.

Delivery was uneven by age. The curriculum was sequenced for older children, while learning for babies and younger children, including outdoor opportunities, was inconsistent. Pre-school routines were established, but baby-room routines and responses to unwanted behaviour did not give babies sufficiently consistent expectations. That age split matters: the report did not describe one uniform experience across the nursery. Parents should weigh the evidence for their child's stage rather than treating the setting-wide findings as interchangeable.

The April 2026 report found that the key-person system had improved and was working well. Children formed strong attachments and received attentive reassurance. Pre-school resources had also been reorganised to create more space for SEND activities, supporting communication, friendships and inclusion.

Personalised support was another solid point. Staff identified gaps through observations and assessments, made timely referrals and worked with other professionals. That combination matters because it connects day-to-day observations with specialist help rather than leaving identified needs inside the nursery.

There were important welfare concerns. Baby-room staff did not always cut food into age-appropriate pieces or use safe lifting techniques when moving babies to a buggy. Required actions set deadlines in May 2026 for safer food preparation, safe lifting and consistent adherence to policies, with a further June deadline for embedding the curriculum for younger children. Safeguarding standards were nevertheless met, with concerns identified and acted upon.

The nursery is on Abbey Road in Belvedere and accepts children from three months to five years. It has 53 places in total and is recorded as full-day care. Families will need a current nursery-specific quotation before making a cost comparison.

• Progress after the required actions. Ask what changed after the May and June 2026 deadlines, especially around choking prevention, lifting babies, staff oversight and the younger children's curriculum. The answer is central for a baby or toddler place.
• Age-dependent experience. April 2026 evidence was stronger for established pre-school routines than for babies' routines and learning. Families should look closely at practice in the room their own child would use.
• Attendance and costs. Compare the nursery's written offer across the session pattern needed, funded-hours treatment, meals and consumables before judging the overall cost.

Twinnie Day Nursery showed real strengths in children's progress, SEND inclusion, attachments and older children's learning, alongside significant weaknesses in baby-room safety, consistent practice and curriculum delivery. It may suit families who value personalised SEND work or an established pre-school routine, provided they are satisfied that the required improvements have taken hold. It may also suit families whose preferred attendance pattern matches the nursery's current written offer. The decisive comparison is the relevant age room, not the nursery in the abstract.