Mimi's Nursery

A small, term-time setting in Belsize Square, Mimi's Nursery has capacity for 25 children aged two to five. Its latest full inspection, on 16 May 2025, judged it Good and found safeguarding effective.

The setting is based at Scout Hut, 52 Belsize Square. The official record lists a consistent term-time opening window across all five weekdays. This gives families a clear weekly framework, although term-time provision leaves school holidays outside the stated offer.

The capacity of 25 makes this a relatively small whole-setting proposition. That number should be read carefully: it describes capacity, not the number of children present on a chosen day, the number in one group or the number of vacancies. Small whole-setting capacity does not by itself reveal whether ages mix, separate or move between groups during the day. For parents, the more useful follow-up is the normal grouping for their child's age and chosen days, alongside the practitioners normally working with that group.

Children span the two-to-five age range. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the statutory framework. In parent terms, it means learning should run through play and everyday experiences across communication, physical development, relationships, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts. The practical question is how Mimi's Nursery turns that broad framework into its own daily programme for each age.

The age span reaches from a child's second birthday to the period immediately before Reception. Capacity describes the whole setting, not the number attending on a particular day or the size of an age group. Those distinctions matter: a parent cannot use the figure of 25 to infer a room size, staffing pattern or current availability.

The May 2025 inspection found safeguarding effective. Settling, key-person practice, SEND arrangements and parent communication deserve attention before joining. This matters in a setting spanning ages two to five, where care needs and preparation for school can differ considerably.

A Good overall judgement is useful independent evidence, while the effective-safeguarding finding addresses the regulator's position at the inspection date. Neither replaces a family's need to understand the routines that affect their own child. In particular, the grade alone cannot describe how a child settles, how updates are shared or what support is arranged for an individual need.

Sessions and Attendance

Mimi's Nursery is recorded as open during term time from Monday to Friday. This is an opening schedule rather than a published booking model: the evidence does not say whether families buy full days, mornings, afternoons or flexible combinations. The current session menu and any minimum attendance requirement will determine whether the weekday window is genuinely usable for a family's week. Term-time operation also means parents need separate plans for school holidays.

Getting There

The address is Scout Hut, 52 Belsize Square, London NW3 4HY. The central practical test is whether the weekday journey works repeatedly at the beginning and end of this relatively short day.

Funding and Paid Extras

A current written quotation should separate private hours, any funded hours and additional charges before costs are compared. The delivery pattern matters as much as eligibility because funded hours can be arranged differently by different providers.

• Booking pattern. The weekday opening window is published, but the sessions sold within it are not. Confirm whether the nursery can match the particular days and hours your family needs.
• Group structure and daily experience. Capacity for 25 covers the whole setting, not a room or daily group. Ask how children aged two, three and four are organised, how many usually share your child's base and what shapes their day.
• Care arrangements. Settling, SEND support, parent communication and current food practice all need discussing, especially where a child has an allergy or individual support need.

Mimi's Nursery offers a small-capacity, term-time option for children aged two to five, backed by a recent Good inspection and an effective-safeguarding finding. The practical case is defined by a five-day, term-time opening schedule rather than a sourced choice of sessions. It may suit families whose childcare needs fit within weekdays during school terms, once the sold attendance patterns and their fit with the working week are clear.