Jumpers! Day Nursery

A private garden and a soft play studio give Jumpers! Day Nursery a clear emphasis on movement, with outdoor play each day and studio access several times a week. This South Ealing setting takes children from six months to five years and has 47 places in total. Its youngest room, Ladybirds, has a separate published cap of 15 babies: that is a room maximum, rather than the number necessarily attending together.

At its August 2022 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good, found safeguarding effective and recognised timely support for children’s learning needs, including special educational needs and disabilities. The practical offer combines morning, afternoon and full-day sessions, although every booking pattern must include a full day on Monday or Friday.

For parents, the strongest combination is physical play and detailed communication. Weekly photographs and observations sit alongside daily information about food, sleep and nappy changes, so families can follow both learning and care.

Rooms and Ages

Ladybirds takes babies from six months to two years, with a maximum of 15; Bumblebees covers ages two to three, also with a cap of 15; Butterflies serves children aged three to five, with capacity for 16. Those room limits describe the separate spaces, while the whole nursery has 47 places in total. They should not be read as a daily headcount.

Babies explore textured materials, grasp objects and stack, practising coordination through play. Daily garden time includes crawling on grass and observing nature. Sleep, feeding and comfort routines follow individual needs.

Each room has its own designated garden area. All rooms are air-conditioned, including the Soft Play Studio, giving the physical environment a practical detail beyond its play equipment.

Learning and Activities

The Early Years Foundation Stage provides the framework for learning through play: children practise talking and listening, explore movement, build relationships and encounter stories, numbers and creative activities. This is the early-years foundation, while the garden and studio give those experiences additional space.

Toddlers and preschool children explore storytelling, art, imaginative play and music. School preparation emphasises independence, expressing ideas and cooperating with others, giving children practice in joining group activities.

In August 2022, children explored books and songs; older children practised counting, shape and size. During some activities, adults allowed too little time for children to consider questions and respond, limiting opportunities to develop their thinking.

Outdoor and Community Life

The adjacent soft play studio has balance beams, a ball pit and climbing frames, and is available several times a week. It adds another setting for active play alongside the private garden. Outdoor activities include planting seeds, balancing and building with loose materials, combining movement with experimentation.

Parents can participate through three annual Family Fun Days, plus Activity Workshops, Sports Day, Nativity and Stay and Play. These events bring families into nursery activities.

Relationships and Communication

Settling takes at least two weeks and begins with time for parent and child together before shorter periods apart. The first five settling sessions are free; further sessions are charged by the hour.

Every child has a key person who gets to know their interests and needs and shares information with the family. A home visit is offered before settling starts, allowing that relationship to begin with discussion of the child’s home life and routines.

Nursery in a Box is the secure online journal used for weekly photographs and observations. Each child’s journal is accessible only to their family members. Daily handovers add a more immediate account, and a daily sheet records eating, sleep and nappy changes; another member of staff provides feedback when the key person is unavailable.

Twice-yearly parents’ evenings provide developmental discussions and written reports. Settling reports follow six to eight weeks after starting; room changes have transition reports, helping families follow how children manage change.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

Room leadership includes SENCO responsibilities, providing a contact for individual needs. Through the Ealing Quality Partnership, staff attend local training; an Early Years adviser also supports the setting.

Current safeguarding arrangements include a designated lead and deputy leads, staff-controlled entry, session registers and headcounts throughout the day.

In August 2022, staff used songs and attentive interaction during personal-care routines and offered reassuring physical comfort at rest times. Lunch was less consistently organised: some children waited too long, and conversation did not always make that time useful for learning. Ofsted’s August 2022 improvement priorities were to use everyday routines more effectively for learning and improve questioning so children could develop their thinking.

Sessions and Attendance

The nursery is at 25 St Mary’s Road, Ealing, W5 5RE, and opens Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm. Full days run from 8am to 6pm, mornings from 8am to 1pm and afternoons from 1pm to 6pm. Enquiries can be made by telephone on 020 8832 1516.

A booking must include a Monday or Friday full day. Regular sessions cannot be exchanged from week to week; longer-term changes depend on space in the requested pattern, with a waiting-list option for those changes. This makes the offer better suited to predictable weekly arrangements than frequently changing work schedules.

Attendance is generally across the year. Term-time-only attendance is restricted to children receiving the two-year-old funding for low-income families. Closures include bank holidays, the week between Christmas and New Year and two annual staff-training days, with an earlier finish on Christmas Eve. Full fees apply to those closure periods, so they affect both the childcare calendar and the budget.

Getting There

Free parking is provided on site, and the 65 bus stops directly outside. South Ealing and Ealing Broadway tube stations are also local transport options, giving families alternatives to driving.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded hours are delivered during term time across 38 weeks. The offer includes universal 15-hour funding for three- and four-year-olds, 30 hours for eligible working families with children from nine months, and 15 hours for qualifying two-year-olds receiving additional government support. Three- and four-year-old 30-hour funding is also offered for eligible families.

Only the universal entitlement needs no code. Age-based funding begins the term after the relevant birthday. A birth certificate or passport and funding form are required; codes need renewal every three months. All-year attendance incurs private fees outside funded periods.

Monthly charges reflect the days booked in that month, rather than a fixed annualised pattern. Payment is due in advance, and absence or family holidays do not attract refunds. Current prices come in the nursery’s written quotation; the fees page explains the booking and funding terms.

Hot food comes from the purpose-built kitchen attached to the on-site Y Lounge café, rather than the nursery kitchen, with snacks and drinks also provided. Dietary, cultural and allergy options are offered, and menus are shared with parents.

Parents supply nappies, wipes and creams. That responsibility sits alongside the childcare booking and is worth building into the daily routine.

• A fixed full day is required. Every pattern includes Monday or Friday for a full day, even when other attendance is in morning or afternoon sessions. At a tour, discuss a complete weekly pattern against your working hours.
• Settling needs time. The minimum is two weeks, with five free sessions before hourly charges apply. Use the offered home visit to discuss how feeding, sleep and separation will shape that period for your child.
• Teaching during routines deserves attention. In August 2022, lunchtime waiting and the time allowed for answering questions were improvement points. During a visit, ask how lunch now runs and how practitioners encourage children to explain their ideas.
• Clarify the joining and food terms. The waiting-list and registration-charge descriptions give conflicting refund terms. Obtain the repayment conditions and the treatment of meals within private and funded bookings in writing; allergy-affected families should also confirm current food arrangements.

Jumpers! suits families seeking a stable weekly combination of full days and morning or afternoon sessions, provided they can accommodate the Monday-or-Friday full-day requirement. Daily garden use, studio availability several times a week and a detailed reporting routine make its practical character clear.

The August 2022 Good judgement sits alongside concerns about questioning and lunchtime organisation. Active play and regular key-person contact are the main attractions; all-year attendance, settling and charged closures need to fit family life.