Miyabi Nursery

Kindness and compassion shape the clearest picture of Miyabi Nursery at the London Wasps Sports Ground in Acton. Ofsted judged it Good in September 2022, when children were confident, motivated and settled well. It accepts children from three months to five years.

The inspection found a balanced curriculum, secure safeguarding arrangements and very good behaviour. This is also an older snapshot, so families should use it as evidence of practice in September 2022 rather than a promise about today's routines.

In September 2022, stories, songs, rhymes and dual-language books helped children build communication, language and literacy. Mathematics was concrete: children matched pasta to numbers in dice games, joined cubes to compare length and size, and learned shape names. Creative work included origami and exploring textures such as cornflakes and sand.

The inspected Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum linked play with adult-guided experiences across communication, physical development, relationships, literacy, mathematics, creativity and understanding of the world, rather than treating them as school-style subjects. Children could meet an idea through a story, revisit it in conversation and make it concrete through play. That joined-up approach matters because progress at this age depends on language, movement, confidence and curiosity developing together. The strongest examples were active and observable, giving children something to handle, discuss or create rather than relying on passive instruction. This made early concepts accessible while leaving room for children to cooperate and make choices.

Outdoor play encouraged cooperation: children shared roles and resources, wore wellington boots in muddy areas and removed outdoor shoes before going inside. Inspectors also identified a limitation: staff did not always intervene promptly enough to extend play, and children's understanding of change in the natural world needed further development.

Children learned independence through fetching drinks, hanging up coats, tidying after play and brushing their teeth after lunch; a hygienist visited regularly at the time. Staff explored feelings through expressive-face drawings and imaginative scenes with frightened frogs beneath water lilies. Multicultural puppets and celebrations including Chinese New Year and Eid supported discussion of difference. Behaviour connected directly with that work: children shared, took turns and showed consideration for others, making the kindness ethos visible in everyday interactions rather than leaving it as an abstract value.

Safeguarding arrangements were effective in September 2022. Staff understood how to recognise and report concerns, undertook regular training and completed daily indoor and outdoor safety checks. Recruitment checks were thorough at that point, adding a second layer to the daily attention given to the premises. Parents received verbal progress updates and information through secure applications, while invitations into the setting connected home and nursery learning.

Miyabi Nursery is at London Wasps Sports Ground, Twyford Avenue, London W3 9QA. The stored provider record covers children from three months to five years. Families need the current session menu and minimum weekly commitment directly from the nursery because register checkboxes do not show what can actually be booked. Practical fit therefore turns on a written offer, not an assumption based on the setting's service classification.

A current nursery-specific quotation should set out prices and booking requirements before a family commits. It should also separate any funded entitlement from private hours and explain the treatment of meals and non-food consumables, so families can compare the whole arrangement rather than one headline category.

• Current session menu. Establish which attendance patterns are actually sold, their times and any minimum weekly commitment. The register does not establish a booking pattern.
• Teaching interventions. Discuss how staff now decide when to join children's self-directed play, since timely intervention was an improvement point in September 2022.
• Natural-world learning. Look for current examples of children observing growth, weather or seasonal change, the other area Ofsted asked the nursery to develop.

Miyabi Nursery's strongest documented qualities are warm settling, considerate behaviour and practical learning that made numbers, feelings and independence tangible. The cooperative outdoor play, origami, dual-language books and oral-health routine give the older inspection account genuine character.

It is best suited to families who value play-based learning and a clearly taught ethos of kindness, but who are prepared to verify the present-day full-day pattern and practical costs directly. The September 2022 improvement points give a visit useful focus rather than being reasons to dismiss the setting.