Sticky Fingers Day Nursery

A 26-place Hanwell nursery for children aged two to four, Sticky Fingers Day Nursery has a compact scale and a clear inspection position. In May 2023, all five published quality areas were judged Good. Safeguarding arrangements were effective.

The most useful detail beneath that headline is the way learning was organised. In May 2023, the curriculum was well sequenced around what each child needed next and the interests they were pursuing. That gives the nursery a purposeful, play-led character rather than a one-size-fits-all routine. The sole formal next step was equally specific: practitioners were to become more consistent at extending individual learning when a child’s interest emerged in the moment.

Learning and Everyday Experience

The Early Years Foundation Stage, or EYFS, is the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care from birth to five. Here, that means learning through play, conversation, routines and activity rather than a school-style timetable. Sticky Fingers describes practitioners using children’s own interests, skills and abilities to shape imaginative play, exploration and learning.

In May 2023, children chose activities independently, collaborated in construction and used rhyming pictures during group time. Mathematics was embedded in play: children counted minibeasts, worked out how many bricks a castle needed and read scales during cooking. Language had similar practical treatment, from following instructions to hearing descriptive vocabulary in context. Those examples matter because early literacy, communication and number were part of everyday activity, not separate exercises.

Physical development also had a visible place in that visit. Children ran, chased and balanced on equipment, while staff supported them to take turns, share resources and manage feelings. The resulting picture is of active, social learning with plenty of space for children to make choices.

Home Learning

Each child is allocated a key person who plans from their interests and next steps. Progress is recorded through an online learning journal that gives families a route into the child’s development and the conversations around it. In May 2023, communication helped parents understand what children could do, what came next and how to extend learning at home.

Relationships are deliberately structured rather than left to chance. The key-person model gives one practitioner responsibility for getting to know a child, monitoring progress and working with the family. For a child starting group care, that continuity can make the first weeks feel more manageable.

In May 2023, targeted plans supported children with special educational needs and/or disabilities alongside work with parents and other professionals. Staff knew the children well, and children with additional needs and those learning English as an additional language made good progress from their starting points. That is useful evidence of how support was operating on that date, while families should discuss the arrangements that matter for their own child.

In May 2023, inspectors found safeguarding arrangements effective. Staff understood signs of possible harm, referral procedures and concerns about colleagues, while managers made regular suitability and safety checks. It is the regulatory assurance parents need alongside the more personal question of how their child will settle.

The current Ofsted address is Bernard Sunley Hall, Greenford Avenue, Hanwell, W7 1AA. Sticky Fingers also carries a temporary-premises notice saying that it had been operating from St Mary’s Church, Church Road, Hanwell, W7 3BP from 22 April 2024 while remedial works were carried out at Bernard Sunley Hall.

Its current Ofsted category is full day care. Sticky Fingers accepts Government early years entitlement funded places. Current session products, minimum attendance, funded-hour delivery and charge arrangements need discussing for the days a family requires.

The nursery’s learning page describes school role play, discussion and activities for children leaving the setting, as well as possible visits and progress-sharing with local schools. These are transition supports, not an admissions advantage at any particular school.

Temporary premises. The Ofsted address is Bernard Sunley Hall, while the nursery’s temporary-premises notice names St Mary’s Church from April 2024. Confirm the operating venue before arranging a visit.

Attendance pattern. The current Ofsted category is full day care, while exact session products and minimum attendance need discussing for the days your family requires.

Funding and charges. Sticky Fingers accepts Government early years entitlement funded places. Ask for the current written position on how those hours work with the attendance pattern you need, and on food, consumables and any additional private hours.

Learning next steps. The May 2023 inspection identified more consistent extension of individual learning as the improvement point. Ask how practitioners now notice and build on a child’s interest during play.

Sticky Fingers Day Nursery offers a small-scale Hanwell option with a May 2023 Good judgement across every published quality area and effective safeguarding. Its strongest evidence is practical: purposeful learning through children’s interests, active physical play, early language and mathematics within everyday experiences, and a key-person approach supported by an online learning journal.

It will suit families seeking a place for a two- to four-year-old who value that inspection picture and want ongoing home-learning communication. Families who need a particular full-week or part-week attendance pattern should make the current session arrangement and temporary venue part of their first conversation.