Nesbit Nippers

In June 2025, a water wall built around children's interests illustrated Nesbit Nippers' practical exploration, shared discoveries and learning shaped by what caught children's attention. This Eltham setting has capacity for 20 children at Turning Pages Centre, 6 Nesbit Road, London SE9 6HS.

At its June 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated the provision Good, praised support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and judged safeguarding effective. Children attending then were aged two to four. The strongest examples involved children working together, from investigating water flow to solving problems with ice.

In June 2025, children used the water wall to fill containers and explore how pouring from different positions changed the flow. Staff had developed it in response to an interest in sensory and water play. It gave children a shared experiment they could return to and investigate together.

The early years foundation stage sets the framework for children's learning, development and care; here, the June 2025 examples showed learning through practical play. Small dinosaurs trapped in frozen eggs prompted discussion about dinosaur features and which tools could release them. The activity brought language and problem-solving into the same task.

Outdoors that June, regular bug hunts encouraged close observation of nature. Children tended tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries and peppers, learning what plants needed to grow. Harvesting produce for families at the end of term picnic connected that care with something children could share.

In June 2025, staff worked with parents and other agencies to use consistent strategies for children with additional needs. Younger children received help with sharing and taking turns, while older children exchanged ideas during imaginative play. These are concrete examples of support within everyday activities.

Communication that June included a learning app, text messages, conversations and termly newsletters. Together, these offered parents several ways to follow their child's learning. Children also brushed their teeth after lunch, with staff drawing on a dentist's earlier visit to explain oral care.

Nesbit Nippers is based at Turning Pages Centre in Eltham, within Greenwich. In June 2025, it operated during term time, with weekday morning sessions from 9.25am to 12.25pm and afternoon sessions from 12.30pm to 3.30pm. Those shorter patterns are the practical reference point for families considering attendance.

At that time, the setting received early education funding for children aged two, three and four. This is a dated account of its funding participation, rather than a promise of a funded place.

• Time to answer. In June 2025, staff sometimes moved to another question or supplied an answer before older children could respond. Allowing more thinking time was the improvement priority, relevant to families weighing language development.
• Committee notifications. The June 2025 inspection recorded a failure to notify Ofsted about changed committee membership, with no impact on children and corrective steps underway. That finding concerns governance; steps underway do not establish completion.
• Planning attendance. The June 2025 timetable comprised two weekday sessions during term time. At a visit, what attendance pattern and arrangements for funded hours, meals and consumables would apply to your child?

Nesbit Nippers merits consideration for families seeking morning or afternoon preschool sessions. Its June 2025 strengths were tangible: water experiments, growing food and coordinated support for additional needs. The language improvement priority and committee-notification breach belong alongside those positives when weighing the setting.