All Saints Pre-School

Small-scale care and close attention define All Saints Pre-School. This Early Years Register setting at 90 Uxbridge Road, Harrow Weald, has 18 registered places for children aged two to four. Ofsted judged it Good in November 2023, with Good grades across education, behaviour, personal development and leadership. Safeguarding arrangements were effective.

Practice at the November 2023 visit included a thoughtful emphasis on language and emotional confidence. Staff used words from children's home languages, while daily meditation and a feelings board helped children recognise and discuss emotions.

Learning was rooted in play and everyday routines. Children counted fruit at snack time, identified shapes and colours, and cut bananas to discover circles. The Early Years Foundation Stage covers children's learning, development and care; here, inspectors found that leaders built an ambitious curriculum from each child's existing strengths and next steps.

Communication had unusual depth for such a small setting. Children heard plenty of vocabulary in English and in home languages, helping those learning English as an additional language to become confident talkers. Festivals reflected families' cultural and religious lives, and the pre-school involved children in helping people who were less fortunate. This connected the curriculum to the community families belonged to rather than treating culture as an occasional display.

The setting was also working on a recognised healthy-eating programme. Parents brought fruit and vegetables for children to try together, so the group snack supported both health and willingness to encounter unfamiliar foods. This evidence describes the 2023 practice rather than a current meal service, and families should not read it as proof that lunch or cooked food is provided.

Staff made mathematical ideas tangible. Counting fruit, naming its colour and noticing the circle inside a cut banana turned snack time into purposeful learning. Expectations for behaviour were similarly concrete: adults praised children, modelled the conduct they wanted and explained what could happen when tools were not used safely. Children listened and remained enthusiastic about learning.

Relationships were a clear strength in November 2023. Children confidently sought an adult when they wanted to talk about their feelings, behaved well and checked on friends who had fallen. The feelings board gave them a visible prompt for explaining why they felt a certain way, while adults repeatedly modelled language for different emotions. This is practical emotional teaching, not simply reassurance after a child becomes upset.

Leaders had supported children and families through changes including a new baby and bereavement. Recent mental-health training and short daily meditation exercises added another layer: children practised becoming calm in an age-appropriate way. The combination should appeal to parents who value explicit work on emotional vocabulary and self-regulation.

Parents attended progress meetings and events, including a dentist visit, and communication was ongoing. The setting had also established a food bank to help families access essential supplies. Staff completed safeguarding training and discussed safeguarding in team meetings. Regular risk assessments were used to identify hazards, resources were stored safely after activities, and children followed handwashing routines that supported infection control.

The pre-school has 18 registered places and operates in term time, Monday to Friday. The November 2023 record gives sessions from 9.30am to 12.30pm. It therefore suits families seeking weekday morning provision rather than a full working-day childcare pattern.

In November 2023, the setting received funded early education for children aged two, three and four. Families should confirm current eligibility and how funded hours are delivered.

• Morning-only pattern. The documented session runs from 9.30am to 12.30pm in term time. Families needing afternoon, full-day or holiday care will need another arrangement.
• Transitions between activities. Most children understood the day's routine and were ready to move between activities. The limitation was that whole-group announcements such as drink time or tidy-up time did not always account for an individual child's interests. Some children lost concentration when their play was interrupted. The November 2023 improvement point asked leaders to minimise disruption when routines such as drinks and tidying interrupt children's play. Families can discuss how these transitions now work.

All Saints Pre-School stands out for emotionally literate practice, home-language support and a close-knit morning format. It is best suited to families wanting term-time weekday morning sessions and a setting where communication, calm and relationships are woven into play. It will not meet a need for afternoon or full-day care on the documented pattern.