Cheeky Chums Day Nursery Pinner

An 88-place nursery with its own garden, frequent walks to Pinner park and a notably multilingual approach to settling, Cheeky Chums Pinner serves children from birth to age five at Pinn Medical Centre on Eastcote Road. Ofsted judged it Good in November 2022, including Good judgements for education, behaviour, personal development and leadership. Safeguarding arrangements were effective.

The branch combines a substantial 88-place capacity with a practical town setting. Its weekday operation is paired with private parking on Eastcote Road, intended to make drop-off and collection easier.

The Early Years Foundation Stage shapes learning here. In parent terms, that means play and adult-guided activity are used to build communication, physical development, relationships, early literacy and number understanding, with practitioners following each child's interests and next steps rather than teaching a school timetable.

In November 2022, staff knew children well and used individual interests to plan what came next. One child's interest could become an activity for a wider group, giving children reasons to explore and talk together. Practitioners generally stayed close enough to help while leaving children free to choose resources and continue their own play.

There was still room to sharpen the teaching. Inspectors saw some strong conversations that extended children's thinking, but also occasions when adults supplied an answer too quickly or moved an activity on before children had time to respond. The two improvement points were therefore precise: make conversations more meaningful and use teaching opportunities more consistently.

Outdoor activity has a recognisable local dimension. The branch describes regular play in its own garden and frequent walks to Pinner park. That gives children both a familiar outdoor base and repeated contact with the neighbourhood, rather than limiting physical play to an indoor programme.

Settling was a clear strength at the 2022 inspection. Staff exchanged information with parents at handover, welcomed children warmly and used a rich range of languages to support families who spoke English as an additional language. Children settled quickly and could talk with familiar adults about the people and activities ahead of them.

Communication continued beyond handover through daily app updates, monthly observations and termly meetings with each child's key person. Staff also worked with parents on practical self-care, including toilet training, so the child could meet a consistent approach at home and nursery.

Support for additional needs included referrals to speech and language therapy with parental consent and links with local authority and health services. Safeguarding arrangements were effective in November 2022: secure premises, effective safer recruitment and twice-yearly safeguarding training helped staff recognise concerns and know how to respond.

Food was handled with visible safeguards in November 2022. The manager and chef had procedures for dietary requirements, including green placemats to mark a vegetarian diet, and staff helped children discuss what they could eat and why. The Pinner fee structure lists meals separately for children aged two and over, so families should include that category when comparing a quotation.

Sessions and Attendance

Cheeky Chums Pinner is at Pinn Medical Centre, 8 Eastcote Road, Pinner, HA5 1HF. It operates from Monday to Friday. The provider record describes full-day care and an all-year schedule, closing on bank holidays and for one week at Christmas.

The setting has capacity for 88 children from birth to age five. Its Pinner fees page separates session, hourly and meal charging categories and also lists registration, deposit, early-start, late-collection and late-payment categories. Current nursery-specific prices come through the provider's written quotation.

Funding and Paid Extras

In November 2022, the nursery received funded early education for children aged two, three and four. The nursery can set out how an eligible entitlement fits its all-year calendar and which attendance pattern can be combined with funded hours. Meals for children aged two and over are a separate charge category on the Pinner page.

Getting There

A private car parking area is provided for the premises on Eastcote Road, a useful practical advantage for families collecting by car. The address sits at the crossing of Eastcote Road and Marsh Road.

• Conversation and thinking time. In November 2022, leaders were asked to make adult-child conversations more meaningful and to give children longer to think and respond. Ask how coaching and observation have changed practice since then.
• Attendance pattern. The branch publishes weekday hours and fee categories rather than a clear menu of full-day, morning and afternoon products. Ask for the exact pattern, start and finish times, and minimum commitment in writing.
• Funded-hour extras. Meals are a separate category for children aged two and over. Ask the nursery to itemise meals, consumables and any other extras for funded and privately paid hours.
• Age-group organisation. Capacity and accepted ages are clear, but families should see where their child would spend the day and establish how children are grouped across the building.

Cheeky Chums Pinner's strongest case is relational and practical: multilingual settling support, detailed parent communication, an own garden, Pinner park walks and private parking all solve real parts of family life. The 2022 findings also provide a balanced picture, praising warm relationships and interest-led planning while identifying specific work needed on conversation and teaching consistency.

This setting is best suited to families seeking weekday, all-year care across the working week and who value regular digital and key-person updates. The exact mix of full-day, part-day or hourly attendance needs to be established before comparing it with nurseries that publish fixed session products.