Cisco Early Years Nursery and Preschool

An all-weather garden with a mud kitchen and an alfresco music area gives Cisco Early Years Nursery and Preschool a clear practical character: children have outdoor spaces for making, exploring and playing with sound. This Feltham setting serves Cisco employees exclusively, with both permanent nursery care and back-up care. That eligibility rule matters before anything else.

Children aged 3 months to 5 years can attend, and the nursery has 54 places in total. At its August 2022 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good overall, with Outstanding behaviour and attitudes, and found safeguarding effective. That is a dated judgement, and the later organisational safeguarding action needs equal attention when choosing care.

The garden brings several kinds of play together. A sensory area sits alongside the mud kitchen and alfresco music area, while a vegetable garden and water play add further opportunities for exploration. The all-weather design makes the outdoor space a practical part of nursery life. The Eco-Schools Green Flag Award recognises its environmental work, although the award alone should not be read as a description of the daily programme.

The early years foundation stage sets the framework for children's learning, development and care: play, conversation and everyday routines all contribute to learning. In August 2022, staff planned around children's interests and their next learning steps. An interest in sea creatures following an aquarium visit led to an aquarium-themed learning space inside the nursery, extending the experience into further exploration.

Language and reading had concrete places in that August 2022 day. Staff expanded vocabulary through conversation, songs and stories, and children discussed the languages used at home. A book-lending scheme let families share favourite nursery books together. That connected reading at nursery with reading at home.

Science involved close observation rather than simply looking at pictures. In August 2022, children used a digital microscope to examine growing caterpillars, with the images displayed on a large screen. Messy play, pencils and paintbrushes also gave children practice controlling their hands. Physical activity needed more consistent challenge, however: opportunities for energetic movement and managed risk were the identified area for improvement.

In August 2022, children built trusting relationships with staff and settled readily. Everyday independence included putting on coats, using eating utensils and helping clear away activities. Older children could explain why taking turns and treating others kindly mattered. These examples give substance to the behaviour judgement: cooperation was visible in ordinary routines.

Health learning also took a practical form in August 2022. Children talked about how food helps their bodies, while babies practised toothbrushing on toy animals during messy play. Familiar care routines became opportunities to learn, rather than instructions detached from play.

In its organisational safeguarding notice dated 22 June 2026, Ofsted required Bright Horizons to strengthen leadership oversight, implement safeguarding procedures consistently, improve the handling and escalation of concerns and staff allegations, and monitor training and supervision through a Welfare Requirements Notice with an action deadline of 1 August 2026. The notice concerns organisational arrangements rather than findings at every individual nursery; most settings continued to meet requirements, but the organisation had not demonstrated consistently effective safeguarding across its provision. This is material to a family's decision and should be considered alongside the older branch judgement.

The address is Cisco Systems, 9-11 New Square, Feltham, TW14 8HA, at Bedfont Lakes. Onsite parking is provided. Eligibility is restricted to Cisco employees, making this a workplace childcare option rather than a nursery open to every local family.

Opening hours are 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. Both permanent nursery care and back-up care are offered exclusively to Cisco employees.

An onsite chef prepares food using fresh ingredients. The group-wide inclusions presented for this branch cover meals and snacks, together with nappies, wipes and feeding essentials, within the fee; an exception for a small number of nurseries applies to the listed fee inclusions, so families should establish whether it affects their arrangement. Current prices come in the nursery's written quotation.

In August 2022, the nursery provided funded early education for children aged three and four. That historical participation should be kept separate from the terms of a new childcare agreement.

• Organisational safeguarding. The 22 June 2026 notice required changes across leadership oversight and safeguarding practice. Ask how those changes affect this branch and how concerns are escalated locally.
• Outdoor challenge. More consistent energetic and adventurous physical play was the August 2022 improvement point. During a visit, ask how children now develop those skills in the all-weather garden.
• Employee eligibility and care arrangements. Permanent and back-up care are exclusive to Cisco employees. Establish which arrangement fits your working pattern, including the funded-hours terms and any applicable exception to the listed fee inclusions.

Cisco suits eligible employee families seeking either an ongoing nursery arrangement or back-up childcare. The outdoor spaces, onsite food preparation and inspection-era examples of reading, science and independence give parents concrete reasons to consider it. The June 2026 organisational safeguarding notice remains a substantial part of that decision alongside the August 2022 inspection findings.