Little Georges

An outdoor stage, a nursery bear called Charlie Little and a programme that teaches children how to share give Little Georges its character. This Feltham nursery has 38 places in total, combining play with practical habits such as learning to manage feelings. At its 31 May 2024 inspection, Ofsted rated Little Georges Good and found safeguarding effective.

The setting is on Browells Lane, with its address given as Feltham Community College and its contact address using Springwest Academy, both at TW13 7EF. Its educational offer includes outdoor learning and deliberate work on social skills, rather than play being left entirely to chance.

Full-day, morning and afternoon bookings serve different family routines. Teaching consistency needed attention in May 2024: some staff were giving children inaccurate phonics sounds, and stronger coaching was needed.

Learning and Activities

The Early Years Foundation Stage organises children's learning across communication, physical development, relationships, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and creative expression. Here, activities are planned around individual needs, with regular contact with a consistent adult. For parents, that means attention to how a child communicates, plays and manages everyday tasks, alongside early reading and number experiences.

The PALS programme adds explicit practice in social skills. Children learn ways to greet people, listen, share, wait for a turn and communicate feelings. These are useful tools for group life: enjoying an activity with other children requires more than simply having the toys within reach.

In May 2024, children's interests shaped activities. Collecting garden leaves led to drawing and rubbings, connecting outdoor exploration with making marks and noticing patterns. Play dough became pretend pancake cooking, while accessible resources allowed children to invent games of their own. These examples show how ordinary play could become an opportunity to develop an idea.

Outdoor and Community Life

A large outdoor space gives children room to explore nature. The Forest schools program uses the nursery's own outdoor area alongside its everyday curriculum; sessions are for children over three and organised into six-week blocks. The arrangement gives eligible children a sequence of outdoor experiences, rather than a single special outing.

In May 2024, children also used musical instruments to stage their own performances outside. The outdoor stage gave their imaginative play somewhere to develop into a shared show, with staff joining children's games in the garden.

Family involvement has concrete forms. Charlie Little, the nursery bear, can accompany a family for weekend adventures, linking nursery life with experiences at home. The Parent’s activity day program invites parents to join activities each month, with examples including cooking and creative sessions. These offer a practical way for adults to participate in the children's experiences.

Relationships and Communication

In May 2024, children formed close connections with their key person and sought help when play became difficult. Staff demonstrated ways to request a turn when children disagreed over a toy. That makes adult support useful beyond resolving the immediate argument: children can borrow the language next time.

Emotional development also had practical expression that month. Adults helped children recognise feelings and offered strategies such as breathing slowly or choosing an enjoyable activity. Children practised independence by washing, drying and putting away snack crockery. Small routines gave them real responsibilities.

Partnership with parents includes exchanging information between home and nursery. The monthly family activities and Charlie Little's weekends provide additional points of connection, with something concrete for children and adults to talk about together.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the May 2024 inspection, Ofsted found that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities received effective support through assessment, individual targets and collaboration with families and other professionals, helping them progress. Little Georges also works with Hounslow Local Offer, and its team includes a SENCO role.

Staff receive ongoing training and hold first-aid and food-hygiene certificates. Daily toothbrushing is part of the current routine, making dental care something children practise rather than only discuss. Meals are planned around nutrition and children's enjoyment.

In May 2024, preparation for moving on included sharing information with schools, inviting school staff to meet children in their familiar nursery surroundings and using photographs of future schools. This addressed the practical change in a child's day, helping a new setting become less unfamiliar before the move.

Sessions and Attendance

Opening hours are 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. The nursery operates across the year, closing for bank holidays and five working days over Christmas and New Year. This is a year-round arrangement with a defined seasonal break.

The full day runs from 8am to 5pm. Morning bookings offer either 8am to 12.30pm without lunch or 8am to 2.30pm with lunch. Afternoon choices are 2.30pm to 5pm without lunch or 12.30pm to 5pm with lunch. Lunch therefore changes the length of a session as well as the meal arrangement, an important distinction when matching childcare to work or other commitments.

The contact address is Springwest Academy, Browells Lane, Feltham, TW13 7EF. Enquiries can be made by email to enquiries@littlegeorges.co.uk.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded childcare is offered to working families and families receiving additional support, with provision described as up to 30 hours for children aged 0-5yrs. Private childcare is also offered. Families should obtain a current written quotation for their chosen attendance pattern.

Fees are payable in advance. A starting deposit is refundable on departure when the required notice is given; fully funded attendance does not require a deposit. Leaving requires one month's notice in writing, with two months' fees payable instead if that notice is not given.

Personal holidays and sickness do not reduce charges. Bank holidays are charged, while the Christmas closure is not. These terms matter when comparing the cost of an attendance pattern across the year, rather than looking only at the sessions used in an ordinary week.

• Teaching consistency. In May 2024, some phonics sounds were taught inaccurately and staff coaching needed strengthening. Ask how teaching practice is now checked and supported.
• Lunch changes the timetable. Morning and afternoon sessions have different boundaries depending on whether lunch is included. At a visit, discuss which pattern fits your child's routine and how settling would work around it.
• Funded attendance and extras. Fully funded attendance requires no deposit. What meals and non-food consumables would your chosen funded pattern include or charge for?
• Holiday and departure costs. Personal holidays and illness remain chargeable, and leaving requires written notice. Factor those terms into your family budget before committing.

Little Georges suits families seeking either a full day or a shorter morning or afternoon arrangement, with lunch-linked options adding useful variety. PALS, outdoor learning blocks and monthly parent activities give the offer substance beyond an opening-hours timetable.

The May 2024 picture combined children taking initiative with adults helping them manage relationships and everyday responsibilities. Teaching consistency is the material qualification. For families who value social learning, outdoor play and participation in nursery life, this is a setting with concrete practices to weigh against its booking and payment terms.