St George's Day Nursery

A purpose-built baby unit, an unusually detailed outdoor classroom and a programme that ranges from weekly book discussion to daily toothbrushing give St George's Day Nursery a character of its own. This is a 38-place setting for children from three months to five years, based at St George's Church Hall in Hanworth Park.

Ofsted rated the nursery Good in August 2023, finding close relationships, individual planning and effective safeguarding while setting improvement points on language and independence.

The attendance offer is practical: a full day sits alongside morning and afternoon sessions, with or without lunch. The nursery opens for 51 weeks of the year and publishes stretched funded provision for eligible children.

Rooms and Ages

The Seedlings unit is designed for children under two and a half. Its day accommodates individual routines, sleep and relaxation in a designated sleep area, with cots and toddler beds and individual bedding. Carpet and lino divide the main play space, while a separate messy and sensory area supports painting, play dough and texture work. Direct access to Seedlings' own enclosed garden lets younger children move between indoor and outdoor play.

Older children use the Tree Room, a large space organised around imaginative role play, a story corner, numeracy and problem solving, creative work, small-world play and construction. A sand-and-water sensory tray and painting easel widen the choice. The room also has a separate ocean-themed sensory space, and the published routine lets children choose between indoor and outdoor play and select their activities.

Learning and Named Experiences

The curriculum is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage. In everyday language, that means staff plan from children's interests and development across communication, physical and personal development, then literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts. Planning begins with what each child can do and identifies an individual next step rather than giving every child identical work.

There is considerable named enrichment. Book club takes a different story each week and asks children to discuss feelings, opinions and possible endings. Letters and Sounds builds awareness of letter sounds as groundwork for reading and writing, while Building Blocks targets communication, concentration and cooperative social skills. Yoga and Aerobics uses breathing, muscle work and flexibility. Forest School builds children's relationship with the natural world through confidence, questioning and teamwork.

In August 2023, the educational picture supported the published programme. Children joined songs, listened closely to animated storytelling and encountered new language. They also developed physical confidence by steering scooters around obstacles and ramps. Adults sometimes moved to another question before children had enough processing time, limiting some thinking and problem-solving opportunities.

Outdoor and Community Life

The outdoor classroom is much more than a generic garden. Its River Bed is used for art and texture; the Mud Kitchen links imaginative play with language and practical skills; and the Bike Park combines bikes, trikes, balance equipment, signs and road-style markings. Pirate Parrot and Sydney Shark's Pirate Ship turns newsletter characters into prompts for children's own stories.

The Spider Sanctuary began when children wanted a safe place for spiders they found. Identification information and visual prompts now support closer observation. In August 2023, children could name lettuce and tomatoes they had planted and explain how they cared for them. That gives responsibility a concrete form, not just a classroom conversation.

Published family events have included sensory stay-and-play, an Easter bonnet parade, festival activities and trips to places such as London Zoo, Hobbledown and Garsons for fruit picking.

Relationships and Communication

In August 2023, children confidently sought comfort from attentive staff and responded well to praise and encouragement. Parents reported regular updates through several communication tools and opportunities to join nursery activities, including picnics and Father's Day celebrations. This points to communication that covers both a child's daily experience and shared events.

Health routines are embedded in the programme. Teeth Cleaning supports children to brush once during the nursery day, while staff observed in 2023 discussed healthy food and children managed the stages of handwashing before eating. Opportunities to manage personal needs independently were not consistently extended as far as they could be.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

Planning starts from individual needs and interests. In August 2023, children with SEND made good progress, with staff identifying where extra help was needed, working with professionals and applying recommended strategies. The Well-being sessions add explicit discussion of feelings, emotional acceptance and self-regulation.

In August 2023, safeguarding arrangements were effective: staff understood risks and reporting routes, while leaders used recruitment checks, deployment, supervision and risk assessment to protect children.

Sessions and Attendance

The nursery is at St George's Church Hall, Castle Way, Hanworth Park, Feltham, TW13 7QF. It publishes Monday-to-Friday opening from 8am to 6pm for 51 weeks each year, with two staff-training closure days announced two months ahead.

A full day runs from 8am to 6pm. The nursery publishes five session windows in all: alongside the full day there are morning and afternoon options both with and without lunch, among them 8am to 12.30pm without lunch and 12.30pm to 6pm with lunch. Fees remain payable when a child is absent through illness or family holiday, which matters when comparing attendance terms.

Funding and Paid Extras

The nursery publishes a stretched 30-hour programme and stretched funding for eligible two-, three- and four-year-olds. It asks families to contact the nursery team, who will explain the current fee structure.

Additional non-food consumables are not separately charged. Meals are charged separately, and families using funded hours can choose whether to purchase them. The nursery also publishes a sibling reduction where two or more siblings attend.

• Language and thinking. The August 2023 improvement point covered processing time and extending speech and language. Families can ask how recent planning and staff development address it.
• Independence. Personal-care independence was not consistently stretched to the highest level in August 2023. Consider how children of your child's age are now encouraged to take responsibility through the day.
• Session fit. Lunch changes both the morning and afternoon clock times. Compare the published part-day windows carefully with naps, work and collection arrangements.
• Annual closures. The nursery opens for 51 weeks and also closes for two training days. The current calendar is the practical reference for matching care to annual leave.

St George's Day Nursery combines practical flexibility with a setting-specific learning offer. Seedlings gives babies and toddlers direct garden access and protected sleep and sensory spaces; the Tree Room adds free-flow choice, an ocean-themed sensory room and clearly defined play areas. Outside, the Spider Sanctuary, Bike Park and story-led pirate ship make the environment memorable.

The Good judgement came with clear improvement points around adult questioning, communication and independence. It suits families who want either full-day care or defined morning and afternoon sessions, value stretched funded provision, and like a programme where stories, movement, emotional language, gardening and outdoor investigation have named places in the week.