Miss Delaney's Nursery School

Superhero dens, a walking rope and conversations about superpowers give the clearest picture of Miss Delaney's Nursery School at Kenley Walk Hall: early learning connected to children's interests, with everyday independence woven into the day. In April 2023, children built dens around a superhero theme and learnt to manage their coats and high-visibility vests before walking between the hall and the main building.

Ofsted rated the nursery Good at its 24 April 2023 inspection. The setting has capacity for 30 children; the children attending at that inspection were aged two to four, which is a dated age range rather than a statement of today's intake.

Kenley's summer 2026 arrangements included extended-day attendance and a morning Summer Holiday Club. Those patterns gave families different ways to use the setting during that particular cycle.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage sets the requirements for children's learning, development and care: in everyday terms, play and activities develop language, physical skills and relationships alongside early mathematical understanding. In April 2023, children's interests helped shape activities, rather than sitting apart from the learning programme.

Seeds provided a practical introduction to growth. Towers became opportunities to compare height, while play-dough birthday cakes gave children a reason to count their candles. These were tangible ways to connect new ideas with things children could handle and discuss.

The Kenley Ducklings' summer 2026 learning continued that connection between stories and practical activity. In April, The Rainbow Fish prompted conversations about kindness, sharing and caring for others. By May, Jolly Phonics action-songs linked movements with letter sounds, and a minibeast theme included looking for insects in mud and making ladybird artwork. The combination gave children several routes into a topic: listening, movement and making.

Outdoor and Community Life

Movement between buildings was part of the April 2023 nursery day. Children practised road safety, held their section of a walking rope and learnt to put on outdoor clothing themselves. For parents, that makes the route between the hall and the main building a meaningful part of the setting's organisation, rather than a minor logistical detail.

Physical activities at that time included balancing, using a see-saw together and threading cereal into bracelets. Woodland activities followed staff training in forest school. These examples show the different scales of physical learning, from whole-body coordination to careful hand movements.

A May 2026 Ducklings update described a completed firefighter visit, including handling a hose and climbing onto the fire truck. This brought a community role into children's direct experience. It remains an example from that term, rather than a promise of a recurring visitor.

At its April 2023 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and identified SEND provision as a strength, with the special educational needs coordinator working alongside staff and other professionals and parents contributing to individual support plans. The practical value was collaboration around each child's needs, rather than support being organised separately from the family.

In April 2023, parents received updates about development and guidance on supporting learning at home. Staff also invited parents to share stories in their home languages and used songs from different countries. For children learning English as an additional language, familiar language formed part of the nursery experience.

Kenley's April 2026 Ducklings update described older children helping new children settle. The same update asked families to contribute photographs or written Weekend News through Tapestry, so children could talk about experiences beyond nursery. That gives home life a place in group conversation, rather than keeping the two worlds separate.

The June 2026 transition arrangements distinguished between Ducklings moving to Ducks at Avondale and those remaining with Ducklings, who would meet incoming children. This was a planned introduction to the next group. It concerned movement within the nursery's arrangements and should not be read as an admissions advantage for Reception.

Kenley Walk Hall is at 10 Nottingdale Square, London W11 4BA. The hall is the branch covered by this review; the June 2026 transition arrangements placed children moving to Ducks at Avondale.

Sessions and Attendance

During summer 2026, extended-day children had ballet and karate displays, with the ballet display held at Kenley. The Summer Holiday Club was scheduled at Kenley for 13 to 17 July 2026, with mornings from 9am to 12.30pm. These dates are past, so they describe that summer's attendance arrangements.

Funding and Paid Extras

In April 2023, the nursery offered funded places for three- and four-year-olds. Families should obtain current prices in the nursery's written quotation.

• Questions that develop thinking. In April 2023, staff needed to give children more opportunity to solve problems and explore their own ideas through questioning. During a visit, ask for an example of how an adult extends a child's idea during a planned activity.
• Waiting between activities. April 2023 routines sometimes left children waiting too long, including before garden time. Ask how transitions between the hall, other activities and outdoor play are organised now.
• Movement between sites and groups. The June 2026 transition plan sent children moving to Ducks to Avondale. Discuss how your child's time at Kenley would connect with a later group move, and what introductions would accompany it.
• The complete childcare quotation. Funded places were offered in April 2023, while Kenley's summer 2026 arrangements included extended days and holiday mornings. Ask for a written breakdown covering your intended pattern, funded hours, food and non-food consumables.

The nursery suits families drawn to learning built around stories, practical tasks and children's interests, with extended days and Summer Holiday Club mornings among its summer 2026 arrangements. The April 2023 assessment provides a positive inspection position, with specific reservations about questioning and waiting time that deserve attention.

Kenley's summer 2026 arrangements included extended days and scheduled Summer Holiday Club mornings. Parents considering a similar pattern should weigh the hall-to-main-building routine and the later move to Ducks at Avondale alongside the learning and care arrangements.