The Eveline Day and Nursery Schools, Quicks Road

Three separate baby units give Quicks Road a recognisable shape: younger children have ground-floor accommodation, while open-plan units occupy the second floor. This Wimbledon nursery has 50 places in total and accepts children aged three months to five years. Its layout makes the organisation of care for babies an important part of the choice, rather than a detail overshadowed by preschool activities.

At its November 2023 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Outstanding and found effective safeguarding, secure relationships with key people and teaching that helped children make excellent progress. The useful detail beneath that judgement was personal: staff adapted language to children's stage of development, supported emotional expression and made ordinary activities into opportunities to think.

Opening hours run from 7.30am to 6.30pm on weekdays, across 51 weeks of the year, with separate funded sessions also offered. The combination serves different attendance needs, although the way funding fits into the day deserves careful attention.

Rooms and Ages

Baby Room, Toddler Room, Little Learners Room and Explorers Room organise the nursery day around successive stages of development. The whole-setting capacity is separate from the size of any individual room. For parents of younger children, the three ground-floor baby units make the organisation of baby care a central consideration.

Baby Room combines exploration of everyday materials with messy play, music and movement, using treasure baskets, interactive toys and opportunities to climb through soft play and tunnels.

Toddler Room uses circle time, a child's choice of story or prop, imaginative play and garden activities to develop conversation, participation and growing independence.

Little Learners Room introduces shared activities around a monthly theme, alongside creative materials and physical play, giving children practice in communicating and doing more for themselves.

Explorers Room brings daily work with sounds and numbers together with construction, investigation and independent tasks, so preparation for school includes both learning and practical confidence.

Learning and Activities

The EYFS sets the learning, development and care framework: children learn through play and planned experiences, with communication, physical development and relationships forming part of everyday nursery life. It is the shared foundation for early years provision. Sensory exploration, increasingly independent routines and opportunities for explanation and investigation give the day its shape.

In November 2023, younger children experimented with foam and colour, while older children tried different ways of joining materials during art. Staff narrated actions and slowed down important words for younger children; with older children, they posed questions and allowed time for an answer. These are different teaching responses to different stages, rather than one activity delivered identically to everyone.

Several group-wide additions are used at this branch. Sporty Minis is a sports programme for children aged two to five, with organised sessions each week. Lucy Sparkles provides weekly dance, music and drama activities. French lessons also take place weekly in Explorers, adding another language to the room's learning experiences.

Explorers also has weekly cooking and daily opportunities to bring something from home linked to the letter being explored. Those activities give families a concrete connection with the nursery day. Torches, digging spades and magnifying glasses support investigation, while making dens and models gives children materials to test their ideas. These practical experiences sit alongside early reading, writing and number work.

Outdoor and Community Life

Daily buggy outings are part of the baby routine. Toddlers have physical activities indoors and in the garden, and Little Learners use the garden for movement, games and dance. Outdoor activity therefore changes with children's development, rather than belonging solely to the oldest group.

In November 2023, children also took part in community outings, sports, yoga and mindfulness activities. Conversations about food linked these experiences with healthy living: children compared fruit with chocolate and discussed their effects on the body. The connection was concrete, using food and movement that children could recognise rather than abstract advice about health.

Relationships and Communication

Key people provide continuity in the rooms, with the baby's routine responding to tiredness and individual needs. Babies sleep in their own cots when ready; toddlers have individual sleeping bags for rest, and Little Learners use individual mats. Those differences matter because rest remains part of the day as children become more active and independent.

In November 2023, support for feelings was made tangible through a colour-based self-registration activity: children placed their name against a colour reflecting their mood. Staff also talked about emotions and ways to express them. For a parent, that is a useful example of emotional care becoming something children can practise, rather than simply a reassuring description of the setting.

Parent involvement included regular meetings, events around transitions and ideas for learning at home in November 2023. Children's home languages were celebrated, with others encouraged to learn them too. These practices gave families routes into the nursery's learning and recognised language already familiar to the child.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the November 2023 inspection, Ofsted found that staff identified learning gaps promptly and adjusted their support, including for children learning English as an additional language. This was a dated judgement about the teaching in place then, with attention to individual children rather than a general promise about support.

Practical independence is another thread through care. In November 2023, children practised dressing for outdoor activity and washing hands before meals; older children helped prepare the table. Current Explorers routines include serving food and clearing plates, while toddlers are encouraged to feed themselves. These small tasks give children responsibility they can use beyond nursery.

The room arrangements also connect care with learning. A familiar key person, an appropriate rest routine and repeated opportunities to make choices all help organise the day around the child's stage. For families choosing baby care, the relationship between the separate units and these individual routines is likely to be more useful than the overall place count alone.

Sessions and Attendance

The address is 89a Quicks Road, Wimbledon, SW19 1EX. Weekday opening hours are 7.30am to 6.30pm, and all-day care follows that window. The nursery operates for 51 weeks annually; closures include bank holidays and a week at Christmas. Families planning care through the year need to allow for those breaks.

Funded hours have their own timetable: sessions run from 11.12am to 2.52pm and from 2.52pm to 6.30pm each day. These are specific funded booking periods, separate from the overall opening window. The distinction matters for anyone whose workday starts earlier, because an entitlement to hours and the hours a family needs are different questions.

The branch's enquiry form provides a direct contact route, and visits can be arranged with the nursery manager. The nursery telephone number is 0208 545 0699. Current prices come in the nursery's written quotation.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded childcare includes up to 30 hours for eligible working families with children from nine months, universal 15-hour funding for three- and four-year-olds, and additional funded support for some two-year-olds. Funding is stretched across the year.

During funded hours, food and snacks are separately charged, voluntary extras. Non-food consumables, including nappies, wipes and protective creams, are also separately charged, voluntary extras; families choose whether to take these items. Activities beyond EYFS delivery and additional attendance hours also sit outside the funded entitlement; the excluded extras are voluntary.

For working-family funding, a successful application produces a code to pass to the nursery, with renewal required every three months. Keeping that renewal cycle in view matters when organising continuing attendance.

• Baby-unit organisation. Babies occupy three separate ground-floor units. During a visit, ask how key-person continuity, rest and movement between units work for your child's routine.
• Funding timetable. Funded sessions start at 11.12am and 2.52pm. Discuss how these periods fit the attendance you need, including any additional private hours.
• Annual funding pattern. The funding arrangements refer to stretching over 52 weeks, but also describe delivery over 51 weeks. Resolve the annual schedule in the written booking agreement before committing.
• Support at transitions. Parent meetings and transition events formed part of practice in November 2023. Ask how settling, individual support and the move into Explorers will be organised for your child.

Quicks Road suits families considering all-day attendance as well as those seeking the separate funded-session pattern. Its strongest practical characteristics are the separate accommodation for babies, individual rest arrangements and an older children's day that combines early learning with cooking, investigation and independence.

The November 2023 Outstanding judgement gives the educational and care picture weight. Separate funded periods and voluntary extras shape the practical offer. Families who value a staged room structure and concrete opportunities for children to do things themselves have good reasons to consider this branch.