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Nursery at Randolph Beresford Early Years Centre
Last reviewed: October 2026 · Inspection data and key information above update regularly, however, this review below is refreshed bi-annually and may not reflect recent changes. Contact the nursery directly to confirm current arrangements. If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Little Forest School gives this White City nursery its distinctive character: children have a natural space to explore alongside classrooms that allow movement between learning areas. Randolph Beresford Early Years Centre is a maintained nursery school for ages 1 to 5, with younger daycare children based in Yellow Room and children aged 3 and above joining the main nursery.
The main nursery offers funded places for up to 200 children aged two, three and four. That figure describes its places, rather than the number attending at any particular time. Specialist early years teachers work alongside Early Years Educators and Childcare Assistants, bringing teaching and everyday care into the same provision.
Play carries the learning. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), the framework for early learning and care, shapes activities that develop language, movement, relationships, number understanding and creativity. Children choose activities in the indoor and outdoor Core Experience areas; adults also organise playful teaching and provide additional interventions where needed. A key group meets during the session or towards its end, giving children time with their familiar adult and group.
Free flow classrooms connect with a substantial outdoor area that is largely natural. Little Forest School sessions take place weekly or fortnightly, depending on nursery numbers. Children can investigate their surroundings and practise making decisions about physical challenges. A lending library outside each classroom extends the interest in books into home life, with a bookbag provided when children start.
At the February 2024 inspection, Ofsted found that teaching connected new learning with opportunities to revisit earlier ideas. Counting through Ten Green Bottles and then identifying the right boot size made mathematics practical. Stories, songs and conversation developed language, while outings to building sites, shops and stations widened children's experience of their neighbourhood. Learning reaches beyond the classroom.
Each child has a key person, and Yellow Room also uses a co-key person to maintain familiar care. A home visit or nursery meeting begins that relationship before the child starts. Settling is gradual: families should allow a familiar adult to support the first two weeks, potentially longer, and the process can take up to four weeks. This is a practical consideration for parents arranging a return to work.
Famly provides an online record of learning, alongside termly discussions with parents. For children with SEND, support can include adapted activities, individual plans and referrals to Speech and Language Therapy. Parents help agree the next steps. The February 2024 findings described effective adaptations and prompt identification of possible SEND, with therapists and psychologists supporting children, families and staff.
Yellow Room has a separate space for naps. Its daycare package includes snacks and breakfast, lunch and tea; the menu is predominantly vegetarian, with some fish, and oat and soya milk are offered. Families supply nappies, any required wipes and powdered milk. In the main nursery, full-day attendance includes lunch, charged separately and paid ahead of time. Magic Breakfast supplies classroom breakfast. These routines also offer opportunities for independence, including serving food and clearing tables.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process and meet the applicable deadline. Treat the nursery choice and the primary-school application as separate decisions.
Preparation for the move includes a final-term written account of children's learning, discussed with parents and passed to the receiving teacher. Children with high needs have Person Centred Reviews involving parents, professionals and the receiving school. Additional visits can be arranged for children with SEND or those who need more support with the change. This helps the next school prepare for the child; it does not secure admission.
For children aged 3 and 4, the 15-hour funded pattern covers two full days and a Wednesday half-day. Eligible children can access 30-hour places across Monday to Friday, from 9am to 3:15pm; paid additions to core hours are also possible. Some two-year-olds qualify for funded places. Lunch charges apply on the funded pattern's full days.
Yellow Room daycare runs from 8am to 6pm, booked for two, three or five consecutive days including Monday or Friday. Fees are spread across twelve equal monthly payments. Breakfast and afterschool care incur additional charges and places are limited. Holiday playschemes exclude Christmas and the final summer week; daycare also has scheduled centre closures, so families need to check the term calendar.
Tours cover Yellow Room or the Blue and Green classrooms. Contact reception@randolphberesford.lbhf.sch.uk or 020 8743 7339 for enquiries, visits and current charges. Send easy-to-manage clothing, spare clothes and a labelled water bottle. Extended-day drop-off uses the main entrance; core-day children are handed to classroom staff.
The centre caters for children aged 1 to 5. Younger daycare children attend Yellow Room; children aged 3 and above attend the main nursery.
Children attend two full days and a Wednesday half-day, either at the beginning or end of the week. Lunch on full days has a separate charge.
Yes. Yellow Room has a separate sleep space, and key people work with families to keep care routines close to those at home.
No. Nursery attendance does not guarantee Reception admission, and families must apply separately through the normal admissions process.
Email reception@randolphberesford.lbhf.sch.uk to arrange a tour. There are separate tours for Yellow Room and the nursery's Blue and Green classrooms.
