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Nursery at Chase Bridge Primary School
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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Songs, sound games and time outdoors give Chase Bridge’s nursery its character. This is the school’s own 60-place provision on Kneller Road in Twickenham, with entry normally in September after a child’s third birthday. Families can choose a morning, afternoon or full-day pattern.
Ofsted judged the school’s early years provision Outstanding at its inspection on 11 and 12 March 2025. That judgement covers early years within the school; it is not a separate nursery rating.
The nursery timetable for 2025/2026 combines children’s own choices with short teaching activities. Self-registration and free-flow play begin the session, followed by a welcome song and work on sounds. Longer stretches of learning indoors and outside sit alongside smaller focus or intervention groups. Children have room to explore, while adults also make time for targeted support.
Little Wandle provides named activities for early language and reading preparation. Rhyme Time sits alongside listening games, exploring sounds and practising oral blending. This gives children opportunities to hear and combine sounds through play. The timetable also includes maths, topic work and Drawing Club, with stories accompanying snack time and outdoor learning returning later in each session.
The Early Years Foundation Stage takes shape here through communication, exploration and learning to care for others. In March 2025, early years children learnt about a hen’s life cycle with classroom chicks, developing scientific language as they handled the animals carefully. It is a concrete example of learning that connects new words with something children can observe and touch.
Settling starts gradually. For the September 2026 intake, children built up from one-hour sessions to their full hours across the opening fortnight. A personalised timetable could be arranged with the team. The welcome pack included an All about me booklet and a social story, giving families practical ways to prepare children for the change. Nursery staffing includes a class teacher who leads the year group and teaching assistants.
Food is straightforward: families contribute fruit for a shared snack. Children attending for 30 hours bring two pieces each day and a packed lunch. This is the nursery-specific arrangement to plan around. Tapestry carries learning updates, and parents can send photographs and messages from home; urgent messages go to the school’s email address.
For additional needs, the school’s SEND process starts with the child’s teacher and involves the SENCo where further help is needed. Support follows Assess, Plan, Do, Review, with options including visual timetables and small-group work. These give families a route for discussing needs and reviewing how support is working.
Attending Chase Bridge Nursery does not guarantee a Reception place. Parents must make a separate application through their home borough during the normal Reception admissions round. Richmond’s arrangements for September 2024 explicitly gave no priority for attending the same school’s nursery. Nursery attendance should therefore never be treated as a secured school place.
Preparation for change is a separate matter. Children offered a Reception place can visit before starting to meet teachers and become familiar with their surroundings. For children needing additional transition support, the SEND arrangements allow extra classroom visits, information shared between teachers and a social story or video to help explain the move.
The current school-day timetable gives mornings as 8:40 to 11:40 and afternoons as 12:15 to 15:15. Full-time children start at 8:40 and finish at 14:45, with an extended finish at 15:15. Drop-off and collection take place at the Nursery gate. These times also appear in the September 2026 nursery information.
The booking model is five mornings or five afternoons for 15 hours, or five full days for the 30-hour option. Universal Entitlement funds the shorter pattern; eligible families with a valid funding code can combine it with Extended Entitlement for 30 hours. Additional hours can also be self-funded. The extra half-hour carries a charge regardless of how the 30 hours are funded, so ask the school for current charges.
Uniform includes a maroon sweatshirt, white polo shirt and black trainers with Velcro. Children also need a book bag and water bottle, with belongings labelled. Apply using the school’s online nursery form. A nursery tour for September 2027 entry is scheduled for 12 February 2027, from 10:15 to 11:15, with places booked through an online form. There is no visitor parking on site.
Children normally join in September following their third birthday. Places arising during the year are offered from the waiting list, rather than through a guaranteed additional intake.
Mornings run from 8:40 to 11:40 and afternoons from 12:15 to 15:15. Full-time attendance starts at 8:40 and ends at 14:45, with a charged extension to 15:15.
Bring one piece of fruit for the shared snack. Children attending for 30 hours need two pieces of fruit daily and a packed lunch.
No. Reception requires a separate application through your home borough. Richmond’s September 2024 arrangements also expressly excluded priority based on attendance at the school’s nursery.
Tapestry provides learning updates and allows families to share photographs and messages from home. Urgent messages should be emailed to info@chasebridge.richmond.sch.uk; absences must still be reported by calling the office.
