Chestnuts Nursery TW1
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Twickenham for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £10.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2025. Open since 2024, with 25 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £10.50Settling ins or Fees for non-funded places |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £125.00 Administration Feerefundable
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £30.00 to £60.00 a week Full and Enhanced Provision - 2 year olds15 hours
- £60.00 to £120.00 a week Full and Enhanced Provision - 3 & 4 year olds15 hours
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours, depending on circumstances; Entitlement Stream 1 (FRAS) 15 hours for 2-year-olds; Stream 2 working parents from 9 months; Stream 3 universal for 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. The full 15 or 30 hours must be taken. The funding only applies to term time. EEE can only be taken in 3 or 6 hour blocks at the following times during school terms: 9 to 12, 12 to 3, 3 to 6. Charges for breakfast, lunch and tea will apply. All hours taken outside of these times will be charged at the hourly rate. There are set pick up times at 3pm, 5pm or 6pm. Full and Enhanced Provision fees apply: Babies up to 2 - no charge; 2 year olds - £30 per week for 15 hours and £60 for 30 hours; 3 & 4.
What childcare usually costs in Richmond upon Thames
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Richmond upon Thames from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
TW1 3AEWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 30 April 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 26 August 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a warm and welcoming environment, where children arrive happy and feel safe. Children develop strong bonds with their key person and other staff and follow routines well. Staff praise children for their achievements, and this helps them build on their confidence. They hold meaningful discussions with children and encourage them to recall past experiences. This supports children's thinking and communication and language development.
Staff assess children's starting points and plan effectively for their future learning.
They have clear expectations of what individual children can achieve. As a result, children develop positive attitudes to learning. Children have plenty of opportunities to be active and master their physical skills, including balance and coordination.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to support less skilled staff, to help them develop consistently highquality teaching skills n use opportunities as they arise to build on children's learning.
- 26 August 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 13 March 2025Inadequate Safeguarding: No
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Chestnuts Nursery TW1
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £10.50 an hour still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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