First Steps Playgroup Limited
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Hounslow for children from birth to 8+, open 08:30 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2013, with 47 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Fully funded places.
Worth knowing. No additional charges.
What childcare usually costs in Hounslow
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hounslow 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
TW5 0LWWhat 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.
- 17 January 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 22 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
This playgroup is a wonderful place for children to learn, play and grow. Children flourish due to the standard of education and care that they receive. Leaders are ambitious for their community and have high expectations for what children can achieve. Staff are committed to inclusion. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve highly. Staff use every opportunity to develop children's speech, language and communication by engaging them in quality conversations.
Children are safe and happy. Staff know the children and their families well and build positive relationships with them. This helps children to be safe and confident at the playgroup. Children show high levels of independence and resilience. They know where to find resources to support their learning and will readily ask for help if needed. Children demonstrate their self-confidence through exploration. For example, they excitedly use the role-play area with props to dress up and play imaginatively with each other.
Staff have high expectations for children's learning and the way that they behave with one another. Children's behaviour is good. Staff support children to be kind, caring and respectful. Children play happily with their friends. Any minor disagreements are quickly resolved by staff, who model the expected behaviour, such as sharing and taking turns.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen support for less-experienced staff to develop their knowledge and skills to ensure more consistency in practice and fully support children's learning n provide even more opportunities for children to do things for themselves and extend their independence and self-help skills.
- 22 March 2024Good
- 17 April 2018Outstanding
- 21 May 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for First Steps Playgroup Limited
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.