Garden House Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Kingston upon Thames for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2007, with 38 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours, plus 2-year-old funding.
Worth knowing. Term-time only places: All hours are funded so there is no additional charge for non-funded hours. In addition to the free funded hours we charge… A small charge for food A small charge for extra curricular classes If you wish to opt out of additional charges please speak with the Nursery Manager.
What childcare usually costs in Kingston upon Thames
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Kingston 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
KT1 3RBWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 12 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and content at the nursery. They settle in with the help of their key person and form close bonds with them and other staff. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure at the nursery. They engage in a range of motivating activities and explore with all their senses. For example, they sense and discuss the smell of play dough, and explore the texture of the sand and safe foam. Some children taste the fruit, such as lemon, and recognise its sour and tangy taste.
Children enjoy doing things for themselves, including managing some personal care. This shows they are developing independence. Children readily respond to staff's requests, such as when staff tell them to share or tidy up. They are kind and respectful of each other's differences.
Children are active and build on their physical skills. For example, when they are outdoors, they play with balls and ride tricycles. Children explore natural resources and have the opportunity to engage in gardening, watering and watching how the fruit and vegetables grow. They practise their early writing skills, including outdoors with a range of media, such as paint and water. Children are confident learners because staff have high expectations of them. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), develop secure foundations for their future learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen current hygiene practices, including outdoors to build on children's understanding of how to keep themselves healthy n review the organisation of some group activities to sustain the interest and maximise learning and enjoyment for children of different stages of development.
- 12 May 2022Good
- 8 June 2021Needs improvement
- 5 December 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Garden House Nursery School
- What it costs
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.
- 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.
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