Kerswell Kids
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Hounslow for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2006, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Offer families of all children aged 3 and 4 years, and eligible 2-year-olds, funded sessions up to 15hrs. As a leading nursery in Whitton parents choose, for working families we offer up to 30hrs of funded childcare for children from 18mths.
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
TW3 2JFWhat 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, 10 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a warm welcome. Children arrive happy and confidently leave their parents and carers at the door. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and develop a secure sense of belonging as they chat about their mornings and eagerly share family photographs with staff and visitors. Staff know the children and their families well. This helps children quickly settle in this friendly setting.
Leaders and staff place a high priority on supporting children's communication and language, and personal, social and emotional skills. Staff are skilful teachers and introduce new vocabulary, such as 'squeak' and 'puff', as children explore balloons.
Staff repeat back what children say so that children can hear their spoken words.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff confidence to move around the room to join children's chosen play, helping them enhance the quality of teaching to an even higher level.
- 10 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 6 September 2019Outstanding
- 27 April 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kerswell Kids
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.