Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Twickenham for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2017, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Eligible families in Twickenham access 15 or 30 hours funded childcare and may also use Tax-Free Childcare.
Worth knowing. We offer funded places for eligible families; however, government funding does not cover the cost of the all-inclusive package we provide at Monkey Puzzle. Additional charges apply for meals, consumables (such as nappies, wipes, and sunscreen), trips, and any extra hours beyond the funded entitlement.
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
TW2 5BYWhat 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, 4 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a calm and happy environment that prioritises children's safety and well-being. There is an effective key-person system. This ensures that children are greeted by familiar and welcoming staff, who help them to settle and feel secure.
Children quickly develop affectionate and nurturing relationships with staff, they show that they feel at ease and are ready to learn. For example, babies enjoy looking at books with staff. They are keen to discover new words and point eagerly to the pictures, confident that staff will respond positively to them.
Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. Overall, they use consistent methods to help children understand behavioural boundaries. For instance, they remind children about their 'golden rules', such as doing 'good listening' and using
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review and improve the organisation of the learning environment for older children, to further promote their independent play and learning choices n support staff to provide more consistent guidance for children about emotions, to help them understand their own feelings and how their actions may affect others.
- 4 September 2024Good
- 11 December 2018Good
- 25 June 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Meals
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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