Pump House Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Brentford for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2019, with 92 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
In most cases, families can access up to 1140 hours of funded childcare per year, often referred to as 15 or 30 hours per week during term time.
Worth knowing. At Wildflower, we offer funded places on a stretched basis across the year, allowing families to use their entitlement more flexibly.
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
TW8 0APWhat 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 July 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 4 October 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 4 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy as staff greet them with a warm welcome. Staff encourage parents to share information on arrival. This helps staff to gain an understanding of anything that may impact on children's day. Staff help children to feel safe and secure by meeting children's needs. For example, babies display curiosity as they build with blocks. Staff engage babies and extend their learning by counting as they build and by using encouragement. Babies copy what they see and show delight in their achievements. Staff are positive role models and remind children of the rules and routines. Children demonstrate a good understanding of this and follow routines well. This helps to build children's confidence and builds structure to the day. As a result, children have a positive attitude to their learning and behave very well.
Leaders and staff create a wide and varied curriculum that engages and excites children. They want children to reach their full potential, and they create learning that helps children to be curious, solve problems and have a go. For example, staff encourage children to explore small pipes and use connectors to create shapes of different sizes. Children investigate and solve problems through trial and error, using mathematical language, such as 'long' and 'short'. They happily share resources with their friends as they build and create shapes.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the monitoring of teaching to ensure that all staff have a shared understanding of the curriculum intent and this is embedded in practice.
- 4 November 2024Good
- 19 May 2022Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Pump House Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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