Smart Play Hounslow
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Hounslow for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2021. Open since 2017, with 25 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
TW3 4LRWhat 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, 7 December 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children clearly enjoy attending this safe and welcoming nursery. Staff have warm relationships with children and the atmosphere is bright and happy. Children take pleasure in finding their photographs as they arrive at nursery. Information about each child's care needs is gathered from parents before they start. This helps staff to plan effectively to support children's emotional needs as part of a gradual settling-in process. Children are confident and growing in independence. They enjoy playing with staff, who use children's interests as a starting point for their learning. Staff have developed play spaces to provide great learning opportunities for children. For example, they have created dens inside to help provide spaces for children's imaginations to grow.
Children develop good skills. They create pictures and use tweezers to pick up fruit for snack, which helps them to strengthen their hands and fingers in readiness for early writing. Children's behaviour is good and they are kind to their friends.
Children are supported to share toys and solve problems. For example, they work out how to use foam blocks to create a pretend road, matching shapes together.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support children's good language and communication skills even further, including allowing children enough time to think and respond to one question before moving on to the next one n strengthen the supervision of staff to identify their professional development needs precisely and raise the quality of teaching to an outstanding level.
- 7 December 2021Good
- 24 June 2021Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Smart Play Hounslow
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.