St Elizabeth's Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Richmond for from 3 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £37.50 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 1994, with 23 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
(3-Hour) Session Fee* · £37.50 ·
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Five sessions per week (15 universal hours) funded by the government; limited number of 30 hours free childcare spaces.
Worth knowing. If your child attends for more than five half-day sessions, you will be required to pay for the additional sessions with childcare vouchers, cheque or cash. Once the timetable is agreed a half term notice is required to drop or alter sessions.
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
TW10 6HNWhat 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, 8 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children from diverse backgrounds attend St Elizabeth's Nursery. They arrive happily and settle in quickly. This is because there are strong relationships between children and staff. Children respond positively to cuddles and reassurance from staff. They show they feel safe and secure at the nursery.
Staff set high expectations for children's learning and behaviour. For example, they expect children to develop a wide vocabulary to enable them to communicate effectively. Children engage in a variety of meaningful and stimulating activities, in and out of the classroom. They particularly enjoy painting and exploring malleable materials, such as dough and sand. Children grow in confidence and develop strong self-esteem as they learn new skills. For example, they show increasing competency as they test their climbing, jumping and running skills outdoors.
Children show strong independence skills. For instance, they take age-appropriate responsibility for their own needs, including toileting. Children's behaviour is good.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- make more effective use of opportunities to extend children's understanding and encourage them to find solutions to the problems they face during their play n increase staff's knowledge of how to extend children's emerging interests in early writing.
- 8 March 2022Good
- 25 January 2016Outstanding
- 25 June 2009Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Elizabeth's Nursery
- 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.
- Is £37.50 a session still the rate? 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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