St Mary's and St Peter's Pre School
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Teddington for children from birth to 5, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2022. Open since 1991, with 24 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 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
TW11 8RXWhat 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, 22 February 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and confident. Staff have close bonds with children and value each child highly. They take time to get to know children well and help them to settle securely. Children take part in various engaging activities. For example, children create their own recipes, such as 'gingerbread pie', and pretend to cook this in the mud kitchen in the garden. They play cooperatively together and share and take turns. This supports their imaginative skills and personal and social development.
Children learn how to behave in safe ways. For instance, children pretend to cross a road as one plays the role of a lollipop person on a zebra crossing created in the garden. Children enjoy playing in the water tray where they find shiny objects at the bottom. Staff teach them new words, such as 'treasure'. Children carefully fill long tubes with water, persevering patiently until full. This supports their smallmuscle skills. Staff teach children good communication, language and literacy skills.
Older children recognise and write their own names.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop more opportunities for three-year-old children to be able to do things for themselves, particularly during snack times n continue to develop more ways to promote oral hygiene for children.
- 22 February 2022Good
- 17 March 2016Outstanding
- 2 March 2012Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Mary's and St Peter's Pre School
- 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.