The Crown Nursery (St. Margaret's) Limited
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Twickenham for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £100.00 a day for 3 months – 2 years. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2021, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Daily fee total · £100 · £98 · £96 ·
One published rate, dated September 2025. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
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
TW1 2AAWhat 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.
- 28 November 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 5 December 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 23 May 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 10 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff at this nursery are nurturing and caring. Children are happy and enjoy their time, eagerly greeting their friends. They feel safe, play well together and behave well. Babies settle quickly and take great pleasure in discovering exciting messy play activities with cereal in a calm environment.
Pre-school children are keen to go outside and solve problems through investigating the natural world. They grow their own herbs and vegetables, and learn where food comes from. Children show curiosity as they handle seeds. They describe what they can see and smell, and know what to do with them. Children learn how to care for plants and use tools safely. Staff enable children to understand risk and learn how to behave carefully in this environment.
Staff understand how to support every child's individual learning needs. Children make good progress and thrive. They make rapid improvements as staff have high expectations of what they can achieve. Children show a positive attitude to their learning. They are motivated to make choices and explore the stimulating learning environment. This includes children who speak English as an additional language and those children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. For example, staff encourage children to use interesting tactile resources to encourage them to explore in a sensory room.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- give children more time to respond to questioning during activities and story time sessions n support children to develop their self-care skills, such as by improving the organisation of mealtimes, so that all children can make choices and self-serve their own food.
- 10 February 2023Good
- 17 October 2022Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Crown Nursery (St. Margaret's) Limited
- Funded hours
- 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 £100.00 a day still the rate? 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.
- 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.
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