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Chestnuts Nursery TW1

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2025)
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5.0(10 parent reviews) ·22 Strafford Road, Twickenham, TW1 3AE · Richmond upon Thames
Number of places
25 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2025
Local authority
Richmond upon Thames

About this day nursery

Chestnuts Nursery TW1, nestled in Twickenham, provides a nurturing and stimulating environment for children from three months up to school age, operating Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm, all year round. The nursery prides itself on fostering a homely atmosphere rich with love and laughter, celebrating diversity, and promoting kindness as core values.

Babies and children nearly two years old are cared for in dedicated baby rooms with their own garden space, while older children benefit from an outdoor pre-school area featuring a playhouse and garden room. The nursery encourages interaction between different age groups during activities like lunches, music, and story time, promoting a sense of community and mutual care.

The curriculum is designed around the Early Years Foundation Stage, offering a diverse array of activities tailored to each child's developmental stage and individual needs, stimulating their curiosity and facilitating the acquisition of new skills. The physical setting is calming and cosy, utilising authentic, natural, and open-ended resources, with a significant emphasis on outdoor play.

Each child is assigned a Key Worker who serves as the primary contact for parents and is responsible for maintaining online records detailing the child's progress, observations, and examples of their work.

Our ethos

Chestnuts Nursery TW1's philosophy is centred on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, offering tailored activities that stimulate curiosity and skill acquisition. They provide a nurturing, homely atmosphere with a focus on diversity, kindness, and community, utilising natural resources and emphasising outdoor play. Each child has a Key Worker to facilitate communication and track progress.

What it's like

Staff provide a warm and welcoming environment where children feel safe and develop strong bonds with their key person. They effectively assess children's starting points and plan for their future learning, leading to positive attitudes towards learning and good physical development. The provision also successfully prepares all children, including those with SEND and EAL, for their next stage in learning.

Homely EnvironmentChild-Centred ApproachEmphasis on Outdoor Play

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Staff

Team are qualified with Early Years and child-related qualifications from level 2 to level 7; majority hold a current Paediatric First Aid certificate.

Opening hours

Monday – Friday 7:30am – 6:00pm all year round

Food

Children will be brought together for some activities such as lunches

Age range

3 months to school age

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Chestnuts Nursery TW1

Last inspected 26 August 2025 · Katarina Hustava

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Staff provide a warm and welcoming environment where children feel safe and develop strong bonds with their key person. They effectively assess children's starting points and plan for their future learning, leading to positive attitudes towards learning and good physical development. The provision also successfully prepares all children, including those with SEND and EAL, for their next stage in learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have worked hard to meet actions set at the last inspection, completing training on safer recruitment and improving space requirements.
  • Leaders have successfully collaborated with the local early years team to deliver safeguarding training to staff, ensuring they understand correct procedures.
  • Staff and leaders have improved risk assessments and teach children how to keep themselves safe.
  • Leaders and staff develop a strong working partnership with parents, sharing information about children's care and learning needs.
  • Leaders have improved staff induction and support, leading to confident curriculum planning and delivery by staff.

Areas to develop

  • 1continue to support less skilled staff, to help them develop consistently high- quality teaching skills
  • 2use opportunities as they arise to build on children's learning.
Inspection #10402466 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders have improved arrangements to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). For example, they ensure that staff follow a targeted plan to meet children's learning needs. This helps children to make the progress they are capable of.

Parent Reviews of Chestnuts Nursery TW1

5.0
(10)
Ana Rachel
2 years ago

Our son joined Chestnuts 2 years ago. We did a zoom call (it was Covid times) and straight away felt the warmth and kindness of this place. Our son has been going to Chestnuts nursery / preschool full time for 2 years and absolutely LOVES it there. All the teachers are kind, warm, friendly, it feels like an extension of our home. They have a wonderful garden. The most important thing for us has always been our son's happiness, and I can say he goes in and leaves Chestnuts very, very happy. We will miss this place so much when he starts big school in September!

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Emma Taylor
2 years ago

This place is pure magic. I wanted to find somewhere that would help my little boy prepare for primary school but also enjoy his time as a free preschooler. Chestnuts did not disappoint. The staff are amazing, they are so caring and nurturing. My son absolutely loved his time at Chestnuts and is fully prepared for the transition to his new school. I cannot recommend this place enough. Everything about Chestnuts is wonderful!! Thank you to the whole team for everything you do on a daily basis.

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Laura Goff
2 years ago

Chestnuts has been the most wonderful experience for my two children. The staff are exceptional: warm, caring and funny, and they go out of their way to make genuine relationships with the kids. My children adore it there and I cannot thank Tracy the manager enough for running such a loving setting. It really is home from home and we will miss it dearly when the time comes to move on.

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Victoria McLaren
2 years ago

We love Chesnuts Pre-school. Our son has been going for the last few years and it is such a wonderful, warm and nurturing environment. The staff are brilliant and really care. Our son goes in excited and happy and they have been so supportive. They also offer either term time or full time options which is great (and quite rare)!

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Jahanara Monaf
2 years ago

I’ve had two of my children at this settling and both absolutely loved it. A professional, reliable and loving nursery. I highly would recommend all my families and friends to this settling.

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2025

Date: March 2025

  • August 2025Good
  • March 2025Inadequate

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