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Clerkenwell Mount Day Nursery and Pre School

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
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4.5(8 parent reviews)
·27-29 Amwell Street, London, EC1R 1UN · Islington
Number of places
55 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Islington

About this day nursery

30pm, Monday to Friday, providing childcare for children aged 0-4 years. This inclusive and welcoming nursery received a 'Good' rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 28th July 2025.

Staff are committed to ensuring children feel a sense of belonging in the homely and inviting environment, fostering secure and supportive relationships. The curriculum is designed around each child's developmental needs, with learning supported through child-led play.

Targeted support is provided, with different environments for various age groups, for example, offering sensory toys for babies to encourage exploration. Staff act as positive role models, promoting good behaviour, sharing, and turn-taking, which contributes to a calm and purposeful atmosphere.

The nursery also places a strong emphasis on independence skills, preparing children for school by encouraging self-feeding and self-serving meals. For children requiring additional support, staff develop individual plans in collaboration with parents, ensuring consistent progress.

Older children benefit from an outside courtyard for fresh air and exercise, where they are taught about sun protection. The nursery has received an award for its commitment to environmental protection, engaging children in activities like recycling and growing vegetables.

Staff also utilise home languages to support children learning English as an additional language, although they are working on clearer communication regarding routine changes. Strong partnerships with parents are a key feature, with weekly summaries and stay-and-play sessions offered to keep families involved in their child's development.

What it's like

Staff are passionate about ensuring that children feel a sense of belonging at this inclusive and welcoming nursery. Staff plan the curriculum around what children need to learn next, supporting their progress through child-led play. Children make positive behaviour choices, and the environment generally feels calm and purposeful.

Child-led play curriculumStrong parent partnershipsSupports independenceIndividual SEND plansEnvironmental awarenessOutdoor courtyard access

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Clerkenwell Mount Day Nursery and Pre School

Last inspected 28 July 2025 · Nicola Baker

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 are passionate about ensuring that children feel a sense of belonging at this inclusive and welcoming nursery. Staff plan the curriculum around what children need to learn next, supporting their progress through child-led play. Children make positive behaviour choices, and the environment generally feels calm and purposeful.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have effective oversight of staff's practice and support their development through coaching and modelling.
  • Staff use a 'buddy system' to ensure consistent and familiar support for each child's individual needs.
  • Staff support children to develop independence skills, preparing them well for school.
  • The nursery received an award for helping children understand environmental protection.
  • Staff build strong partnerships with parents, sharing weekly summaries and inviting them to stay-and-play sessions.

Areas to develop

  • 1give children more time to process and respond to questions and to share their own thoughts and ideas
  • 2consider how to better communicate changes in routine to children, so they understand what is happening next.
Inspection #10414603 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents share that the feedback from staff has notably improved in recent months, with a better focus on their children's development.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff develop individual plans for children who require additional support to meet their developmental milestones. They fully involve parents and carers to ensure a cohesive approach towards shared targets. Children receive individual support and make strong progress over time.

Outdoor space

Older children can freely access an outside courtyard for fresh air and exercise. Staff talk to children about the importance of wearing sun cream.

Parent Reviews of Clerkenwell Mount Day Nursery and Pre School

4.5
(8)
Luiza Nicoleta
5 months ago

Our experience with this nursery, where our little one started attending in October, has been truly exceptional—a clear 5-star standard. The seamless transition and consistent high level of care are outstanding. ​The activity program is brilliant and stimulating, featuring specialized sessions like Lucy Sparkles and engaging outings to the park and libraries. We especially appreciate their thoughtful policy not to take babies out when it's raining, which prioritizes comfort and gives us great peace of mind. ​Our key person, Ajak, is incredibly attentive, warm, and a credit to the team. She provides excellent, detailed daily feedback on development and activities, and we love receiving the frequent, high-quality pictures throughout the week. Furthermore, the dedication to daily care is evident: our baby is always picked up clean, with their nappy freshly changed, reflecting constant diligence. ​The nursery environment is expertly designed to foster routine and rest. We are impressed by the separate, quiet, and dark room dedicated solely for sleeping, ensuring high-quality naps. The structured approach to mealtimes in a separate dining space brilliantly helps establish a strong behavioral association with eating. ​Finally, the hands-on involvement of the management team, Alicia and Stevie, ensures a supportive, transparent, and professional atmosphere. We highly recommend this caring, stimulating, and brilliantly managed nursery.

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Cécile
4 months ago

We have been with this nursery for over 4 years now, with both of our daughters attending, and we have seen such a positive transformation over time. The recent team changes have brought so much energy and warmth. Stevie, Alicia, Bae, and Emily are incredible. They’re bubbly, patient, and genuinely care about the children. Our girls absolutely love all the team. The staff are always full of creative ideas to keep the little ones engaged, and there is a really lovely atmosphere. The food is varied and the girls talk about the chef at the house. The outdoor space, although small, is super cute and well used. Some light refurbishments have also been done, and overall we are just really happy. It feels like the nursery is constantly improving, and we’re very grateful for the care and attention the whole team provides.

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Cris Schier
5 years ago

My daughter has been attending Clerkenwell Mount Nursery for 18 months. It's a really nice nursery and the staff and management been very supportive right from the start. Communication and updates from staff helped us a lot to get comfortable. We always felt our daughter was in good hands and there was not one day where she didn't want to go to the nursery. The food options, especially also those for vegetarians been great with good variety. Our little one especially enjoyed the activities at the nursery including messy play, the garden, painting, music etc. Overall we can highly recommend the nursery to anyone in the area looking for a reliable and warm (family like) place for their little ones.

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Katrina
3 years ago

Both kids attended this lovely local nursery. Staff retention is great, thus kids build long term positive relations with nursery team and feel very secure and happy there. Kudos to nursery manager as she is very supportive, accommodating for working parents’ needs and invests in her team.

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Lina Falzone
4 years ago

Firstly I would like to say thank you to the clerkenwell team for playing a big role in my son’s learning experience. I couldn’t have put him in a better nursery to give him a head start in his learning life. The level of teaching is amazing, my son is already bilingual, one day he came home counting in three other languages 😍. Having little amount of children in a nursery is such a bonus that the children are getting more one to one time which focuses on their development. I cannot wait for my second son to attend this nursery. ❤️

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

28 July 2025

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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