Food
Meals are freshly prepared daily using wholesome, seasonal ingredients. Caters to all dietary needs. 5-star food hygiene rating.
Little Ducklings Marble Hill Park Nursery, nestled within the picturesque Marble Hill Park, offers a distinctive early learning experience that marries Montessori principles with a rich multilingual environment. Catering to families in Twickenham, Richmond, and surrounding locales, the day nursery emphasises daily outdoor exploration within the park's woodlands and gardens, fostering a deep connection to nature.
Children are immersed in English and Mandarin daily, with French introduced to older children, promoting early language development and cultural awareness. The Montessori approach cultivates independence, self-directed learning, and problem-solving skills.
Additionally, the day nursery partners with the Fulham Football Club Foundation to provide weekly football sessions, enhancing physical development and teamwork. With a commitment to holistic child development, the nursery prioritises intellectual, emotional, and social growth through creative play, group projects, and a focus on emotional intelligence.
The nursery maintains a 5-star food hygiene rating, offering freshly prepared, nutritious meals tailored to dietary needs, and operates year-round with core hours from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, with an early drop-off option.
Our ethos
Little Ducklings Marble Hill Park Nursery integrates Montessori principles with a multilingual environment, emphasising daily outdoor exploration in nature. They foster independence, self-directed learning, and problem-solving through the Montessori approach, alongside language development in English, Mandarin, and French. The nursery is committed to holistic child development, covering intellectual, emotional, and social growth through creative play and a focus on emotional intelligence.
What it's like
Staff provide a safe and welcoming setting for children, who develop close attachments and good friendships. Children enjoy activities and make independent choices. Staff and children from diverse backgrounds are valued, and staff work with parents to celebrate festivals, promoting appreciation of similarities and differences.
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Meals are freshly prepared daily using wholesome, seasonal ingredients. Caters to all dietary needs. 5-star food hygiene rating.
Opening hours
Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 6:00pm (Early drop-off available from 7:45am)
Term time / All Year
All Year
Registered with Ofsted
2017
Last inspected 21 May 2025 · Sarah Crawford
What it's like to attend
Staff provide a safe and welcoming setting for children, who develop close attachments and good friendships. Children enjoy activities and make independent choices. Staff and children from diverse backgrounds are valued, and staff work with parents to celebrate festivals, promoting appreciation of similarities and differences.
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Inclusion & environment
Staff make regular observations and assessments of children's abilities and have a good understanding of what they know and can do. They identify what children need to learn next and plan precisely for their developmental needs. All children make good progress from their starting points in development.
There is a strong emphasis on children learning outdoors, either in the setting's large gardens or the park in which it is located. This helps to ignite children's curiosity about the natural world. Children relish their time outdoors and demonstrate excellent physical skills.
We’ve had such a wonderful experience with this nursery❤️❤️❤️ The team is incredible — so kind, patient, and caring. They create a warm and safe environment where children feel truly seen, heard, and valued. My child absolutely loved their time here, always excited to go in the morning and full of stories and smiles at the end of the day. They’ve grown in confidence, independence, and joy, and I’m so grateful for the nurturing support they’ve received. The nursery itself is a beautiful, welcoming space, with a fantastic outdoor area and a real sense of community. It’s clear that the staff put so much heart into what they do, and I would wholeheartedly recommend this place to any family. Thank you to everyone at the nursery for being such an important part of our journey — we will always be grateful.
Read on GoogleWe are very pleased that our son goes to the Mandarin Ducklings Nursery. It is a very popular nursery school, and our son had to wait for more than six months before he was admitted. He has gained a lot of knowledge, life skills and confidence during the last year. Our son is very happy at the nursery, and he always talked excitingly about the activities, the teachers, the fellow students and the things he learnt. The nursery staff are friendly, caring, supportive and helpful. They also keep us up-to-date with daily postings, completed with plenty of pictures. We cannot recommend Mandarin Ducklings more….Eric and Stefania
Read on GoogleMy daughter has been at Mandarin Ducklings at Marble Hill for over 2 months now and she loves that place. Before she used to attend a childminder ,and she never wanted to go there in the morning, now she goes to the nursery without any issues! They do so many activities there: montessori puzzles, yoga, tennis lessons, forest outings! By the end of the day my daughter always talks all evening about what they were doing at the nursery. I can see that she is happy there. I will highly recommend Mandarin Ducklings to everybody.
Read on GoogleOur son attended Mandarin Ducklings Marble Hill for over a year. We loved the bilingual education, and our child picked up on things quickly and developed his language skills faster than we imagined. We appreciated the focus on the outdoors from the play space to the allotment and the walks in the woods. The activities like ballet or the performances at Christmas were lovely. I felt that we received good information about his day and any concerns they felt we needed to know about. He developed strong friendships with other children and his teachers. We recently moved away from the area, and our son continually talks about his friends and teachers from Mandarin Ducklings. We miss this nursery very much - the staff provided a safe, loving, and highly educational environment for our child. If we lived in the area our son would continue to attend until he started reception. Highly recommended.
Read on GoogleWonderful nursery! My little one is really happy there. Staff is brilliant, caring and supportive. From the beautiful ambient of Marble Hill Park to delicious and nutritious food lovingly prepared daily. Teachers and management who genuinely care for children and their families. Great option for outdoorsy kids.
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Date: July 2019
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