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Marsham Street Community Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Aug 2022)
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3.7(29 parent reviews)
·121 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4LX · Westminster
Number of places
55 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2022
Local authority
Westminster

About this day nursery

Marsham Street Community Nursery, operated by LEYF, offers Early Years education and childcare for children from birth to five years old in Westminster, conveniently located near Tate Britain and Pimlico underground station. The nursery, rated as Outstanding by Ofsted, spans three levels, with separate spaces designed for each age group.

Children benefit from two dedicated gardens and engage in a wide array of activities including small world play, woodwork, cooking, and yoga, all guided by experienced staff who foster curiosity and discovery. The nursery also organises outings to nearby attractions like St James’s Park and the Tate Britain.

Meals are prepared on-site by a trained chef, adhering to LEYF’s healthy eating guidelines and accommodating various dietary needs. The nursery prides itself on its nurturing environment, encouraging children to develop self-esteem, confidence, and a love for learning, preparing them well for school.

The manager, Merita, brings extensive experience in working with young families and shares LEYF’s commitment to providing high-quality early years education, particularly for disadvantaged children.

What it's like

Children demonstrate high levels of energy and excitement as they enter the safe, vibrant and well-resourced environment. They have excellent emotional attachments to staff, flourishing and developing superior levels of self-esteem and confidence. Children make exceptional progress and are engrossed in a wealth of captivating and highly challenging activities and experiences, leading to an abundance of knowledge and skills and a love of learning by the time they start school.

Ofsted OutstandingChef on siteOutdoor spaceSensory roomLending library

Pricing & funding

The nursery charges a standard registration fee to secure a childcare place. This fee can be saved if a place is accepted quickly after attending a visit.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • The registration fee is waived if a place is accepted within 3 days of attending a visit.

Key facts

Food

Chef on site; caters for different dietary requirements and allergies

Opening hours

08:00 - 18:00

Age range

Birth to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

1992

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Marsham Street Community Nursery

Last inspected 17 August 2022 · Claire Nunn

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

What it's like to attend

Children demonstrate high levels of energy and excitement as they enter the safe, vibrant and well-resourced environment. They have excellent emotional attachments to staff, flourishing and developing superior levels of self-esteem and confidence. Children make exceptional progress and are engrossed in a wealth of captivating and highly challenging activities and experiences, leading to an abundance of knowledge and skills and a love of learning by the time they start school.

Inspector highlights

  • The leadership team has a clear vision and ethos with a sharp focus on continually evolving the outstanding facilities.
  • Children are exceptionally well prepared for their move from room to room and on to school, with staff providing fantastic learning experiences.
  • Children's good health is supported exceptionally well, with daily physical activity outdoors and healthy snacks and meals.
  • The standard of teaching is very high, leading to very good progress in children's learning, especially in communication and language development.
  • The setting works exceedingly well with other professionals and parents to ensure highly effective, tailored support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Inspection #10128376 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The setting works exceedingly well with other professionals, ensuring that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive highly effective, tailored support and progress well. The setting works in partnership with parents to ensure individual care needs are met.

Outdoor space

Children are physically active outside every day. Children enjoy visiting the local parks and green spaces

Parent Reviews of Marsham Street Community Nursery

3.7
(29)
C. W.
3 months ago

Our son has been at Leyf Marsham Street Nursery for the past two years, and we honestly couldn’t be happier with our experience. From the very beginning, it’s been clear how well run the nursery is. The management is amazing — incredibly accommodating, supportive, and genuinely invested in both the children’s and families’ wellbeing. They are very understanding, approachable, and a real pleasure to work with as parents. The teachers and staff are absolutely phenomenal. They are caring, attentive, kind, and incredibly dedicated, and they took excellent care of our son throughout his time there. He also absolutely loves the food at the nursery, which is a huge plus for us and speaks volumes about the care that goes into every aspect of the day. The nursery also organises frequent outings to museums, parks, and playgrounds, giving the children wonderful opportunities to explore, learn, and engage with the world around them. Over his time here, our son has truly flourished. He has become confident, curious, and well-rounded, and we’ve seen huge progress both socially and developmentally. The environment is nurturing, engaging, and fun, while also providing structure and encouragement to learn. We feel very lucky to have found such a wonderful nursery and would wholeheartedly recommend Leyf Marsham Street Nursery. A huge THANK YOU to the whole team! J&C

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Charlotte Christie
2 months ago

I cannot recommend this nursery highly enough and feel so lucky that my daughter (and that I, as a first-time parent) have had such a wonderful experience. In two weeks’ time, she will have been attending nursery for a full year, and it has been an incredibly positive journey for us both. The baby room is expertly led by Sarah and Sidorella, who highly thoughtful and educational in their approach. They have supported my daughter’s development so beautifully, helping her grow both socially and intellectually in ways that have been a joy to watch. As we now approach the transition to the toddler room, the process has been clearly communicated and carefully planned. Management have thoughtfully considered the relationships my daughter has already built with her teachers and peers, ensuring these bonds are taken into account to make the move as smooth and reassuring as possible. As a parent, I genuinely don’t feel I could ask for more.

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Nick
6 months ago

Love this nursery. I fully trust my child is safe and cared for and learning well in this environment. They go on lots of outings too to parks, libraries, museums, the tate gallery round the corner. Lots of the teachers are doing degrees and other qualifications at the moment which makes me trust the quality.

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Yasmin Afina
2 years ago

Our daughter is thriving at LEYF Marsham Street. She has been attending LEYF for almost two years now, first in the baby room and now in the toddler room. The teachers are absolutely stellar and always put the children and babies' interests and learning first. The activities are all done in a child-centered way, while promoting curiosity, personal development and empathy in the children - all qualities that we see reflected in our daughter. The staff are very attentive to each child's personality, needs and learning journey, and will make sure to be as transparent as possible with parents as to how to make the most of the child's time at nursery. They will make sure to nurture all potential every child holds in their own and unique way, which is fantastic. Overall our daughter loves it there, is always happy to go to nursery and has developed tremendous social skills, knowledge and a love for learning. They also have an in-house chef who cooks fresh and healthy meals every day for breakfast, lunch and tea - and they are very accommodating with regards to dietary requirements. Can't recommend LEYF Marsham Street enough 🥰

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Ming Zhu
3 years ago

As we are moving out of the area so finally got the chance to get this off my chest. The senior management has proved what "fish rotten from the head" means. Serious incidents happened in one of the nurseries and parents made complain to the nursery manager and he denied everything. I made a complain to the Group CEO who's suppose to be a MBE and guess what? She just doesn't care at all and said the regional manager will reply. And of course the regional manager never even replied. So I took both boys out immediately and some parents did the same thing. Recently (2 years since) bumped into a local mum and told me things went even worse from when I left. All good stuff have left and they had 2 local managers who were even more useless. It is such a shame as when my older one started there it was good, but fell off a cliff very quickly. This is all done to the senior management.

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Inspection history

Date: October 2004

  • September 2022Outstanding
  • August 2022Outstanding
  • February 2014Outstanding
  • December 2013Outstanding
  • July 2013Good
  • June 2013Good
  • July 2012Good
  • June 2012Outstanding
  • October 2007Good
  • October 2004Good

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