Opening hours
7.30am to 6.30pm
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery East Sheen
Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2025)
Number of places
73 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2025
Local authority
Richmond upon Thames
About this day nursery
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery East Sheen offers a nurturing and stimulating environment where children can thrive and families feel supported. Dedicated baby, toddler, and preschool rooms cater to different age groups, providing tailored learning experiences guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.
The nursery's approach focuses on individual interests, fostering a love for learning through creative, outdoor, and community-linked activities. The highly trained and caring team at Monkey Puzzle East Sheen ensures a safe and supportive atmosphere, helping children reach developmental milestones.
The nursery is committed to transparency regarding fees and works flexibly with families, offering various discounts and accommodating government funding schemes. Parents consistently praise the friendly staff, positive management, clean facilities, and the engaging activities offered through their daily app updates, ensuring children are happy and well-cared for.
Menus are designed by a nutritionist, following early years guidelines.
Our ethos
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery East Sheen's approach is guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, focusing on individual interests to foster a love for learning through creative, outdoor, and community-linked activities. They are committed to providing a nurturing and stimulating environment where children can thrive.
What it's like
Since the last inspection, the leadership team within the nursery has changed. New managers demonstrate an effective oversight of the nursery, ensuring children and their families form strong bonds with their allocated key persons. Managers place a priority on children's emotional well-being, and new children quickly settle into the nursery.
Tailored learning guided by EYFSNurturing and safe environmentFlexible scheduling and funding optionsNutritionist-approved menus
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery East Sheen
Last inspected 27 June 2025 · Bernie Dunne
Overall effectiveness
Good
What it's like to attend
Since the last inspection, the leadership team within the nursery has changed. New managers demonstrate an effective oversight of the nursery, ensuring children and their families form strong bonds with their allocated key persons. Managers place a priority on children's emotional well-being, and new children quickly settle into the nursery.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders have developed a well-sequenced curriculum that staff have a clear understanding of and implement well.
- Staff confidently adapt or change activities to extend children's learning, developing their curiosity and maintaining their interest.
- Staff develop children's interest in life cycles and growing, with recent activities including ducklings hatching and planting seeds.
- Leaders and staff identify and support children with additional help or emerging special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) by adapting activities and differentiating the curriculum.
- Staff establish very strong partnerships with parents, sharing information and planning opportunities for parents to spend time with their children in the nursery.
Areas to develop
- 1develop staff's knowledge and skills further to include strategies to support all children with daily routines.
Inspection #10365321 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
"Parents state how they feel their children are well cared for, safe and make good progress."
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff identify children who require additional help or children with emerging special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders and staff work with parents to provide support by adapting activities and differentiating the curriculum to have specific aims for children's individual stage of development. However, staff would like to further develop their knowledge and skills to include strategies they can introduce to support children to participate in daily routines, as children with SEND continued to play when peers prepared for transition from indoor to outside play.
Outdoor space
Children with SEND continued to play as peers prepared for the transition from indoor to outside play.
Parent Reviews of Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery East Sheen
5.0
(41)
amna usman
7 months ago
I've been consistently impressed with the nursery's dedication to providing a safe and stimulating environment for my child. The staff's warmth and genuine care are evident in every interaction, creating a sense of security and belonging. The activities are well-planned and engaging, fostering my child's curiosity and development. I especially appreciate the emphasis on outdoor play, allowing the children to explore and learn in a natural setting. The nursery's commitment to communication and keeping parents informed is also commendable, making it a truly collaborative experience. Overall, I'm incredibly grateful for the positive impact the nursery has had on my child's growth and happiness.
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Katarzyna Czeszak
7 months ago
Great nursery. The activities are engaging and developing, so much so that sometimes my little one does not want to go home at the end of the day 😂 The staff are caring, knowledgeable and develop close bonds with the kids. The menu is varied and healthy. I can tell my little one feels safe and loved at Monkey Puzzle. The manager Laura goes above and beyond supporting the needs of the kids and listening to parents concerns and requests. The added bonus are longer than other places opening hours. Definitely an important feature for working parents! Overall I would highly recommend this nursery. 👌 ❤️
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Gabie King
5 months ago
The most wonderful nursery, our little one has been there for almost a year. From day one he has never looked back, the team that look after him are caring and just the most lovely group. We receive daily updates of fun filled days of activities all of which are very varied and engaging. He comes home so happy every day and I can’t thank Laura and her team enough for creating such a safe and special space for our little one to grow.
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Katie B
3 months ago
The staff and management at Monkey Puzzle have all been so welcoming & warm with our daughter during her settling in period. They listened to us when we laid out her needs and were sure to adapt to her routine to help her with the change. So far I’ve been really impressed with our experience!
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Ruth Wallace
7 months ago
Monkey Puzzle East Sheen are an amazing nursery. I'm most appreciative of their commitment towards special needs children. My interactions with their staff, particularly the Deputy Manager, Patricia Jones, have always been positive and helpful. I find her very understanding and supportive, and her communications with the children are admirable. I would recommend 👍🏽
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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2025
Date: August 2024
- June 2025Good
- August 2024Requires improvement
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