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The Little Garden Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2022)
·Acton Vale Community Centre, Beech Avenue, LONDON, W3 7JZ · Ealing
Number of places
42 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2022
Local authority
Ealing

About this day nursery

The Little Garden Nursery, with locations in Perivale and Northfields, West London, offers a nurturing and stimulating environment where children are encouraged to thrive. The nursery prides itself on providing a "second home" for young children, focusing on genuine care, personal attention, and a joyful atmosphere.

Their passion for early years education has contributed to their high ratings within the borough. The nursery emphasizes creative activities, learning through play, fostering independence, and organizing fun events and trips to enhance children's development.

Facilities include extra-curricular activities like dance, fitness, and yoga, convenient parking, freshly cooked meals and snacks, and an outdoor play area. They also utilize the Tapestry App for parent communication.

The Northfields branch, which opened in 2026, offers childcare from 8 am to 6 pm.

Our ethos

The Little Garden Nursery provides a nurturing and stimulating environment, aiming to be a "second home" for children. They focus on genuine care, personal attention, and a joyful atmosphere, encouraging creative activities, learning through play, and fostering independence.

What it's like

Children arrive at this welcoming setting excited and ready to learn. They greet staff warmly and display strong emotional well-being. Staff skillfully support children to manage their feelings and emotions, and plan interesting and inspiring challenges and experiences for them, resulting in active imaginations.

Play-based learningFreshly cooked meals and snacksExtra-curricular activitiesOutdoor play area

Pricing & funding

Fees are billed monthly in advance based on a 52-week calculation. Bank holidays and training days are charged, while Easter and Christmas closures are already factored into the rates. Extracurricular activities and consumables are charged as part of funded hours.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Fees must be paid in advance by the 1st of each month, with late fees applying thereafter.
  • Registration fee is non-refundable.
  • A 5% sibling discount applies to the lower fees for children attending 3 or more days.
  • Bank holidays and training days are charged.
  • Easter and Christmas closure days are already deducted from monthly fees.
  • Extracurricular activities and consumables are charged under 30 hours funding.

Key facts

Opening hours

8am-6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Food

Freshly cooked meals and snacks

Established

2019

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Little Garden Nursery

Last inspected 15 August 2022

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

Children arrive at this welcoming setting excited and ready to learn. They greet staff warmly and display strong emotional well-being. Staff skillfully support children to manage their feelings and emotions, and plan interesting and inspiring challenges and experiences for them, resulting in active imaginations.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders know their local community well and plan opportunities to widen children's life experiences.
  • The curriculum for mathematics is strong, with staff modelling mathematical language and explaining concepts.
  • Leaders have a clear intent for the communication and language curriculum, with staff providing new vocabulary.
  • Children develop their independence and take responsibility for small tasks.
  • Parents are complimentary about the nursery, and partnerships are effective.

Areas to develop

  • 1review the deployment of staff to ensure that they engage more fully with children and seize every opportunity to support their learning as much as possible
  • 2promote children's good health even more effectively, by teaching them about the benefits of healthy foods, for example.
Inspection #10194529 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children who speak English as an additional language are supported with a range of different strategies, including support from a bilingual member of staff, which helps all children to make good progress.

Outdoor space

Children have free-flow access to the outdoors, as well as regular access to forest-school sessions. They spend time gaining awe and wonder of the nature around them and know the boundaries they must follow when playing outdoors.

Inspection history

Date: August 2022

  • September 2022Good
  • August 2022Good

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