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Tomberries Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2024)
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4.5(33 parent reviews)
·271b Wimbledon Park Road, Southfields, SW19 6NW · Wandsworth
Number of places
60 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2024
Local authority
Wandsworth

About this day nursery

Tomberries Nursery, a private, family-operated establishment in Southfields, offers outstanding childcare and a dynamic learning atmosphere for children aged 9 months to 5 years. Embracing the Early Years Foundation Stage framework, the nursery draws inspiration from diverse educational philosophies including Steiner, Reggio Emilia, Montessori, and Forest School approaches, fostering a balance between child-led exploration and adult-guided activities.

This comprehensive approach promotes independence, essential life skills, and critical thinking. Tomberries Nursery is dedicated to providing a happy, healthy, and secure environment, welcoming families to its modern facility.

Operating from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 51 weeks a year, the nursery is conveniently located near Southfields Underground station. The nursery prides itself on individualised care, strong parent partnerships, and the inclusion of all meals, snacks, nappies, wipes, nappy cream, and sun cream.

Our ethos

Tomberries Nursery embraces the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and draws inspiration from Steiner, Reggio Emilia, Montessori, and Forest School approaches. Their educational philosophy fosters a balance between child-led exploration and adult-guided activities to promote independence, essential life skills, and critical thinking. They are dedicated to providing a happy, healthy, and secure environment with individualised care and strong parent partnerships.

What it's like

Leaders and managers have taken action to improve since the last inspection, providing learning opportunities for staff to develop their knowledge and understanding. Children build secure relationships with kind and nurturing staff, who display photos of family members to help children feel at home. The curriculum is sequenced well, helping all children to make good progress.

Family-run nurseryEYFS-based curriculumInspired by Steiner, Reggio Emilia, Montessori, and Forest SchoolAll-inclusive care (meals, snacks, nappies, etc.)Extra-curricular activities

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

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Key facts

Food

Breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, and afternoon tea included. Nappies, pull-ups, wipes, nappy cream and sun cream are also provided.

Opening hours

8:00am to 6:00pm, 51 weeks of the year

Age range

9 months - 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2017

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Tomberries Nursery

Last inspected 1 October 2024

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

Leaders and managers have taken action to improve since the last inspection, providing learning opportunities for staff to develop their knowledge and understanding. Children build secure relationships with kind and nurturing staff, who display photos of family members to help children feel at home. The curriculum is sequenced well, helping all children to make good progress.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders and managers have clear aims for children's learning and share this well with the staff team.
  • Staff use their observations to get to know children's abilities and liaise with parents to identify children's starting points.
  • Children are curious to explore the natural world, with pre-school children enjoying weekly walks to the local park.
  • Staff support children's communication and language development well, encouraging babbling in babies and back-and-forth interactions in older children.
  • Children learn to regulate their behaviour, with staff reminding them to use gentle hands and promoting turn-taking in group activities.

Areas to develop

  • 1develop planning further so all children are supported to take part in meaningful learning opportunities and develop positive attitudes to their learning
  • 2enhance the organisation of routines so children learn to manage their own behaviour
Inspection #10353939 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The arrangements for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are good. The provider has developed links with other professionals and has implemented systems for sharing information. Staff liaise with parents to put steps in place to support children's development.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy playing outdoors, giggling with delight as they splash in puddles and gaining confidence in their physical skills as they run and jump. Pre-school children enjoy weekly walks to the local park, where staff help them to learn about wildlife.

Parent Reviews of Tomberries Nursery

4.5
(33)
Timothy Brown
4 months ago

Our experience with Tomberries has been absolutely wonderful. From the very first visit, the atmosphere felt warm, welcoming, and genuinely child-centered. The staff are exceptional - caring, patient, and always full of energy. They take the time to really know each child, which helps create a strong sense of belonging and security and have found that the nursery has made continuous improvement throughout the time both our children have been at this lovely setting.

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Emma Robinson
4 months ago

We couldn’t be happier with Tomberries! From the moment we walked through the doors, we felt completely confident that our children were in the best possible hands. The staff are incredibly caring, patient, and genuinely passionate about what they do. They create such a warm, nurturing environment where every child feels valued and supported. The activities are creative, educational, and well tailored to help children grow in confidence and independence. Communication with parents is excellent — we’re always kept informed about our children’s day and development, which gives us real peace of mind. It’s clear how much thought and care goes into everything they do, and our children absolutely love going each day. We are so grateful to have found such a wonderful nursery and would wholeheartedly recommend it to any parent looking for a safe, happy, and inspiring place for their child.

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Grace Chen
8 months ago

We’ve had a wonderful experience with this nursery. Both my kids started here when they were 1 and 2.5 years old. The staff have always been so caring and really taken the time to know them well. We always felt connected through daily updates, photos, and regular progress reports. There’s always a great variety of activities, from yoga , music, and zoo lab sessions, trips to the parks, library, farm, even museums, plus lots of creative play to keep the children engaged and happy. They also put on special events for parents and kids, which made things feel extra special and gave the kids something fun to look forward to. The nursery did a great job getting the kids ready for school, building confidence with routines and encouragement, introducing early counting, writing, and phonics, and sparking their curiosity. They also gave them lovely hands-on experiences, like seeing caterpillars turn into butterflies and hatching ducklings. We’ve been really pleased with how much our kids have grown here. Both of mine made wonderful friends here and absolutely enjoyed their time. We only left because they’ve started school.

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Nicholas Litchfield
9 months ago

My two children have been attending Tomberries since they were 1 years old. My son is now 21 months old and my daughter is nearly 4, currently in the pre-school at Tomberries. I could not be more happy with the care, attention, learning possibilities or growth I have seen with my children since their time has started at Tomberries. They are both very happy going in everyday, are always so well looked after, are able to eat delicious and varied food everyday made by the Chef onsite, and their teachers really have their best interests at heart - both in a caring manner and also creating fun and interesting activities for them everyday. My wife and I would highly recommend this nursery to anyone looking, it really is a great place.

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Karen Litchfield
9 months ago

Tomberries is such a fantastic nursery! I have two children at Tomberries, one in the baby room (20 months old) and the other is in preschool (3.5). Both started when they were 12 months old. I honestly couldn't be happier with the care, attention, food, education and overall development the nursery have given to my children. My kids are always so excited to go into nursery, in fact often asking to go to nursery on the weekends, and they come home singing songs, sharing stories and excited about their events of the day, including my pre-schooler being excited to practice writing her letters, putting sounds together and even writing her name! I highly recommend, and have recommended to many families, to join Tomberries, it really is such a great nursery!

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2024

Date: December 2019

  • October 2024Good
  • April 2024Inadequate
  • August 2021Good
  • December 2019Good

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