The extremely successful chain of Ready Steady Nurseries has schools in Camden, St John’s Wood, Primrose Hill and Fitzroy Road and started in 1988. The St Johns Wood located nursery and the Camden location are judged to be ‘Outstanding’ nurseries and both follow the EYFS government curriculum. The third location in primrose hill has a section specifically designed for little ones starting from 2 years old and has gained an ‘Outstanding’ in the last few Ofsted reports. The Camden site is in a self-contained building with a fully enclosed garden available for outdoor play. The pre-school employs six members of staff and of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications and two are working towards a qualification. The St John’s Wood nursery operates from a converted church premises with access to a large open plan area with secure outside play. There are 12 members of staff and 2 for with fully qualified teacher status and a further 9 with appropriate early years qualifications. The Primrose Hill has the use of a garden and out of the five members of staff there is one fully qualified early years professional as well as 3 extras who are trained up to NVQ level 3 standard.
During some of the school holidays the nursery offers play weeks from 10am until 2pm. There are some additional workshops available for nursery children to attend in the afternoon sessions including yoga, French and music. All nurseries are able to support children with English as an additional language and a range of special needs and are considered to be ‘highly inspirational and rich learning environments’ by Ofsted. The teaching quality observed on visits was exceptionally high and the curriculum is thought provoking and imaginative. The St Johns Wood Nursery also offers children the opportunity to participate in Forest Schools at the local fields and park areas. Children are not specifically prepped for independent school entrance from this chain of nurseries, although many still gain places at competitive entrance at 4 years old. Links to the independent school sector are generally not as developed as somewhere like The Minors but the teaching quality and the progress children make speaks for itself. As the most recent Ofsted stated children are “superbly prepared for the next stage in learning and for moving onto school.” For registration form email or contact the school. Destination Schools: Northbridge House, Devonshire House, South Hampstead High, Hereward House, Channing as well as a range of local state schools.
Ready, Steady Nursery St John’s Wood, All Souls Hall, 21 Alexandra Road, London, NW8 0DP
http://www.readysteadygo.org/st_johns_wood/
Ready, Steady Nursery Camden, 123 St Pancras Way, London, NW1 0SY
http://www.readysteadygo.org/camden/
Ready, Steady Nursery Primrose Hill/Fitzroy Road, 12a King Henry’s Road, London, NW3 3RP
http://www.readysteadygo.org/primrose_hill/
Children can attend either morning, afternoon or full time sessions.
Timings: AM 9am-12pm, FT 9am-2pm, PM 2-3pm
Fees 5 AMs £3,750, FT £5,985, PM £835
Age- 2-5 years old
