Bushy Tails Nursery & Pre-School

Queens Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW
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9.4 27 Reviews
  • Bushy Tails Nursery & Pre-School, Teddington
Rated Good by Ofsted (August 2022), Bushy Tails Nursery & Pre-School provides childcare and education to children from birth to 5 years old.

NEW FOR MARCH 2025: OPEN TO ALL FAMILIES IN TW11 POSTCODE

The nursery is in the heart of Teddington, not far from the station. It's a bright, spacious nursery with a large outdoor space.

The experienced staff will make sure your child feels safe and secure from their very first day. The children enjoy a wide range of activities, from body painting to making bread, sensory play using foam and ice, to singing nursery rhymes. They even go nature-spotting at nearby Bushy Park!

The Nursery’s in-house chef provides all meals using healthy recipes from LEYF’s menu.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Emma Miller (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 31

Total Places for Children

  • 80

Age Range

  • from 0 years 6 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:45-18:15
    Tuesday 07:45-18:15
    Wednesday 07:45-18:15
    Thursday 07:45-18:15
    Friday 07:45-18:15

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Bushy Tails Nursery & Pre-School Reviews (27)

9.4

Bushy Tails Nursery & Pre-School has a Review Score of 9.4 (9.417) out of 10, based on 9 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Bushy Tails Nursery & Pre-School has 27 reviews.

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Review from Colleen J (Mother of Child) published on 15 August 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My baby absolutely loves it at Bushy Tails Nursery & Pre-School and I feel confident he is well looked after while in their care. The chef takes time to make separate meals for him since we are still weaning him and the parent's app lets me keep track of his meals, sleeps, etc, throughout the day.
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Review from Lidija M (Mother of Child) published on 15 August 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This is an excellent nursery with very devoted teachers. Our child is very happy there and has been thriving and developing many different interests from love for books, construction, gardening, cooking and more.
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Review from N B (Mother of Child) published on 15 August 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son attended this Bushy Tails Nursery & Pre-School from the age of 7 months until starting school aged 4. My daughter is currently attending the nursery and has been since she was 10 months old. I am yet to find anything about Bushy Tails to criticize. My son adored every single member of staff during
his time there. The level of care and encouragement to learn I would say is exceptional. The children get to carry out a wide range of activities (including outings) and the food menu is brilliant, providing the children with a wide variety of healthy food which I believe encourages them to become less 'picky'. The staff are polite and any queries I've had have been responded to swiftly. I believe this nursery provides the kids with a great start in life.
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Review from L M (Mother of Child) published on 15 August 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My second child is now at the nursery and I know he is safe, well looked after and busy with an array of fun and stimulating activities. The staff seem nurturing, patient and caring and the children are happy. I particularly love that the children are encouraged to help do baking and doing bits of gardening.
My son loves all the artwork they do and there are lots of toys and books.
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Review from H A (Mother of Child) published on 15 August 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has attended the nursery since he was 7 months old and I couldn’t be happier with it. He loves his days at nursery, especially messy play and spending time in the garden. He has strong relationships with his key worker and the other teachers and I feel happy that he is well cared for at Bushy
Tails Nursery & Pre-School. I also second the comment about the menus, he eats significantly better than I do most days.
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Review from M S (Mother of Child) published on 15 August 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This nursery is just great! So pleased both my children go there. My children love the staff as much as their own family members. Such caring staff members. I find the feedback at each pick up so informative, you can see the staff have taken a great interest in what the children are doing. I can’t recommend
it enough! I get very emotional sometimes thinking how great this nursery is and the care they are given is outstanding!
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Review from Heidi R (Mother of Child) published on 25 May 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I wanted to praise the staff at the nursery for looking after my 2-year-old son so well. This is an employer led nursery and because I am leaving to take on a new role, sadly this means my son has to leave the nursery. He is so excited each day to attend nursery; he gets frustrated if we don't get his
coat on and out the door quick enough! He has thrived at the nursery and I don't recall a day where he has ever not wanted to go or wanted to leave the nursery at the end of the day! He is kept occupied by lots of activities each day and the gardens outside. The food he is served at the nursery is healthy with lots of variety - more so than at home (I'm ashamed to say). All in all, I am sorry to have to remove my son and want to thank LEFY for the way they have managed Bushytails.
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Current Review Score: 9.4 (9.417)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.4 (9.417) out of 10 for Bushy Tails Nursery & Pre-School is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 9 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.5 out of 5 from 9 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.954 for Bushy Tails Nursery & Pre-School is calculated as follows: ( (103 Excellents x 5) + (5 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 108 Ratings = 4.954
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.463 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Bushy Tails Nursery & Pre-School is based on 9 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 3.9
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 80 number of registered child places is 16. 9 Positive Reviews ÷ 16 = 0.563
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Emma

Emma

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2019

Hello, my name is Emma and I am the manager at Bushy Tails Nursery and Pre-School. I have been at the nursery since 2019. People would describe me as enthusiastic, encouraging and dedicated to the nursery and our children. Here at Bushy Tails, we provide children with activities to give them the confidence to explore and learn. Science activities, in particular, are very popular with our children.

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