Mildmay Community Nursery
Mildmay Community Nursery has been serving its local community since 1986 and values individuality and parental involvement. It has two rooms: Rainbow Room for babies (6 months–2 years) and Sunshine Room for children aged 2–5. The nursery follows children’s routines, offering a fun and stimulating environment that encourages exploration and creativity. Forest school sessions each week teach children about sustainability and nature. Up to 30 hours of free childcare are available and the nursery accepts tax‑free childcare. A dedicated SENCO ensures inclusive support for children with additional needs, and parents are welcomed as partners in their child’s learning.
Reviews describe Mildmay as a friendly, community‑focused nursery with dedicated staff and strong inclusion, though some facilities could be refreshed.
Parents appreciate the community feel, caring staff and emphasis on outdoor and creative play. They like the two separate rooms catering for babies and older children.
A few mention that facilities are dated and that communication could be improved.
The nursery offers up to 30 hours of free childcare and accepts tax‑free childcare. It has a Rainbow Room (6 months–2 years) and a Sunshine Room (2–5 years), and provides weekly forest school sessions. A SENCO works with parents and external professionals.
Mildmay Community Nursery is a daycare center in London that has been providing a fun and stimulating educational environment since 1986. It is a community nursery set up by the local community for the local community. Parental involvement is essential…A community nursery with a community spirit.
Our objective is for all children with SEND to be provided with substantial support in order to achieve well within their developmental milestones and to continue to have a happy and fulfilled life experience.
Our SENCO has a Level 3 qualification in Childcare and Education and has attended training on Autism and the Early Years, Supporting Speech and Sound Development, Supporting Language Development, Children with Autism, Autism Awareness Training, SEND friendly environments, Introduction to SENCO role and responsibilities, Makaton, Supporting Children with Autism and Disability Awareness Training.
All of our staff members have attended training on Autism Awareness and Attention Builders: Supporting children with Autism. All staff have been supported by our SENCO to create a SEND friendly environment and in understanding how to support language development.
We have experience working with children with a range of needs including autism, speech and language and behavioural/ emotional needs.
We recognise and understand the importance of early identification and the high quality of support required in order to help those with Special Educational Needs in achieving their best outcomes. Through this recognition we have found the most effective method with requiring evidence is Assess, Plan, Do and Review, which we conduct through each observational process.
We deliver a range of evidence based support and strategies such as; weekly language groups, attention builders, Short Term Plans (STP), implementation of the Developmental Journal and special time/one to one sessions.
The nursery benefits from working closely with specialist partners in education, health and social care to ensure that the appropriate support and strategies are put in place. These include: speech and language therapists, health visitors, educational psychologists, the Early Years Development Team and Occupational Therapists.Mildmay Community Nursery has been serving its local community since 1986 and values individuality and parental involvement. It has two rooms: Rainbow Room for babies (6 months–2 years) and Sunshine Room for children aged 2–5. The nursery follows children’s routines, offering a fun and stimulating environment that encourages exploration and creativity. Forest school sessions each week teach children about sustainability and nature. Up to 30 hours of free childcare are available and the nursery accepts tax‑free childcare. A dedicated SENCO ensures inclusive support for children with additional needs, and parents are welcomed as partners in their child’s learning.