St Thomas Pre-School (formerly St Thomas Playgroup)
St Thomas Pre‑School (formerly St Thomas’ Playgroup) is a small, low‑tech, play‑based pre‑school that nurtures curiosity, confidence and joy. The setting has an Ofsted Outstanding rating and offers exceptional child–staff ratios, specialist support for SEND and enrichment activities such as yoga, French, music and sports. Children attend core hours from 8:30 am–1:30 pm, with extended hours available until 3:30 pm. Fees are affordable, government funding is accepted and fully funded places are available for eligible families. Parents describe the pre‑school as a gentle bridge to school with a strong sense of community and a caring, highly trained team.
Reviews consistently highlight the loving environment, excellent enrichment programme and the way children blossom during their time at St Thomas.
Parents love the nurturing, family feel, varied activities and outstanding staff who know each child well.
Places are limited and the playgroup is term‑time only, which may not suit full‑time working parents.
The pre‑school’s website notes that it is a low‑tech, play‑based setting with Outstanding teaching, exceptional ratios, SEND support, core hours 8:30 am–1:30 pm and extended hours until 3:30 pm, accepting government funding and offering affordable fees.
We are a jointly run parent and staff playgroup offering a friendly stable environment for children.Our SENCO has attended all relevant training around speech and language and on children with autism.
All our staff have attended an INSET on Autism awareness and Assess Plan Do Review training.
We have years of experience of working with children with a broad range of severe and complex needs.
We have a quiet space where we hold daily language groups for children with speech and language delay.
We have support from Islington Additional Needs and Disability Service – Speech and Language therapists.St Thomas Pre‑School (formerly St Thomas’ Playgroup) is a small, low‑tech, play‑based pre‑school that nurtures curiosity, confidence and joy. The setting has an Ofsted Outstanding rating and offers exceptional child–staff ratios, specialist support for SEND and enrichment activities such as yoga, French, music and sports. Children attend core hours from 8:30 am–1:30 pm, with extended hours available until 3:30 pm. Fees are affordable, government funding is accepted and fully funded places are available for eligible families. Parents describe the pre‑school as a gentle bridge to school with a strong sense of community and a caring, highly trained team.