Fulham Palace

We are a 53 place day nursery for 0 – 5 year olds. Our building was converted from flats into our beautiful setting which gives our nursery a real home from home feel. We have four rooms in total: a baby room 0–1 year olds, a toddler room 1-2 year olds, a Nursery room 2-3 year olds and finally a Pre-School room 3-5 year olds.

In order to make our babies feel as comfortable and settled as possible, the Baby room has a very cozy feeling. Our Baby room leader was previously a baby ballet teacher and has a real passion for sensory play. In our Toddler room both child initiated play and planned activities are based on the three prime areas of the EYFS in order to support our children in gaining independence and self-confidence.

In our Nursery room, children learn through creative activities, sensory and messy play. Both our Nursery and Preschool classrooms open out onto our garden giving the classrooms a nice and airy feeling and our children the opportunity to flow between their classroom and the outside space. Our Pre-school teacher has a real passion for the children participating in arts and crafts, you can find the children’s artwork displayed around their classroom. Our Pre-school children also attend Forest School allowing them to explore new and exciting environments.

In the garden we have a large grass area and a specially designated area for non-mobile children. We have a large sandpit which our children love to sit and make beautiful creations. Our safety surface area has an art easel, water trays, a slide, several trikes and much more. We also have a mud kitchen which gives the children great opportunities to explore their natural environment and nature. As our garden is partly shaded by the surrounding trees it is ideal over summertime.

Our Staff

Marie
Manager
I joined Millie’s House in November 2012 as a team leader with a Level 3 in Childcare, Learning and Development and have been really fortunate to have been supported in developing my career here. Since then, I have gained my Early Years Teacher status and was promoted to Deputy Manager in 2013 and in June 2017, was again promoted to Nursery Manager.
I have always wanted to work in childcare. Growing up, I learned from my mother who worked in a school and my Auntie who was a carer and I knew that this was the right career choice for me.

Enrica
Deputy Manager
My name is Enrica and I have worked in child care since 2015. I joined Millie’s House in March 2018 as Deputy Manager. I hold a level 3 qualification in childcare and I also have a background in classical music. I like teaching through music and art activities as I believe that children learn easily when they enjoy what they are doing. I am very happy to be working at Millie’s House because I feel it is a place where I can keep learning and developing my skills and my training further and give to the children through that learning.

Jasmina
Regional Manager
I began my career in childcare in 1991 when I came to England from Serbia to be an au-pair. I thoroughly enjoyed working with children and decided to gain formal childcare qualifications and completed the NNEB Diploma in 1996.

Since then I have worked in a variety of settings, mainly in supervisory/ managerial roles and these include crèches, holiday play schemes, day nurseries and children’s centres. I obtained my BA (Hons) Degree in Early Years and Leadership in 2014 and have since then progressed in my career working as a Senior Manager and Area/ Regional manager roles; supporting, advising and coaching managers.

I joined Childcare & Learning Group as Regional Manager in August 2018 and am really looking forward to working alongside senior management, managers and their teams.

For the Millie’s House group of nurseries, I am the Regional Manager directly responsible for our Fulham Palace nursery.

Natalie
Operations Manager
I am the Operations Manager for Cranbrook Independent Nursery & Pre-School, Working Mums Daycare & Pre-School and Castle Nursery & Pre-School group of nurseries. I have worked in the childcare industry for more than 30 years and have two children of my own. Prior to being Operations Manager, I was a Nursery Manager in the Cranbrook group of nurseries having started as a Nursery Practitioner.