“Summer House” is a small, beautiful home-based childcare setting a few steps away from Wimbledon Park tube in London. The vast majority of the parents that find us do so by word of mouth and recommendations from current and past parents.
If we do not have a place for your little one, we highly recommend “Club Creche” in Southfields. Club Creche has been operating since 2012 and is owned and managed by the lovely Mel (Melonie Salam). Club Creche offers part time, full time and ad-hoc places for part or full days. Even if you are on a waiting list for our place or another setting, please contact Mel at melonie@clubcreche.co.uk to check availability. www.clubcreche.co.uk
Summer House Update: April 2024
We have a small number of spaces arising at the beginning of June, July and August 2024 and are currently in the process of offering spaces to people that have enquired in recent months.
Please feel free to send an email if you are looking for any number of days per week in June/July/August/September 2024. (We offer only full days 8.00am to 6.30pm)
summerhousewimbledon@gmail.com
We get many inquiries and many prospective parents ask if we have a waiting list. We have decided not to operate an official waiting list as it would give people the impression that places arise frequently.
When places do arise (e.g. due to children moving to pre-school nursery, parents going on maternity leave, or a family moving out of the area), we advertise only on this website as the vast majority all of new parents find us because past and current parents have recommended us to their friends.
There is a natural change in the diary in September each year, so most places arise in August and September. Sometimes a place may arise around December / January and again in the spring time (parents are required to give 2 months notice). Many of our current parents go on to have second children and so available places go to current children and siblings as a priority. If a parent is very keen on our setting then the best way to secure a place is simply by keeping an eye on this website or emailing every so often to re-register your continued interest. In this way, an unofficial waiting list might arise for those parents that are particularly keen and are able to wait for a place to arise. We try to reply to all enquiries but often times we have so many its hard to keep on top of this – so please accept our apologies if we do not reply straight away. We do keep all emailed enquiries and will get back to you if an unexpected vacancy arises which matches or is similar to your requirements, in terms of the number of days and the month in which, it may be required.
