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Watch them soar

Where culture meets curriculum

Our education

Watch them soar

Where culture meets curriculum

Our education

Our story

We go beyond childcare. We are early years developmental specialists.

The world our children will inherit doesn't need passive learners. It needs culturally fluent, emotionally intelligent, resilient young people — curious enough to ask the hard questions and confident enough to live with the uncertain answers.Those qualities aren't taught in primary school. They aren't tested at GCSE. They are built in the earliest years of a child's life, in the moments most people call childcare.We call them something else entirely.

Meet the team

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Explore our Nurseries

Education that works for children, families, and the city they're growing up in. Three settings. One philosophy.

This month at
Hatching Dragons

Eastern Hemisphere

From Hungary to Ghana, we're bringing the colour and craft of the Eastern Hemisphere into nursery this month brought to life through hands-on arts, music, new foods to taste.

The early years are too important to waste

Before school, before careers, children are already becoming who they'll be. At Hatching Dragons, we build everything around the first five years.

Our education

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The 3C Curriculum

Character, Cognition and Culture — the thread that runs through everything. Every milestone, every observation, every interaction is understood through the lens of who this child is becoming, how they are thinking and how they are relating to the world around them

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A global learning journey

Children explore a different country through stories, traditions, music, language, celebrations and conversation. Our much-loved World Food Day brings these experiences to life, introducing children to flavours, ingredients and cuisines from around the globe prepared by our in-house Head Chef, as they discover how people live, learn and celebrate in different parts of the world.

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A caring community

It takes a village. We meant it structurally. Our settings only work because everyone in them is working together. Practitioners. Parents. Families. All of us, united around the same children, the same goals and the same commitment to getting this right.

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Good food is good education

Mealtimes are about far more than nutrition alone. They are opportunities for discovery, conversation, confidence-building and cultural exploration. We believe children develop positive lifelong relationships with food when they are encouraged to explore new flavours, textures and experiences from an early age

What our parents say

"The staff are very approachable and you can see the love they have for the children and the children have with them. The perfect start for little learners. Highly recommended!"

Williams

Westminster Parent

"It's one of the best! My 4-year-old son was only there for one year and we loved it. I liked it because there weren't that many children and that way they could take better care of them. The caregivers are very kind. If I have another baby I will not hesitate her/his to enroll in this Nursery."

Cynthia

Canada Water Parent

"The staff are amazing, and it seems that they all love their job. They always have a big smile and are very approachable."

Younis

Canada Water Parent

"We live quite far so would often arrive late and leave at different times but the staff were always happy to work with us and even offer breakfast despite us being late"

Yassar

City of London Parent