About Us

Melrose House, Fulham is at the Bishop's Park end of Finlay Street.

It has been a nursery school for over forty years and was previously known as Cygnets, before adopting the same name as its sister school in Southfields (which closed due to retirement in July 2025).  Cygnets pupils are now sending their own children to Melrose House and stepping inside the 55 Finlay Street walls brings back many happy memories!

Louise Hopkins, a qualified teacher, is the headmistress.  Her children went to Melrose House and once they were at school she joined Melrose House as a member of staff in 2015.  She took over the running of the nursery in September 2020.

Melrose House is owed by Ruth Oates who was head of Melrose House, Southfields.

Her daughter, Caroline O'Gorman ran the nursery for a number of years, after completing her PGCE and MA in Education and gaining experience as a teacher at Eaton House the Manor.  She is the administrator for the nursery school as she now has her own children.