Abbey Children Centre Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Barking for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £68.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2005, with 92 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated April 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £68.00£68 per day | £42.00£42 per | £164.64 £306.00£306 per week |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 per 15 minutes Late Collection Fee
- £2.00 a day Consumables such as, Sun cream (parents encouraged toparents encouraged to provide their own, so no additional charge
- £6.00 a week Meals/ snacks/Tea (we currently charge for lunch only)includes Breakfast, Lunch and Tea plus snack twice daily
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours, plus two-year-old funding.
Worth knowing. Term-time only funding (approximately 38 weeks of the years) This would be offered at 15 hours per week for approx. 38 weeks of the year. Your child would attend either a.m. OR p.m. sessions Monday-Friday at Nursery. The Local Authority (Barking and Dagenham) determines the term dates that they will fund – funded term dates can differ from academic dates, so it’s important to refer to the funding calendar for Barking and Dagenham.
What childcare usually costs in Barking and Dagenham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Barking and Dagenham from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
IG11 8LAWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 30 March 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 11 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are active and busy at the nursery. They choose from a large range of stimulating and exciting resources. Children play with staff in all areas of the nursery. For example, they sit on the floor and play with vehicles, crawl around with staff on a bear hunt and learn how to ride wheeled toys in the garden.
Children are happy and feel safe. They have very strong relationships with staff who know them well.
Children's language development is well supported. For example, older children listen to stories, sing songs and chat to staff. In the baby room, the youngest children clap excitedly as they sing the hello song. Children are learning to express themselves.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further develop supervision meetings to promote the quality of teaching for all children n strengthen planning techniques to help all children to be sufficiently challenged in focused activities.
- 11 January 2023Good
- 27 April 2017Good
- 3 December 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Abbey Children Centre Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- Nappies
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £68.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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