Acton Day Nursery & Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2014, with 36 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30-hour funded childcare using a stretched model.
Worth knowing. A surcharge applies to funded hours depending on your child’s age.
What childcare usually costs in Ealing
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Ealing 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
W3 9BJWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 2 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and safe in this warm, nurturing environment. Staff form strong relationships with children and interact with them in calm, engaging tones. Staff get down to the children's level and listen carefully to what they say, demonstrating to children that their views are important to them.
Staff understand children's individual needs and how to meet them. They carefully consider how to use children's interests to support them to achieve the next steps in their learning. For example, children show an interest in volcanoes as they play.
Staff then develop children's understanding by supporting them to make volcanoes out of bicarbonate of soda and water. Staff talk about the 'lava' and 'ash', helping children to understand this vocabulary. This helps children to make good progress while enjoying their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- create further opportunities for children to develop their gross motor skills n improve the consistency of how staff support children to transition between each part of the daily routine.
- 2 December 2024Good
- 4 July 2024Inadequate
- 13 September 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Acton Day Nursery & Pre-School
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Nappies
- Waiting list
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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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