Agar Nursery
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 2008, with 66 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Camden
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Camden 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
NW1 9SUWhat 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.
- 13 December 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 4 July 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 5 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are greeted with a warm welcome from staff who are kind and nurturing.
Children are happy and safe as they play and share their experiences with their friends and staff. Staff have high expectations for every child and explain expectations during routines and play. As a result, children behave well and have a good attitude to learning. Children build their physical skills well and access a wide range of resources that develop their imagination. Children roll car tyres and squeal in delight as they manoeuvre the tyres across the playground. They build with crates and use their imaginations well to create a story during play.
There is a strong emphasis on developing communication and language within the curriculum. Staff talk to children in the sandpit, which has weighing scales. Staff support children to compare 'light' and 'heavy'. Children confidently ask, 'Shall we see what happens?' when adding more sand to the scales. Staff are building the skills for children to be confident communicators, including children who speak
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further strengthen reflective practice to identify what improvements would have the greatest impact on children's involvement and concentration in all rooms n strengthen the systems in place for the monitoring and development of staff practice so that it is of a consistently high quality.
- 5 September 2023Good
- 8 March 2019Good
- 9 June 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Agar Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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