All Saints Pre School
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Chigwell for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2025. Open since 2017, with 26 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 Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
IG7 4QDWhat 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, 23 June 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children demonstrate a strong sense of belonging at this welcoming pre-school.
Staff build positive relationships with children, helping them to separate from their parents with ease and begin their day positively. Children independently hang their belongings, self-register and become quickly engaged in an inviting learning environment. Children's interests and voices are valued and play a key role in shaping the curriculum. Staff are responsive to children's ideas and requests, ensuring that learning opportunities reflect their current fascinations. For example, following children's interest in babies, role-play resources are introduced to support this theme. Children become engrossed in dressing and pushing baby dolls in pushchairs. Staff extend their learning outdoors by providing opportunities for children to wash dolls, developing their understanding of self-care routines and personal hygiene.
Staff promote positive behaviour through clear boundaries. They use strategies, such as modelling and consistent reinforcement of the 'golden rules' which include taking turns, being kind, and using walking feet. Routines are embedded well in the pre-school. Children demonstrate increasing independence in self-care, serving themselves at snack time and clearing their plates away when finished. This consistent approach helps children understand expectations and develop their independence and appropriate behaviour.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to consistently deliver interactions and activities that are meaningful and developmentally appropriate, and check children's understanding to support their learning effectively n adapt the curriculum to ensure it consistently provides focus and meets the learning needs of older children in the pre-school.
- 23 June 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 7 November 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for All Saints Pre School
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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