Alphablocks Nursery School And Pre-Prep
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Hadley Wood, Barnet for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 08:30 to 16:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2016, with 48 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
All 1-2 year-old children are entitled to 30 hours funding per week. All 3-year-old children are entitled to 15 hours of funding per week, while most children in this age group are eligible for funding up to 30 hours.
Worth knowing. For children in receipt of funding, the funded period is for 38 weeks, so there is always an additional (non-funded) week, as well as additional hours per week.
What childcare usually costs in Enfield
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Enfield 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
EN4 0ENWhat 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, 6 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are extremely happy and confident learners at this setting. They learn a wide range of skills that give them an exceptional start to their education. Leaders have high expectations of what they want children to know and do. All staff are very nurturing and have an excellent understanding of their key children. They plan well-thought-out activities that capture children's interests.
Leaders thoroughly consider the curriculum for communication and language. Staff use carefully guided approaches to introduce new vocabulary to children. For example, they bring books alive through focus stories, nursery rhymes, drama workshops, and modelling new language. Staff introduce new vocabulary, such as
'shiny' and 'enormous', when describing stars in the water tray, or 'over' and 'under'
- 6 March 2024Outstanding
- 24 May 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Alphablocks Nursery School And Pre-Prep
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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