Barnet Hospital Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Barnet for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2014, with 36 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 Barnet
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Barnet 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
EN5 3DJWhat 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, 24 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and safe in this warm and nurturing nursery. They thrive under the care of the experienced staff, who are passionate about planning a wide variety of fun and exciting learning opportunities to help children achieve their learning goals.
Children benefit from staff's high expectations of what they can achieve. Children's individual needs are met well. For example, when babies are beginning to walk, staff rearrange furniture, allowing plenty of space for babies to cruise around it to help them become confident walkers. Children who speak English as an additional language benefit from the way that staff work hard to learn some key vocabulary from their home languages and incorporate this into daily routines. This helps children to feel a sense of pride in their home languages and to develop their communication and language skills.
Children behave very well. They smile happily as staff praise them warmly for positive behaviours. Children understand the clear expectations for their behaviour, which staff remind them of regularly by sharing the golden rules. Staff celebrate children's achievements by rewarding them with a 'well done me' medal and displaying their successes on the wall. This means that children are proud of their achievements. Children learn positive interactions through the way that staff model working as a team and supporting each other.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that professional development opportunities are used effectively to support leaders and staff to continuously improve their practice.
- 24 November 2022Good
- 27 March 2017Good
- 24 March 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Barnet Hospital 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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