Beechoak Farm Montessori Preschool
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Loughton for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2000, with 72 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
2FEEEW (2 Year funding for working parents ( 15 hours of funding per week for 38 weeks of the year the term after the child's 2nd birthday, subject to eligibility checks through HMRC) 15-hour FEEE (15 hours of funding per week for 38 weeks of the year the term after the child's 3rd birthday) 30-hour FEEE ( ( 15 hours of funding per week for 38 weeks of the year the term after the child's 3rd birth.
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
IG10 4AJWhat 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, 18 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a learning environment that sparks children's interest, and they are eager to explore. On arrival at pre-school, children excitedly show their parents the recently updated garden area and proudly show them how they use the obstacle course. Children are curious and inquisitive. They show interest in the world around them and comment on things they notice in the environment, such as the shape of windows and colours of bicycles. Children show care and kindness towards the animals that live on the farm, which is located on the pre-school grounds. They say
'hello' to the animals and help to look after them.
Staff support children to follow the behavioural expectations of the pre-school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on the already good practice and seek further ways to help all staff deepen their knowledge of how to deliver the curriculum content n review the organisation of routines to provide children with more opportunities to become independent and do things for themselves.
- 18 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 3 April 2019Outstanding
- 5 January 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Beechoak Farm Montessori Preschool
- What it costs
- Meals
- 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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