Bowes Park Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 1998, with 91 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Universal Early Years Free Entitlement hours (EYFE) are available for all children on the first school term following their 3rd birthday and some working parents will qualify for funding from the 1st term following their child's 9 months anniversary.
Worth knowing. A registration fee is not payable if exclusively accessing funded hours only. A deposit is not payable if exclusively accessing funded hours only.
What childcare usually costs in Haringey
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Haringey 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
N22 8YRWhat 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, 31 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff have strong relationships with all children at this nursery, particularly those working with the youngest children. They build very strong attachments with them.
Staff fully understand their role as key persons and make sure that babies and toddlers are well cared for by giving them the attention and support they need.
Babies enthusiastically join in with the words or actions when staff sing. Babies enjoy being rewarded for their participation with smiles, words, gestures and cuddles.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- refine the organisation of lunchtime routines so staff are fully prepared, and children do not have to wait unnecessarily n encourage children who are less confident to contribute and express their ideas during group activities.
- 31 January 2024Good
- 21 February 2023Needs improvement
- 7 June 2017Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bowes Park Nursery
- 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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