Burford Pre-School
GoodBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Palmers Green for children from birth to 5, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2013, with 53 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 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
N13 4ALWhat 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, 27 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff know children well and have good relationships with them. They are warm and welcoming as children come into the pre-school. Staff help to settle children and engage them immediately in a range of activities. In the home corner, staff enhance imaginative play and support children through quality interactions, effective questioning and rich language.
Children engage for long periods and demonstrate good levels of concentration.
Staff support this by engaging in children's ideas and extending them. For example, as children use small pegs to build towers, staff model how they can follow morecomplicated pattern cards and build taller towers, counting up to 20.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to make better use of strategies to help children to develop a deeper understanding of boundaries to support their good behaviour.
- 27 March 2024Good
- 17 May 2018Good
- 1 May 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Burford 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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