Carey Hall Preschool
Good★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in London for children from birth to 5, open 12:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2017, with 44 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
N21 3PAWhat 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 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
This friendly and welcoming pre-school offers a variety of quality resources and activities designed to ignite children's curiosity. Staff have warm relationships with children. They interact skilfully to support child-led play and follow children's interests to enhance and extend their learning. Staff know the children in their care very well and can talk about their interests and next steps of development.
Children feel safe and secure, enabling them to make confident choices about their play and learning.
Leaders have designed their curriculum around carefully chosen core texts. For example, the 'Colour Monster' storybook is used to explore emotions during
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider how to communicate routines with children more effectively, particularly at transition points, to ensure children understand what is expected of them n implement consistent strategies to support younger children to engage with activities and group learning sessions n consider the use of indoor space to ensure that opportunities for physical play are purposeful and do not disrupt the learning of others.
- 6 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 15 November 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Carey Hall Preschool
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.