Chestnut @ Ray Lodge
Good★ 3.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Woodford Green for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 2024. Open since 2015, with 63 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 Redbridge
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Redbridge 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
IG8 7PGWhat 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, 9 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Friendly staff greet children when they arrive at the nursery. Consequently, children settle easily. Staff have a good understanding of all children's needs. This helps them to support children securely. Children gain a good awareness of expected behaviours, such as using good manners and being kind. Overall, staff promote this well. Staff praise children's positive interactions with each other. They encourage children to play cooperatively. Children help their friends to choose dressing-up clothes and ask them to play. This successfully develops their personal and social skills.
Staff provide children with an array of activities that cover all areas of learning.
Children use mathematical language freely in their play as they spot numerals within the environment. They use language related to size and capacity as they talk to staff. Children of all ages enjoy sensory activities, such as paint, water and sand play. Children use a range of equipment and tools to fill, empty and scoop the materials. Older children enthusiastically give meanings to marks they make. For example, they tell visitors their drawings are 'trains and the Bakerloo line'. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to fully understand the intent behind the curriculum to identify more precisely, and plan for, individual children's learning needs n build on staff's awareness of providing consistent guidance and help children to further support their understanding of expectations for their behaviour n enhance supervision sessions and the support given to staff so that they receive consistent coaching to develop and improve their skills for the benefit of children.
- 9 February 2024Good
- 12 February 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Chestnut @ Ray Lodge
- 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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