Dalgarno Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 03:00, 5 days a week. £48.50 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 1992, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £48.50Daily | £23.00Morning or Afternoon, 3 hrs | £242.50Full Time Weekly |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.00 a session Early Drop Off
- £5.00 Penalty to late collectionmore than 5 minutes late
- £30.00 Late payments incur a late payment fee
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
All parents of three- and four-year-old children are entitled to a universal offer of 15 hours’ funded childcare per week, an offer also extended to the most disadvantaged two-year-olds. As of September 2017, the government introduced a new scheme, known as 30 Hours Childcare, which will provide an additional 15 funded hours to working parents of three- and four-year-olds.
What childcare usually costs in Kensington and Chelsea
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Kensington and Chelsea 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
W10 5QBWhat 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, 13 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the pre-school happy and eager to greet staff and their friends.
Children demonstrate their developing independence as staff support them to hang up their coats. They quickly settle and engage with different activities in the room.
Staff are attentive to children's individual needs and support them to make choices about their learning and play, both indoors and outdoors. They actively engage with children and respond with enthusiasm when joining in with role-play games.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- use assessment more precisely to check what children know and can do in order to inform teaching and enhance their knowledge and skills.
- 13 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 7 February 2024Needs improvement
- 4 October 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Dalgarno Pre-School
- 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
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.
- Is £48.50 a day still the rate? 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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