Excel Kids Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £11.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2018, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £11.50fee £15.50fee | £232.002 days / 20 hours £312.002 days / 20 hours £348.003 days / 30 hours £464.004 days / 40 hours £468.003 days / 30 hours £580.005 days / 50 hours £624.004 days / 40 hours £780.005 days / 50 hours |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £25.00 Registrationnot refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 a day Subsistence
Discounts
- 10% Sibling discount
- 10% Fifth-day discountfifth day
- 10% NHS and Social Care staff discount
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Free Early Education Entitlement for eligible 2-year-olds; Free Early Education Entitlement for eligible 3- and 4-year-olds.
Worth knowing. The hourly rate depends on your child’s funding eligibility, not age. A £1.00 subsistence fee per day applies.
What childcare usually costs in Waltham Forest
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Waltham Forest 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
E11 1EQWhat 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, 4 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled at the nursery. Children develop good relationships with all staff and look to them for support and reassurance. Older children are confident to ask questions and ask for help when needed. Staff understand the importance of sequencing children's learning in small steps to help them achieve, such as supporting babies from the crawling to walking stage.
Staff have high expectations of children. Children behave well. Children share with each other and wait patiently for their turn. For example, when washing their hands for snack, children line up and wait patiently for a space at the sink. Children demonstrate respect for each other by joining the line and waiting. Children are encouraged to be independent throughout the day. They pour their own drinks, find their own belongings, and put on their own coats. Children demonstrate that they have learned these skills and practise them regularly. They are helpful and follow simple instructions from staff. For example,, when children are asked if they can clear away the plates after snack, they happily help the adult and show how proud they are of themselves. This promotes children's self-confidence and independence.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on the good partnerships with parents to ensure that all parents receive more frequent and specific guidance on how to support their children's home learning n strengthen supervision to identify areas for staff to gain further opportunities to tailor training to raise the quality of teaching to a higher level.
- 4 May 2023Good
- 2 August 2022Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Excel Kids Day Nursery
- 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 £11.50 an hour 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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