Granville Plus Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £300.00 a week for 6 months to 2 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2005, with 8 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 months to 2 years6m to 2y | £300.006 months to 2 years | |
| 2 years to 3 years2y to 3y | £300.002 years to 3 years |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £10.00 an hour Additional Hourly Charge if required
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £30.00 a week Wednesday half day top-upFEE funded children
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours, plus 2-year-old funding.
Worth knowing. Additional Hourly Charge if required = £10.00 per hour; 15 hours top-up £150.00 per week; Wednesday half day top-up £30.00 per week.
What childcare usually costs in Brent
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Brent 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
NW6 5RAWhat 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, 1 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle in quickly, showing that they feel safe and secure in the welcoming environment. They separate easily from their parents and eagerly join in with the range of activities provided. Children have good manners as they share and take turns during play. This is reinforced with support and praise from staff. There is a calm and positive environment in which children's personal development is supported well. All staff are nurturing and have a good understanding of what their key children know and need to learn next. This information is used to plan activities that capture the children's interests and help them achieve the next steps in their learning.
Children are confident at expressing their thoughts and use good vocabulary. Staff support this in the environment. For example, when combining ingredients to cook in the home corner, they are keen to discuss what they are cooking and had made for dinner. This supports children to have good communication skills. Staff work with parents to ensure that children's needs are identified and individual plans are implemented. Children make good progress from their starting points. This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to work on the consistency of the teaching of communication and literacy so that all staff are giving children time to respond in order to develop their communication skills n provide opportunities for the children to engage in their local environment to help them understand more about the world that they live in.
- 1 March 2024Good
- 16 March 2018Good
- 29 September 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Granville Plus Nursery School
- 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 £300.00 a week 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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