Greenway Kindergarten, Ashton Branch
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Woodford Green for children from birth to 5, open 09:15 to 14:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2011, with 75 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 8AAWhat 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, 2 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are welcomed warmly by the friendly staff. They arrive happily and are excited to spend time with staff and their peers. Staff form close bonds with children. Children are confident, and those who need reassurance receive it in abundance. This helps to enhance children's self-esteem. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. All children make good progress from their starting points, including those with special education needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who speak English as an additional language.
Leaders are passionate about all children achieving. They implement a curriculum that teaches children across all areas of learning, having high ambitions for individual children's progress. Management has a clear vision for the kindergarten and evaluates practice rigorously to ensure that staff continue to provide children with a high-quality service.
Staff supervise children well. They give children lots of praise, which motivates children to play and learn. Children are generally well behaved and follow the good examples set by staff. For example, they say please and thank you to the staff and their peers and know that they need to wait their turn during activities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to use open-ended questions and give children more opportunities to engage in two-way conversations to extend their communication skills even more n support staff further to help children understand the impact their behaviour has on themselves and others and why some behaviours are not acceptable.
- 2 October 2024Good
- 4 December 2018Good
- 22 June 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Greenway Kindergarten, Ashton Branch
- 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
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