Hampstead Garden Suburb Pre-School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in London for children from birth to 8+, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2006, with 24 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 Barnet
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Barnet 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
NW11 6PBWhat 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, 20 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and settled, ready to start their session at this pre-school.
Staff welcome children warmly with big smiles. They help children to build trusting relationships with adults and their peers, which helps children to feel safe and secure. Staff know children well. Leaders and staff design a broad and ambitious curriculum which effectively links children's interests to what they want children to learn next. For example, some children have an interest in construction. Staff provide opportunities for children to build with blocks and bricks. They help children to use measuring tapes to find out how tall the constructions are that they build. Staff help children to compare sizes and write down numbers, where appropriate. This helps children to make good progress in their development and ensures that they are curious and motivated learners. This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children who speak English as an additional language.
Children behave well and share space and resources successfully. For example, they wait for their turn to use wheeled toys. Children are respectful and help one another. For example, some children help to bring water bottles for their peers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support quieter children, to help build confidence in their own abilities and in group situations n strengthen staff's knowledge about their use of praise so that children are clear what they have done well.
- 20 February 2024Good
- 13 March 2023Needs improvement
- 6 November 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hampstead Garden Suburb Pre-School
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.