Hephzibah Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 1993, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
From when your child attains the age of 9 months up to his/her 4th year birthday, they are eligible for between 15 to 30 hours per week of Tax-Free childcare funding.
Worth knowing. Whereby the Funded Hours are not adequate for your needs, we have OPTIONAL TOP UP FEES which you can pay to extend your childcare up to five (5) days of the 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
NW10 0UWWhat 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 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are very happy and settle into the familiar routines. They receive a warm welcome from the caring staff team. This supports children to settle in quickly, and they happily say goodbye to their parents. Children have developed close bonds with staff and often go to them for comfort or reassurance. Children are active and keep themselves occupied at the nursery. They choose from a large range of stimulating and exciting resources. Children particularly enjoy role play where they dress up as doctors. They listen to the 'heartbeat' of their dolls or that of their friends or staff and issue medicine to make them better. This shows that children understand the important role of a doctor. Staff support children to develop an understanding of people who help us in the community.
Children's language development is well supported. Children develop an interest in books, as staff make themselves available to read to small groups or individual children throughout the day. Children show great enthusiasm to share books they bring from home. They thoroughly enjoy playing the role of teacher, reading their books to their friends. Children's behaviour is good. They learn about the nursery rules and boundaries and know what is expected of them. Overall, children are kind and friendly towards each other.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the use of planning so that activities consistently support each child to meet their individual next steps in learning n manage transitions more effectively to minimise disruption and to help children know what is next.
- 13 March 2023Good
- 16 August 2017Good
- 2 September 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hephzibah Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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