Heritage Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Dagenham for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £70.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2008, with 21 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £70.00Daily | £55.00Half-Day | £10.00 |
Funded hours
Free childcare space of 30hrs/week is available for 1 Year olds to 5 Years olds.
What childcare usually costs in Barking and Dagenham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Barking and Dagenham 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
RM10 8LPWhat 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 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy, and they excitedly enter the setting. They find their names or photos of themselves and hang up their jackets. Some children do this independently and some receive encouragement from staff to reach this next step.
Children have familiar routines and experiences, which helps to structure their day and settle comfortably.
The manager and staff know the children well. They plan effectively for children's individual learning needs. For instance, the youngest aged children sing counting rhymes with staff, while older children use the resources in the environment to count from one to 10 independently. This shows that children learn early mathematical concepts in enjoyable and fun ways.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's subject knowledge and help them to have a more secure understanding of what children need to learn to further extend children's learning n provide staff with more focused behaviour management strategies to help children understand why behaviour expectations and rules are in place.
- 13 June 2023Good
- 20 December 2022Inadequate
- 6 February 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Heritage Day Nursery
- 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
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 £70.00 a day 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.
- 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.