Hornsey Day Nursery - Toddlers & Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 April 2023. Open since 2015, with 49 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
What childcare usually costs in Islington
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Islington 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
N19 3SZWhat 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 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly welcomed into this friendly setting by the kind and attentive staff. They enter with confidence and are eager to start their day. Children show that they feel safe and secure as they put away their belongings, greet their friends and settle down to play. Staff have high expectations for all children's behaviour and learning. They use consistent reminders to help children understand the rules and boundaries. Children are friendly, polite and helpful. They quickly become familiar with the routines, such as lining up before going into the garden.
Therefore, they follow these independently and play in a calm and harmonious learning environment.
Children benefit from a varied curriculum that helps to build on what they know and can do. They enjoy lots of opportunities to practise speaking and listening. For instance, staff model new words and repeat these back clearly for children to practise saying. They incorporate words and phrases from children's home languages into the songs and activities. This helps all children, including those who speak English as an additional language, to become confident and effective communicators. Older children demonstrate broad vocabularies and are keen to share their ideas. For example, they excitedly describe the features of their vegetable plants and how these have grown from seeds.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff's understanding of how to support children's independent thinking, exploration and problem solving, to further enhance the good quality of the learning experiences.
- 20 April 2023Good
- 1 September 2017Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hornsey Day Nursery - Toddlers & Pre-School
- 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.
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