Hugs and Giggles Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Harrow for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £60.00 a day for 2 – 5, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2023. Open since 2012, with 52 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
52 weeks a year, minimum 2 days a week.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 – 2birth to 2y | £70.00 | £40.00Half Day | |
| 2 – 52y to 5y | £60.00 | £35.00Half Day |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £75.00 Settlingnot refundable
- £100.00 to £200.00 Deposit Part - Time / Full - Timerefundable
Funded hours
15H and 30H.
Worth knowing. Consumable and activities charge applies: £55 for 15H, £110 for 30H; option to add extra or lunch pack.
What childcare usually costs in Harrow
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Harrow 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
HA2 6JLWhat 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.
- 16 August 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 23 August 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
There is a happy atmosphere in the nursery. Staff act as positive role models in modelling good manners and respectful behaviour. For example, they talk to children about making things 'fair' as they share out resources. This helps to set clear expectations and helps children learn to be considerate and kind as they play with their friends. Children develop strong, trusting bonds with staff. Children are enthusiastic learners, who readily lead their own play. They settle quickly into their chosen activities, chatting with their friends as they play.
In the main, the new manager has helped staff to implement a strong understanding of a well-rounded educational curriculum. This focuses on enabling children to be happy and confident, and to learn about the wider world. For instance, staff provide an outdoor gardening area for children to care for plants, and they take children on picnics and nature walks in the local park. Staff enhance children's learning by inviting visitors to come into the nursery. For example, a visitor brought various animals and insects for children to hold and feel. This enriches children's enjoyment of the natural world. Leaders make effective use of additional funding to enhance individual children's nursery experiences. All children, including children with special needs and/or disabilities, make good progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- refine the curriculum for mathematics to better support children's counting and number recognition skills n review and improve the organisation of activities and routines so that children's learning is not unnecessarily interrupted.
- 23 August 2023Good
- 23 November 2022Needs improvement
- 14 July 2022Inadequate
- 21 January 2022Inadequate
- 27 October 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 5 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hugs and Giggles Nursery
- 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 £60.00 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.
- 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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