Islip Manor Children's Centre
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Northolt for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2021. Open since 2010, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded Places Available.
What childcare usually costs in Ealing
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Ealing 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
UB5 5RGWhat 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, 2 November 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this nursery. They enjoy taking part in a wide range of interesting and engaging activities throughout the day. For example, children dance the 'hokey cokey' and observe leaves in the garden area. They enjoy painting using a variety of tools and listen with pleasure to stories. Children enjoy doing the actions to songs during circle time sessions, showing that they know these songs well. These clear routines help children to feel secure at the nursery and know what to expect during the day. Children have formed warm relationships with staff. They approach staff for comfort or reassurance when necessary.
Children encounter many experiences that help them to understand the lives of different people. For instance, during Black History Month, the author of the
'Rastamouse' books came to speak to the children. Children learned about the key message of the books. For example, to respect everybody however different they are from themselves. Children understand the clear expectations staff have for their behaviour. They praise children when they show the expected behaviours.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider transition times throughout the day to ensure there is not excessive waiting time for children n review the time younger babies spend in the garden area to ensure that they develop their physical skills during this time.
- 2 November 2021Good
- 26 May 2017Outstanding
- 8 July 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Islip Manor Children's Centre
- 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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