Jelly Beans Montessori Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Hockley for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2012, with 35 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hour government-funded places for eligible 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
SS5 4QHWhat 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.
- 22 February 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 11 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Babies, toddlers and older children settle quickly and are happy and content. They learn to be independent, choosing resources from the low-level shelves and exploring their surroundings. Babies and toddlers form good relationships with staff and their key person. They enjoy cuddles when they feel tired and sit on a member of staff's lap for a reassuring hug. This helps to support their emotional well-being.
Toddlers take part in a wide range of activities inside and out in the garden. For example, they use child-sized spades to dig in the mud area and use small containers to create castles in the sandpit.
Children enjoy colour matching. Staff encourage them to find objects around the room that are of a specific colour. Children rise to the challenge and quickly locate the different colours on book covers, in a messy play tray and other resources around the room. This helps to support their early mathematical knowledge. Babies become fascinated by wooden rings, which they carefully place onto the stand.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve educational programmes to provide greater opportunities for babies to complete activities for themselves n develop staff's teaching skills to interact consistently with children according to their age and stage of learning.
- 11 May 2022Good
- 9 January 2013Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Jelly Beans Montessori Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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