Kids Zone
GoodBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2016, with 46 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Hackney
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hackney 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
E5 9ABWhat 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, 7 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Managers and staff greet children and parents enthusiastically as they enter the nursery. Staff encourage parents to send a 'good deed note' which highlights a good deed their child has performed at home. This is often related to the children's learning, for example 'shared well with his sister'. The key person shares the good deed with everyone, and they all show delight in celebrating and praising the children. This supports children to settle in well and helps to build their self-esteem and emotional well-being successfully.
Staff observe and plan exciting activities based on children's interests. For example, staff plan projects such as 'Water' to develop children's interests around rain. They introduce children to vocabulary such as 'cloud' and 'rain drops'. This supports children to develop their communication and language well.
Staff provide children with a wide range of activities and experiences. They plan an array of visits to support children's development of understanding the world around them well. For example, children enjoy visits to the library and the local park. Staff have high expectations of children's learning and behaviour. They act as positive role models and promote children's positive attitudes to learning well. The impact of this is that all children demonstrate good behaviour and achieve positive outcomes in their learning and development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide more opportunities for children to try to do things for themselves to support their developing independence skills even further.
- 7 May 2024Good
- 5 July 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kids Zone
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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