Kindred Harlow
Good★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Harlow for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2010, with 40 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 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
CM20 3DTWhat 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, 12 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy, confident, and eager to learn at this welcoming nursery. The provider works with families to gain an understanding of the children in their care.
They use this information to help children settle, meet their individual needs, and form good bonds with staff. Younger children show that they feel secure as they approach familiar staff for cuddles and reassurance, when needed. Older children seek out their key person to share their experiences or ask for support. This helps children to have a sense of belonging at the nursery. Staff plan a wide range of activities and experiences that capture children's interests. For example, staff join in with younger children's imaginative play, pretending to prepare the dinner. Older children persevere at using small tongs to pick up the pretend worms from the mud tray. Older children develop the small muscles in their hands as they use scissors to cut herbs and staff help them to identify each plant. Staff encourage children to be independent from an early age. Children select the resources that they would like to play with and develop their own ideas about how to use them.
The staff team are calm, speak respectfully to the children and, in general, are good role models. Children are beginning to understand the expectations of the nursery and overall, their behaviour is good.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to implement the precise learning intentions of activities more effectively, so that children remain fully engaged and learning intentions are met n support staff to develop their understanding of how to support language development for children n improve staff's understanding of behaviour management strategies so that they have a consistent approach to support children's understanding of positive behaviour.
- 12 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 12 April 2022Outstanding
- 7 October 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kindred Harlow
- 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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