Lawns Pre-school
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Romford for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open sessions in term time, often mornings. £7.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2022, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full and Half sessions available. £7.50 per hour for fee paying parents
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government 2 year old offer scheme and EEE funded 3 and 4 year olds, extended 30 hours funded children.
What childcare usually costs in Havering
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Havering 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
RM1 4YDWhat 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, 23 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager and staff provide a happy and safe environment for children. They get to know the children well and build positive relationships with their parents and carers. This promotes a shared approach to children's care and learning, which helps children to settle and feel secure. Children are confident and relaxed as they explore the activities and follow the daily routines. Staff are positive role models and teach children kindness and respect for others. This supports children to develop friendships and to play cooperatively together.
Staff use children's interests to help them plan the learning experiences. Therefore, children learn through activities that spark their interest and curiosity. For example, staff identify that children are interested in finding bugs in the garden. They plan a range of linked experiences, to help extend children's knowledge across the curriculum. Children broaden their vocabularies as they join in with stories and sing songs about insects. They explore moving like caterpillars and create imaginative collages of butterflies and snails.
The manager and staff want all children to achieve highly. They monitor their progress closely and ensure that they receive targeted support with their learning where needed. Additional funding is used effectively, to further enhance children's learning experiences. This helps all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to make good progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to provide more consistent guidance for children's behaviour, particularly during group activities, so that all children understand what is expected of them n further develop the curriculum relating to healthy lifestyles, to help children understand the importance of making healthy food choices.
- 23 May 2024Good
Still missing for Lawns Pre-school
- 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.
- Is £7.50 an hour 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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