Little Acorns Children's Club
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Hainault for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2015, with 35 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 Redbridge
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Redbridge 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
IG6 2LAWhat 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.
- 8 August 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 9 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle easily and quickly. They form close friendships with other children, and they learn to share while playing together. Children curiously explore and play with a wide range of resources. For example, toddlers enjoy using little cups and spoons to make tea in the home corner. Older children take turns to look inside the mouth of a large dinosaur and tell each other what they can see in its belly.
Children show great enthusiasm while exploring with paint. For instance, they proudly show staff the similarity of their painting to the artwork in the book.
Children have access to plenty of opportunities to handle and use different resources, in order to develop their coordination and muscles in their hands. For example, toddlers use their hands to squeeze the dough; they use a rolling pin to make it flat and then use a cutter to make a pattern.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- refine the mealtime arrangements to fully support children to understand how to make healthy choices n support staff during group times, to allow quieter children time to consider and respond to questions, helping to develop their communication and language skills further.
- 9 January 2023Good
- 27 January 2017Good
- 18 March 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Acorns Children's Club
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.