Little Angels Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Tilbury for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2013, with 120 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 Thurrock
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Thurrock 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
RM18 8SBWhat 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, 14 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive excited and ready to start their day. They are greeted individually at the door, which makes them feel welcomed and valued. Children thrive in this extremely nurturing and caring nursery. They approach activities with enthusiasm and are eager to learn. Babies investigate playing with paint. They carefully paint their hands feeling the texture and sensation, then freely make marks on paper.
Older children play with dinosaurs, naming the different types, then stomping around acting as their favourite dinosaur. Children are developing their vocabulary and language. They use scales to weigh different objects, such as feathers, blocks and pom-poms. Children discuss which objects are heavier and lighter. They are learning mathematical concepts and developing the skills they need for future learning.
Children are confident and proud of their achievements. They role play making cupcakes. Children decorate the cup cakes with marshmallows and share them with staff and visitors. They demonstrate good behaviour. Children show kindness and consideration for each other, and this results in high levels of well-being. Children are aware of the rules and boundaries in the setting. They clear up after they have finished an activity and are respectful of their toys. Children follow good hygiene procedures. They wash their hands after playing outside and before they have their snack and lunch.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- minimise interruptions to children's play and learning n provide children with clear explanations of activities and the learning intention.
- 14 February 2023Good
- 22 June 2017Outstanding
- 31 March 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Angels Day 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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