Little Market Day Nursery
Good★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Romford for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 19:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2024. Open since 2016, with 70 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 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 3ABWhat 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 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff help children to feel a sense of belonging to the nursery, for instance they greet them in song each morning. They value each child as an individual and help them to feel secure at the nursery. For example, staff incorporate babies' home care routines into the nursery to help them to settle well. They manage children's behaviour effectively. Staff are calm, fair and consistent in their approach, and children behave well. Staff have high expectations of children.
All children make good progress and develop valuable skills in preparation for school. Generally, the curriculum is broad and balanced and links well to children's interests. Staff support children's physical development effectively. They ensure that children have opportunities to climb on frames and take children to the local park regularly, where they practise running and jumping and use different equipment to learn to balance. Children have good physical skills. Staff help to develop children's understanding of difference. They talk to children about a variety of special festivals, such as Diwali and Chinese New Year. They provide books and toys that reflect different ethnicities and cultures, and children gain a good understanding of difference. Staff support children's mathematical development effectively. They teach children to count as they make pretend cakes from play dough and sing counting songs with them. Staff teach children language such as
'big' and 'small' to support their understanding of size. Children have good mathematical skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the curriculum to enhance children's problem-solving skills.
- develop children's understanding of the value of eating well.
- 7 August 2024Good
- 16 October 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Market Day Nursery
- 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.
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