Maytime Montessori Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Ilford for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:15 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 2015, with 69 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
From 9 months to 4 years – 15 & 30 hours.
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
IG3 8XBWhat 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, 17 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff have secure and trusting relationships with children. On the day of the inspection, children took part in an activity for Children in Need to raise money for charity. They dressed up in yellow and talked about Pudsey Bear. Staff support young babies to explore the world around them. Babies realise that their actions have an effect on the world. Staff repeat actions with babies to help motivate them further. Babies enjoy engaging in play with a treasure basket, with which they explore and use their senses. They climb through tunnels to help move more skilfully and quickly. Staff provide supportive routines for babies. These help them to settle and to feel safe and treasured as an individual.
Staff have high expectations for children, who are well behaved. They share, take turns and learn to manage their emotions well. Staff share books and sing nursery rhymes with children to help give them rich opportunities to understand new words. The curriculum is well planned and exciting for children, and staff provide varied learning activities. Children move freely across the room, selecting for themselves what they want to do, which helps to support their physical development. Children express what they want and take the initiative. They develop close friendships, which helps to support their personal and social development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff further to develop their understanding of the curriculum, in particular when to talk with children about what they are doing and what they are noticing n help children to develop their understanding of mathematics further to, for example, match their counting words with objects.
- 17 November 2023Good
- 28 March 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Maytime Montessori Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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