Melrose on the Hill
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Wembley 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 2012, with 50 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 Brent
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Brent 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
HA0 2QAWhat 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, 5 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, parents say goodbye to children at the door.
Senior staff receive each child, having a short handover before children eagerly enter the building, ready for their day. Children arrive happy, separating easily from their parent, and greet friends and staff.
Children are offered breakfast. Food provided is vegetarian and systems are in place to ensure the cook can adapt meals to suit individual children's dietary requirements. At lunchtime, all children and staff come together in small groups to eat. Key persons support and encourage children to eat and they also eat the meal provided. Young children feed themselves. Older children pour their own drink and when they have finished eating they clear plates and put utensils on the trolley to go back to the kitchen.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to use a range of different strategies to develop children's communication and increase their vocabulary.
- 5 January 2023Good
- 27 March 2017Outstanding
- 25 July 2013Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Melrose on the Hill
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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