Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery West Acton
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2017, with 57 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Eligible families can access 15 or 30 hours funded childcare and may also use Tax-Free Childcare.
Worth knowing. Government funding does not cover the cost of the all-inclusive package we provide at Monkey Puzzle. Additional charges apply for meals, consumables (such as nappies, wipes, and sunscreen), trips, and any extra hours beyond the funded entitlement.
What childcare usually costs in Ealing
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Ealing 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
W3 0NTWhat 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.
- 23 November 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 25 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are cared for by an enthusiastic and committed staff team. Children are greeted by friendly staff when they arrive. Babies settle quickly into the arms of staff, who know and mirror the care routines they receive at home. Older children enjoy the opportunities to work together with key staff and their friends.
Staff support younger children to develop their interest in animals. Children's ideas and imaginations flourish as they explore the wide range of role-play areas and small-world activities. For example, staff support children as they explore the pretend farmyard. They help children to name the farm animals, use animal storybooks and sing familiar songs. Children develop their small-muscle skills, such as they pretend to cut fruits and vegetables and cook their meals in the oven. Staff encourage children to identify and match the fruit flashcards on the wall, name them and describe their taste.
Staff take care to get to know every child well, including before they start, to ensure that they are fully included in what the nursery has to offer. Staff set high expectations for children's behaviour. Children are kind, helpful and respectful.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the ambition of the curriculum for mathematical development by embedding vocabulary and concepts into daily routines and play to extend the most-able children's learning n embed the current systems for monitoring and coaching staff, to enhance individual staff's practice and to provide feedback to support staff in delivering the curriculum even more effectively.
- 25 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 3 April 2019Good
- 10 October 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery West Acton
- What it costs
- Meals
- 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.
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