More Grace Day Nursery and Out of School Club
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Basildon for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 June 2022. Open since 2008, with 46 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 Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
SS13 2EFWhat 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 February 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 21 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children develop strong bonds with their key person and all staff. Younger children enjoy comfort from staff when they are unsettled. Older children are enthusiastic to engage in play. All children move around the nursery making choices about what they want to investigate. Older children engage with others, discussing and creating make-believe games, including going shopping or visiting the hairdressers.
Overall, behaviour is good. For example, while outside, children eagerly anticipate the next part of an adventure as they run to different parts of the garden with their friends. On occasion, however, they do not always receive consistent opportunities to manage their turn taking independently. Outside, sand timers are used to help them organise and take responsibility for sharing equipment, but this is not currently extended inside the nursery. This means when inside, children rely more on staff to help them manage sharing rather than taking responsibility themselves, as they do outside.
Children lead their learning; staff facilitate this by providing a curriculum centred around their interests. Older children show that they are developing problemsolving skills. For example, in their role play hairdressing salon, they pick up a hair clip and examine it, pressing different parts of the clip as they try to open it. They are confident to seek help and when shown once, they persist in repeating the technique, pressing the release button until they are sure they remember how to do this independently.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure staff consistently use the strategies that have been implemented, to support children's good behaviour n build on current practice and seek further ways to help all staff develop first-rate teaching skills.
- 21 June 2022Good
- 11 September 2018Good
- 26 August 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for More Grace Day Nursery and Out of School Club
- 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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