Oxford Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Ilford for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2016, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 free hours per week for all 3 and 4 year olds; Eligibility for 2 year olds.
Worth knowing. There are no up-front charges for children accessing funded sessions.
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
IG1 2XGWhat 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, 20 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at this welcoming, secure setting happy and eager to learn. Staff are warm, friendly and form positive relationships with them. Children interact confidently with staff and express themselves assertively. Staff successfully teach children about how to behave with others. They act as good role models as they interact with children. For example, when joining an activity, they ask children if they can join in, demonstrating good social etiquette. Children behave well and are kind and respectful to others.
The manager has a clear curriculum intent, which is ambitious for all children who attend. She knows what she wants the children in the setting to learn and why. She has a strong focus on developing children's communication, social skills and independence to help prepare them for their move to school. Overall, staff teach children well to help them achieve the skills they need for their future learning. For instance, they teach children to do things for themselves, such as to put on their own coat. Most staff are skilled at supporting children to practise and use language in their play to help extend their language development. Staff plan interesting activities for children to help engage and excite them. Children are keen to join in and explore. They visibly enjoy their time at the setting.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's delivery of the curriculum so they provide consistently highquality learning experiences for children to enhance the quality of their education even further n extend children's understanding of how to use resources appropriately and safely to further support their personal development.
- 20 March 2024Good
- 9 May 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Oxford Day 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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