Play Giggle And Grow
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in London for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 12:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2014, with 42 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Terrific Twos Funding – Eligible 2-Year-Olds; Free Entitlement Funding – All 3 & 4-Year-Olds; 30 Hours Funding – Eligible 3 & 4-Year-Olds.
What childcare usually costs in Enfield
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Enfield 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
N9 0RUWhat 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 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a safe and calm environment, where children feel happy and emotionally secure. The effective settling-in procedures help children build confidence and feel at home in the nursery. Children of all ages develop strong, affectionate relationships with both the staff and their peers. The staff communicate with children kindly and respectfully, which encourages consistent good behaviour. Children demonstrate good manners, follow instructions, and have a clear understanding of the nursery rules. Staff plan interactive story sessions using props and sing action songs and rhymes while enthusiastically participating alongside the children. Overall, staff effectively support children's communication and language development, including those who speak English as an additional language.
Staff develop an ambitious curriculum that includes engaging activities tailored to the interests and individual needs of the children. Children focus well and become deeply involved in the activities they select. For instance, staff assist children in creating junk models and encourage them to share resources by promoting sideby-side play. Staff demonstrate how to use materials to the children, such as glueing paper shapes and applying stickers to their models. Staff develop older children's early writing skills. They have good pencil grip and control when using a range of drawing and mark-making tools. All children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress and are well prepared for school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- make accurate use of what is known about children in order to plan even more opportunities to support their individual abilities and next steps more fully n support staff to model language correctly to children as they play in order to build on children's vocabulary and language development.
- 5 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 23 January 2019Outstanding
- 29 April 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Play Giggle And Grow
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.