Queens Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Buckhurst Hill 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 Outstanding by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2014, with 62 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours FEEE when they have passed their 3rd birthday.
Worth knowing. Consumables charge for the 3 days which we apply the funding to; 15 or 30 hours are spread out over the year and are not applied in term time only; We do not accept 2 year old funding.
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
IG9 5BDWhat 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.
- 12 October 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 4 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
This outstanding nursery provides children with a carefully considered, rich learning environment in which they thrive. Relationships between children and their key person are fully secure. Children readily turn to them for comfort and reassurance.
Children quickly build their confidence, moving away from the security of their key person to explore the enticing activities on offer. They trust all staff, knowing that other staff will provide them with the same exceptional levels of care and support if their key person is not available.
Children's behaviour is exemplary. If children encounter minor challenges interacting with others, staff sensitively and swiftly provide them with support. For instance, they remind children to use kind hands. Children readily display their understanding of the rules in place, extending their kind hands to give their friends a hug to show them that they care without any prompting from staff.
- 4 February 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 14 May 2019Outstanding
- 20 July 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Queens Nursery
- What it costs
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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