Rising Stars Preschool Romford
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Romford for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £84.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2021. Open since 2017, with 62 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £84.00Per day | £54.00Per half | £8.40Per hour |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £75.00 Registration FeeNon-Funded children
- £100.00 DepositNon-Funded children, refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £20.00 Late Payment Feepayment not received within the first 5 working days of the payment
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.50 a session Extra Curricularam/pm, includes weekly sports sessions, Summer fete and Graduation
- £1.50 a session Consumablesam/pm, includes nappies, wipes, suncream, nappy creams
- £2.00 a session Foodam/pm, includes up to 3 meals a day and up to 2 snacks per day
Discounts
- 5% Sibling DiscountFamilies with more than one child enrolled
- 20% Summer Holiday Extra Booking Discountadditional bookings made during the Summer Holidays
Funded hours
Funded under twos, two-Year-olds and three- four-year-olds; 15 or 30 hours per week.
Worth knowing. No top up fees. No registration or deposit fee for funded children. Additional hours chargeable at hourly rates. Food, consumables and extra curricular activities are chargeable per session.
What childcare usually costs in Havering
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Havering 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
RM1 3QTWhat 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.
- 15 August 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 9 November 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff have high expectations of children's learning. Children benefit from a wide range of interesting play opportunities. Very young babies thrive as staff show an interest in them. They join in and respond warmly. Staff provide children with rich opportunities to understand words to help develop their understanding of language and communication. Children enjoy singing action rhymes and sharing books with staff. Toddlers experiment and have fun with messy play activities, and work with their hands to explore. Toddlers carefully pour sand into water and develop concepts of mathematics and movement. They are motivated to explore their feelings and imaginations.
Older children act out real-life experiences that are familiar to them. For instance, they pretend to make tea to drink. Children follow simple instructions as they collaborate with others and experiment. Older children are well behaved. They follow rules and understand why they are important. Children learn new concepts and are excited as they share their discoveries of which insects they have found during the outdoor bug hunt activity. They use cards, clipboards and pencils as they work hard to match the bugs. Children develop self-awareness and awareness of others. For instance, children talk about what they look like and what their friends look like as they look in the mirror. Children are well supported to take safe risks in their play, such as climbing in the garden.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that all staff are alert to younger children's frustrations and support them to manage their emotions with appropriate boundaries n keep activities for younger children developmentally appropriate so that they are achievable.
- 9 November 2021Good
- 7 October 2019Needs improvement
- 18 April 2019Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rising Stars Preschool Romford
- 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.
- Is £84.00 a day still the rate? 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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