Riverside Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 April 2022. Open since 2004, with 42 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours free childcare for 3 to 4 years old. All 3 to 4 years old in England can get 570 free hours per year. Its usually taken at 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year. 30 hours free childcare. You may be able to get up to 30 hours free childcare (1,140 hours per year which you can choose how you take).
What childcare usually costs in Hackney
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hackney 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
E5 9SPWhat 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, 13 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and confidently leave their parents at the door. They are settled and relaxed and show that they have secure and respectful relationships with each other and staff. Children are well behaved and make independent choices as they explore the well-organised environment indoors and outdoors.
They know where resources and tools are and easily access them. Children share their interests and fascinations. For example, they enjoy learning about different animals. Children are eager for staff to join in with their play and investigations.
For instance, they explore insects and bugs on trees and under artificial grass and on flowers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help children to extend their ideas through sustained discussions about how and why things happen.
- help children to understand the importance of food, and talk to them about different parts of food and how food affects their bodies.
- 13 April 2022Good
- 22 June 2021Inadequate
- 31 October 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Riverside 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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