Roxmead Nursery St Pauls
Good★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Harrow for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2016, with 37 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Harrow
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Harrow 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
HA2 8ELWhat 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, 4 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff warmly welcome children as they arrive and help them to settle in and get busy exploring the environment. The happy, relaxed atmosphere helps children to settle quickly. When children require emotional support, staff provide nurturing cuddles which calm and soothe them.
There is an ambitious curriculum in place which has a particular focus on developing children's independence skills and their communication. Staff carefully plan experiences in the setting based on children's interests. They support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) extremely well. All children show high levels of engagement. For instance, staff ignite younger children's imaginations and curiosity as they get involved in mixing oil, water and flour together to make dough. With the help of the staff, who recall the events from the story of 'The Enormous Turnip', they roll and mould dough balls to represent the turnips in the story. This helps children to develop new knowledge and understanding and use this to make connections in their play.
Staff are good role models. They have taken care to teach all children positive behaviours and routines. They help children to build on these skills as they grow and move through each room. This eventually supports older children to listen carefully and benefit from the high-quality teaching, for instance during circle times. Children are prepared well for the transition on to school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider ways to further incorporate mathematical language in everyday play, for older children, so that they develop a better understanding of size, counting and shapes and measure n monitor staff training and professional development opportunities, to focus more precisely on helping all staff broaden their opportunities to access more training, to raise the quality of their practice further.
- 4 July 2024Good
- 10 September 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Roxmead Nursery St Pauls
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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