St. Michaels /St. Matthews Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 August 2022. Open since 2003, with 46 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funding applies during term-time only for 38 weeks per year.
Worth knowing. A different charge applies to the remaining 14 weeks for full-time children who attend 52 weeks per year.
What childcare usually costs in Brent
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Brent 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
NW10 4AUWhat 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.
- 14 October 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 16 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children happily arrive at the setting and they quickly choose what they want to play with and engage with their peers. They part from their parents easily as they have secure attachments with the kind and caring staff. Children behave well and are considerate of one another. Children invite their friends over to play; they share and take turns.
Staff help children to develop their independence from a young age. Babies explore their environment and select what they want to play with. The older children are
'little helpers' as they prepare the table and serve their friends at mealtimes.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to identify quieter children and how to successfully include them more in large-group sessions n strengthen opportunities for children to learn about cultural diversity outside of their own community.
- 16 August 2022Good
- 21 October 2016Good
- 22 October 2012Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St. Michaels /St. Matthews Nursery
- What it costs
- 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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