Sugar Plum Tree Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for babies from 9 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2013, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15/30 hours (total 570/1,140 hours per year) Free Early Education stretched hours (11.4/22.8 hours per week over 50 weeks) for 9 months to 5 years old children.
Worth knowing. If your child is eligible for 30 hours and you would like the childcare for 2 days a week, you can take 2.8 hours in another nursery.
What childcare usually costs in Waltham Forest
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Waltham Forest 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
E17 6QQWhat 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, 17 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle into nursery happily. They feel safe and secure due to the established routines built into the curriculum. Staff teach children to be inquisitive and to explore the natural world around them. For example, children take great care of the plants. They carefully fill the watering can and then water the plants with their friends. The caring and nurturing attitude of staff helps children to remain calm, and they support them to demonstrate good behaviour. Staff use their knowledge of their key children to create a curriculum that is engaging and progressive. For example, children benefit from and immerse themselves in a story for a whole month. This supports children to acquire new vocabulary and develop a love of books. Children enjoy working in groups to retell the stories of 'The
Gruffalo' and 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. They use actions to illustrate different positional language and go under the parachute as they chant, 'We're going to go under it.' This is a phrase from the book they read the previous month.
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported by staff, who create a tailored curriculum to facilitate meeting their next steps. The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) supports staff to enhance their knowledge of planning effective activities and interactions to help children with
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- maximise opportunities to encourage children to carry out tasks for themselves to consistently build on their independence skills.
- 17 July 2023Good
- 17 January 2018Outstanding
- 24 February 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sugar Plum Tree Nursery
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
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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