The Alphabet House Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 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 16:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 1994, with 78 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 funded hours (subject to eligibility).
What childcare usually costs in Newham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Newham 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
E15 1PGWhat 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, 8 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and eager to start their day. Staff create a safe and nurturing space where children feel valued and secure. This contributes to the warm atmosphere felt throughout the nursery. Staff provide all children with magical and well-thought-out activities that will spark their learning. For example, children thoroughly enjoy making porridge as a group. They skilfully add their ingredients and take their time as they mix, scoop and pour. Children proudly declare, 'I did it,'
Staff place a strong focus on children's communication and language development.
They describe their actions, repeat key words and phrases and include interesting vocabulary. For example, children smile as they explore the 'spiky starfish' with staff. Song and rhymes play a big part of the curriculum, and staff and children regularly break out into song. For instance, when children spot a bus on the table, staff and children smile as they start to sing 'The Wheels on the Bus' together.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help all staff to recognise when to support children's own interests and fascinations to further support their curiosity and engagement n promote children's understanding further about the rules and boundaries in the setting and why these are important so they develop their knowledge of how to behave and keep themselves safe.
- 8 November 2024Good
- 16 November 2018Good
- 16 November 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Alphabet House Nursery School
- 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.
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