The Alphabet House Nursery Schools
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 February 2024. Open since 2002, with 63 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); Free Early Learning for 2-Year-Olds up to 15 hours; 3 and 4-year-olds entitled to 15 hours, eligible working families up to 30 hours.
Worth knowing. Stretched funding only, spread across up to 51 weeks of the year rather than 38 school-term weeks.
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
E6 5NBWhat 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.
- 26 February 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 2 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Friendly staff and the welcoming manager greet children as they arrive at the nursery. Children separate from their carers with ease. Young babies approach staff for cuddles and reassurance. Staff respond with warmth and kindness. As a result, children demonstrate that they feel happy, safe and secure in their care.
Leaders have high expectations for all children and deliver an ambitious curriculum.
For example, staff build on children's interests in animals and insects by planning activities that promote children's language, mathematical and physical skills. Staff regularly praise children. This helps to build children's self-esteem. Staff use gentle reminders about behavioural expectations, such as using 'kind hands'. Children listen and follow instructions. As a result, they learn how to behave well. All children make good progress in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve the organisation of group activities to ensure that all children are consistently well supported n enhance current methods of coaching and mentoring to support staff to identify areas to improve their practice and raise the quality of teaching to a consistently high level.
- 2 February 2024Good
- 9 February 2018Good
- 6 January 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Alphabet House Nursery Schools
- 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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