The Cherry Tree Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in London for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:15 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £7.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2016, with 28 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £7.00EARLY START £9.00Lunch £29.00LATE FINISH or CORE HOURS, 3 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £25.00 registration fee
- £250.00 depositrefundable
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £5.00 a session voluntary contribution per core sessionfamilies accessing government funding
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours for both 2 and 3 year olds.
Worth knowing. Voluntary contribution of £5 per core session.
What childcare usually costs in Haringey
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Haringey 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
N10 3NEWhat 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, 23 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff warmly welcome children into this nurturing setting. They form good relationships with children. Staff get to know children very well, which helps children to settle with ease. They prepare and plan activities that closely follow children's interests and help to engage them in the learning environment from the moment they arrive. Staff work hard to implement a range of strategies and support for all children, including visual prompts, specialist resources and listening and attention games. They personalise children's experiences and learning to help all children to make good progress.
Staff support children's language development by engaging them in conversations and listening to what they have to say. Children share their thoughts and feelings and are confident communicators. Staff make children feel safe and secure. This helps children to express themselves freely and go to their key persons for reassurance and help, when needed. Staff help to promote a love of reading and put this at the heart of the curriculum. Children enjoy learning about families through favourite stories. They use story ideas in their play. For instance, staff support them as they use construction resources to build houses for the three little pigs and set up picnics for the bears. The younger children learn songs and benefit from interactive and engaging song times with staff.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance staff's practice to help extend children's learning even further, such as by measuring the impact of training and embedding quality interactions.
- 23 May 2024Good
- 19 June 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Cherry Tree Pre-School
- 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.
- Is £7.00 a session still the rate? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.