The Learning Tree Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in London for from 1 year up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £270.00 a week for under 2 yrs, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2016, with 57 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Minimum 2 days a week.
| Age | Full day | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2 yrsbirth to 2y | £34.00if not booked for complete week £68.00if not booked for complete week £70.00if not booked for complete week | £145.00 £270.00FULL TIME SESSIONS: 9.00-3.00 - Under 2 yrs £290.00FULL TIME SESSIONS: 9.00 – 3.30 - Under 2 yrs | |
| 2 yrs old2y to 3y | £30.00if not booked for complete week £60.00if not booked for complete week £62.00if not booked for complete week | £135.00 £250.00FULL TIME SESSIONS: 9.00-3.00 - 2 yrs old £270.00FULL TIME SESSIONS: 9.00 – 3.30 - 2 yrs old | |
| 3 yrs old & over3y to 4y | £27.00if not booked for complete week £54.00if not booked for complete week £58.00if not booked for complete week | £120.00 £230.00 £245.00 |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £20.00 Reservation fee depositrefundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £5.00 Late collection - Up to 15 mins late
- £10.00 Late collection - 15 to 30 mins late
- £12.00 an hour Occasional extra hours
- £15.00 Late collection - 30-45 mins late
- £20.00 Late collection - 45-60 mins late
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 or 30 weekly free hours scheme for children of qualifying parents.
What childcare usually costs in Camden
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Camden 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
NW6 4PRWhat 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, 10 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The management team are duly focused on planning a broad curriculum to help ensure all children make good progress. Effective use is made of additional funding.
For example, a range of home learning packs have been created to support children to continue their learning at home. Parents express these are incredibly valuable. Staff are duly focused on monitoring children's progress. When gaps in learning are identified, swift action is taken to implement measures to help children progress. This is further supported by the effective partnerships with professionals who are involved in supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Staff have developed warm relationships with children. For example, they sing to younger children to let them know it is time to have their nappy changed. The impact is that children are happy to have their care needs met. Older children behave well. Staff teach them valuable skills to enable them to play cooperatively.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the monitoring of staff practice to more precisely identify where staff need further guidance to raise the quality of teaching to a consistently high level n build on staff's positive teaching of safe behaviours so that all children are consistently supported to understand rules and boundaries.
- 10 July 2024Good
- 13 December 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Learning Tree Nursery
- 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 £270.00 a week 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.