Tiptree Preschool Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Ilford for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 2025. Open since 2016, with 38 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Free government-funded places for 15 hours and 30 hours from 9 months to 2, 3 and 4-year-olds.
What childcare usually costs in Redbridge
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Redbridge 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
IG5 0SYWhat 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, 12 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and settle well into the nursery. They separate easily from their parents and carers and become quickly engaged in their learning environment. Children develop affectionate bonds with staff and clearly feel at home in the nursery. Staff are patient, kind and caring. There is a strong atmosphere of care, nurture and love throughout the nursery.
Since the last inspection, leaders have worked closely with outside professionals and have made many positive changes. They have reviewed and adapted the curriculum, which is well thought out and ambitious. There is a stronger focus on supporting children's emotional well-being and planning a wide range of activities that spark children's interests. All children, even those that are new to the setting, settle quickly at an activity and show high levels of involvement. For example, children happily add 'spices' to the 'food' they are preparing in the home corner.
Children are keen to show the inspector the real vegetables, such as the potatoes, that they are 'cooking' with. Children remain focused in the construction area as they twist and turn bolts and screws.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - consider how to further support children to develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills during play n review the organisation of routine activities, such as mealtimes, to ensure the quality of education is consistent with the rest of the day.
- 12 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 22 March 2024Needs improvement
- 23 May 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tiptree Preschool Nursery
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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