Trinity Playcentre
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Dagenham for from 1 year up to school age, open 09:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £72.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2015, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12–23 months12m to 2y | – | – | £15.00beyond funded hours | |
| 24 months+2y to 5y | – | – | £13.50beyond funded hours | |
| 18m+ | £72.00Day Care, Full Day £90.00Day Care, Full Day | £36.00Day Care, Half Day, 3 hrs £45.00Day Care, Half Day, 3 hrs | – | |
| All ages | £72.00 £90.00 | £36.00Half Day £45.00Half Day | – |
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours, plus 2-year-old funding.
Worth knowing. Funded hours cover sessions in full; free snacks provided; children bring their own meals from home; additional hours charged at £15/hour (12–23 months) and £13.50/hour (24 months+).
What childcare usually costs in Barking and Dagenham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Barking and Dagenham 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
RM10 9RLWhat 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, 14 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy to attend this setting. They are nicely settled and display a positive attitude to learning. Children form strong and warm relationships with the staff, who support their emotional well-being, self-esteem and resilience. Children are very familiar with the setting's established routines. For example, as soon as children arrive at the setting, they proudly find their name tags and post them in a letter box, showing good early reading skills. Staff encourage children to talk about how they are feeling, to learn more about their emotions and how to manage them.
Children navigate around the setting with curiosity and interest, choosing activities that spark their interest and excitement. Staff often use visual prompts and cues to support children who speak English as an additional language. Children enjoy pretending to serve drinks and food in the home corner. They use their previous experiences to engage in role play with their peers, which helps them to strengthen their social interactions. Children enjoy exploring messy activities, where they have meaningful opportunities to investigate different textures and mix different colours.
Staff support the children to explore, discover and make their own predictions.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide opportunities for children to hear and learn a wider range of new words to broaden their vocabulary, particularly for younger children and children who require extra support n strengthen the quality of teaching and education to ensure children benefit from extensive and challenging learning opportunities.
- 14 March 2023Good
- 3 July 2017Good
- 29 June 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Trinity Playcentre
- Nappies
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 £72.00 a day 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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