Tubbies Day Nursery
Good★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Romford for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2006, with 28 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
RM7 0UXWhat 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, 9 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff greet children at the door when they arrive at the nursery. They are caring and attentive and help children to leave their parents and join other children to engage in learning. Children behave well because staff set clear expectations for their behaviour and encourage them to share and take turns when playing with friends. Relationships between staff and children are warm and caring. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make progress because staff focus the educational programme on the children's next steps in learning.
The daily routines support children to develop their confidence. Staff use visual images to help support children's understanding of what is happening next, where needed. For example, during a group activity, staff show children picture cards which depict the nursery rhymes they will be singing. Children enjoy returning to the cards throughout the day and showing these to staff so that they can sing them together. Staff use displays to share photos of the activities children enjoy at the nursery. They make notes of the words children say and display these so that they can reflect back on these with the children when talking about what they have learned.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to fully implement the risk assessment process to ensure that any potential risks are quickly identified and addressed n support staff to further develop their skills to follow the child's lead when they are expressing their wants rather than moving them quickly on to something they have planned.
- 9 April 2024Good
- 14 December 2018Good
- 14 February 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tubbies Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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