Tudor Cross Pre-School CIC
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Waltham Abbey for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2022. Open since 2002, 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 Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
EN9 1QDWhat 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 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled in this friendly pre-school. They are excited to arrive and eager to explore activities. Children who are new to the pre-school are welcomed by nurturing staff, who gently guide them through the morning routine.
Children are excited to explore learning opportunities, which staff carefully plan based on their interests. For example, children enjoy pretending to serve each other food. Staff have turned a playhouse into a restaurant scene to encourage their role play and develop children's social skills.
Children form close bonds with staff. They cuddle up together to share stories, and playfully chase one another in the garden. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have particularly close relationships with their key staff.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance current behaviour management strategies to support children's understanding of appropriate behaviour and taking turns n establish more robust methods of coaching to support staff to understand ways to consistently challenge and extend children's learning.
- 9 September 2022Good
- 10 October 2016Good
- 19 November 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tudor Cross Pre-School CIC
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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