Wells (All Saints) Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Woodford Green for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2016, with 42 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Our funded morning session is from 9am – 12pm and afternoon session is from 12:30pm-3:30pm. Our full day funded session is from 9am-3pm.
Worth knowing. We do not charge any extra consumable charge on funded hours.
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
IG8 0NHWhat 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, 19 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff warmly greet and welcome children as they arrive. This helps children to happily separate from their parents and settle to begin playing. Leaders have devised a broad and flexible curriculum for children. Throughout the nursery, there is an energetic buzz as children excitedly play and explore. Staff purposefully plan activities linked to fairy tales, seasons, under the sea, and dinosaur themes. Staff have high expectations for children's vocabulary. For example, they teach children words such as 'palaeontologist' and 'carnivore' as children uncover bones buried in the sand. Staff encourage children to care for the environment. Children know that it is important to sort paper and plastics for recycling.
Staff build secure bonds with children. Older children confidently share their news, views and opinions with staff. Younger children play cooperatively and eagerly join in with activities. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
receive individual support. Staff support children's developing independence skills well. They stand back to allow children to serve their own drinks and fruit portions at snack time. Children confidently clear their own plates away after eating. The manager deploys staff appropriately so that children receive support with their personal care routines when they require it.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen existing coaching and support for staff further, so they all make the best use of opportunities to teach younger children why some behaviour is undesirable.
- 19 July 2023Good
- 20 March 2023Inadequate
- 31 October 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wells (All Saints) Pre-School
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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