Wembley Central Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in 1 Crawford Avenue, Wembley for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £20.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2011, with 81 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 | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £20.00Private childcares £25.00Private childcares |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.50 a week Football sessionscompulsory for all children
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours of Free Early Education between 9:00am and 3:00pm, across 38 weeks of the school year.
Worth knowing. This price list applies only to private childcare placements. It does not apply to children receiving any form of government funding unless parent require additional hours.
What childcare usually costs in Brent
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Brent 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
HA0 2HXWhat 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, 8 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children's emotional well-being is promoted well in this nursery. Children are happy, settled and develop well within the inclusive environment. A wellestablished key-person system helps children to form secure attachments and positive relationships with staff and each other. Children are confident to ask for assistance if they need it. Staff respond to children who need comfort and reassurance and give them cuddles. The manager and staff team are passionate about enabling every child to have access to high-quality experiences. They understand that children come to the nursery with different skills. Staff seek to provide activities to enable all children to make good progress in their learning and development. Children freely explore the stimulating activities and numerous resources that staff provide.
Children are confident and independent learners. They happily leave their parents on arrival at the nursery and quickly engage in their play. Children begin to identify their own names as they place their name cards on the registration display. Most children behave very well in the nursery. For example, they know the rules and follow them well. Children can share and are polite to one another. Parents speak with confidence about the quality of care which their children receive. Staff listen to parents and this, in turn, benefits the children who attend. There is a sense of community at this setting. Staff, parents and children work together in a harmonious way.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide even more learning experiences to challenge older children to further help them to make greater progress in their learning and development n ensure that all staff consistently use the successful behaviour strategies so that children clearly understand the type of behaviour that is expected of them.
- 8 November 2022Good
- 11 January 2017Good
- 4 December 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wembley Central Nursery School
- 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.
- Is £20.00 an hour 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.
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