Food
Meals are freshly prepared and cooked on site by their chef, focusing on healthy, nutritious and balanced options.
Gilwell Hill Children's Day Nursery And Pre-School
Ofsted: Good
(May 2025)
Number of places
37 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2025
Local authority
Essex
About this day nursery
Gilwell Hill Children's Day Nursery and Pre-School is dedicated to providing a nurturing educational environment that supports children's holistic development. They aim to foster social, emotional, and academic growth, laying a strong foundation for future success in school and life.
The nursery's vision centers on enabling children to become happy, confident, highly engaged, and motivated learners, achieved through the power of play, high-quality teaching, and comprehensive emotional support. They place a strong emphasis on healthy eating, with fresh, nutritious, and balanced meals prepared on-site by their dedicated chef.
The nursery maintains excellent communication with parents through an app, providing daily updates on their child's activities, meals, and development. They are highly regarded by parents for their caring staff, engaging activities, strong community links, and commitment to creating a supportive and thriving environment.
Our ethos
At Gilwell Hill, we believe all children should receive a nurturing education that helps them grow socially, emotionally, and academically and that lays the foundation for their success in school and in life. Our vision is for children to be happy, confident, highly engaged and motivated learners. This is done through the power of play, high quality teaching and emotional support.
What it's like
Children are happy, confident learners, who thrive in this nurturing nursery. They form secure relationships with staff and build positive friendships with their peers, which helps develop their emotional well-being and helps them to feel safe and valued. Staff deliver an ambitious and sequenced curriculum that fully supports children's learning and development.
Holistic DevelopmentLearning Through PlayNutritious MealsStrong Parent CommunicationCommunity Links
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Opening hours
Monday – Friday, 7:30 – 18:30
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Gilwell Hill Children's Day Nursery And Pre-School
Last inspected 28 May 2025 · Emily Woodhead
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Children are happy, confident learners, who thrive in this nurturing nursery. They form secure relationships with staff and build positive friendships with their peers, which helps develop their emotional well-being and helps them to feel safe and valued. Staff deliver an ambitious and sequenced curriculum that fully supports children's learning and development.
Inspector highlights
- Staff place a strong focus on communication and language development, using age-appropriate language and strategies to help children build on their language.
- Children's physical development is exceptionally well supported, with younger children building core muscles in the outside area and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
- The nursery has extensive community links and provides a range of extracurricular opportunities, including visits to local amenities and engaging outings.
- A strong culture of reading is embedded throughout the nursery, with cosy and inviting reading areas in every room and focus books revisited regularly.
- Partnerships with parents are strong, with families speaking extremely positively about the quality of care and education their children receive.
Areas to develop
- 1review the organisation of mealtimes for toddlers to better support their learning and evaluate the impact of any changes on the quality of children's experiences.
Inspection #10392111 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
Outdoor space
Younger children build on their core muscles as they navigate climbing frames in the outside area. Children make regular engaging outings to the forest.
Parent Reviews of Gilwell Hill Children's Day Nursery And Pre-School
5.0
(6)
charlie allen-henry
9 months ago
I visited five nurseries before deciding on Gilwell Hill. By far the best nursery in chingford. My son has been here for nearly 2 years now and I have always been impressed by everything that they do. Consistent staff consistent reports and supportive to families in every situation. I am so glad this place exists! If you are wondering which nursery in forest to place your child, I would most certainly recommend here. So attentive in every room my son has been here since he was 12 months in the babies room and is obsessed with Magda Who is the nursery legend ☺️
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Olive Van Niekerk
a year ago
Lovely nursery with caring staff. I currently take my one year old there and always feel that he is well looked after and cared for. He's been going here since he was just over 5 months old. I always get good feedback on what he's been up to, I can see when he's eaten, had a nap, changed his diaper etc and some cute pics on the Famly app. As young as he is, he is learning a lot and I credit his key worker and all other staff involved in his care for that.
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Mihaela Bran
3 years ago
The best and professional nursery!
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Isabel Justino
6 years ago
Rael Rainner
7 years ago
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Inspection history
Most recent inspection
28 May 2025
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
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About the setting
Gilwell Hill Children's Day Nursery and Pre-School registered in 2022. The nursery employs 13 members of childcare staff, seven of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7.30am until 6.30pm and provides funded early education for eligible children.
- URN
- 2699462
- Registered person
- Hoppers Nurseries Ltd
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
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