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Helena's Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2025)
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5.0(5 parent reviews) ·Hasmonean High School Girls Section, Page Street, London, NW7 2EU · Barnet
Number of places
50 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Barnet

About this day nursery

Helena's Nursery, situated within the verdant grounds of Hasmonean High School for Girls in Mill Hill, London, offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 9 months to 5 years. The nursery focuses on providing a safe, welcoming, and happy atmosphere where young minds can flourish.

With a dedicated and experienced team, Helena's Nursery extends and enriches both indoor and outdoor learning experiences daily, making the most of its beautiful and expansive outdoor play area, which includes a woodland environment and a forest school. The nursery is thoughtfully organised into age-appropriate rooms: 'Sunflowers' for babies from 9 months, 'Roses' for toddlers, and 'Tulips' for pre-schoolers.

Operating from 8 am to 5 pm Monday to Thursday, and 8 am to 2 pm on Fridays, Helena's Nursery is committed to fostering holistic development through a diverse range of activities. Parents consistently praise the nursery for its attentive care, engaging activities, nutritious meals, and the evident joy their children experience.

Our ethos

Our nursery is a safe, welcoming, happy, warm and nurturing environment. Children thrive with caring and experienced staff to extend and enrich their indoor and outdoor learning experiences every day.

What it's like

Staff develop lovely relationships with children and understand their individual needs well, helping children feel happy and emotionally secure. They teach children about rules and boundaries, and model good manners, leading to kind and friendly behavior and sharing of resources. Overall, staff provide children with an ambitious curriculum and a wide range of opportunities to explore, effectively promoting literacy development and preparing children for school.

Forest SchoolWoodland environmentSecure siteFamily-run

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Thursday: 8am - 5pm; Friday: 8am - 2pm

Age range

9 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Helena's Nursery

Last inspected 16 September 2025

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Staff develop lovely relationships with children and understand their individual needs well, helping children feel happy and emotionally secure. They teach children about rules and boundaries, and model good manners, leading to kind and friendly behavior and sharing of resources. Overall, staff provide children with an ambitious curriculum and a wide range of opportunities to explore, effectively promoting literacy development and preparing children for school.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff develop lovely relationships with children and understand their individual needs well.
  • The environment provides excellent opportunities for children to develop their physical skills.
  • Staff support children to develop their independence.
  • Very good arrangements are in place to support children's health.
  • Leaders build strong partnerships with other professionals involved in children's education.

Areas to develop

  • 1develop staffs understanding of the curriculum intentions and how to implement them more consistently with younger children
  • 2strengthen existing performance management processes to ensure consistently high-quality teaching across the staff team and raise the overall quality of education for all children.
Inspection #10407896 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

their children are well cared for and leave prepared for school

their children make excellent progress in confidence and independence

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders consider children's prior learning and experiences when planning their curriculum and know how to adapt the curriculum to further support the most-able children and those who need additional support.

Outdoor space

Children are active, show high levels of concentration and enjoy taking safe risks, such as running, climbing and negotiating uneven terrain, which builds their balance and coordination. Children also strengthen their gross motor skills by carrying logs and using watering cans in the garden, and staff provide forest school activities where children engage with nature and wildlife.

Parent Reviews of Helena's Nursery

5.0
(5)
Dov Pachtinger
4 years ago

An outstanding Nursery to our son for the last two ✌️ years. Staff are truly world class.

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Inspection history

Date: January 2020

  • September 2025Good
  • January 2020Good

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About the setting

Helena's Nursery opened in 2017 in Mill Hill, London Borough of Barnet. It operates Monday to Thursday from 8am to 5pm, and Fridays from 8am to 2pm, throughout the year, closing for all Jewish holidays. The nursery offers government funded childcare and has 18 staff, 14 of whom hold relevant qualifications ranging from level 2 to level 6.

URN
EY550948
Registered person
Helena's Nursery Ltd
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Good

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