Staff
On-site chefs, highly trained early years workers, qualified PGCE, GTS, & EYT teachers. Enhanced staffing levels above minimum government ratios, e.g., 1:4 for two-year-olds instead of 1:5.
Little Angels Day Nursery & Pre-School
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Jan 2024)
Number of places
76 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2024
Local authority
Islington
About this day nursery
Little Angels Day Nursery and Pre-Prep School, established in 1991, provides a nurturing and educational environment for children aged four months to five years across its two London locations in Highbury and Highgate. The nurseries are housed in carefully adapted buildings designed to foster learning and development.
The ethos is centered on prioritizing the needs of each child, supported by a dedicated team including on-site chefs who prepare nutritious meals, highly trained early years educators, and qualified teachers. The managing directors are actively involved in the day-to-day operations, ensuring a smooth transition into nursery life, pre-school, and beyond.
They welcome inquiries and offer tours to prospective families. The nursery places a strong emphasis on maintaining high standards of care and education, evident in its long-standing history and commitment to staff development and child-centered practices.
They also value strong partnerships with parents to ensure the best outcomes for the children.
Our ethos
Little Angels Day Nursery and Pre-Prep School is committed to providing a child-centered approach, prioritizing individual needs within a nurturing and educational environment. They value strong partnerships with parents to ensure the best outcomes for children.
What it's like
Children love attending Little Angels Nursery. They enter with smiles on their faces, and even the youngest children settle down to activities quickly. The strong values, such as being courageous, creative, respectful and valued, are brought alive in what the nursery provides. Life is enhanced considerably by the wide range of activities to engage in beyond the classroom, such as exploring and celebrating life in London.
Established 1991Two London locations: Highbury & HighgateOn-site chefsHighly qualified staffChild-centered approach
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
Key facts
Opening hours
weekday, from 8am to 6.30pm, for 49 weeks a year
Food
Provided by nursery, with an opt-out option for funded children
Age range
4 months to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
1991
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Little Angels Day Nursery & Pre-School
Last inspected 12 January 2024 · Sandra Teacher
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
Children love attending Little Angels Nursery. They enter with smiles on their faces, and even the youngest children settle down to activities quickly. The strong values, such as being courageous, creative, respectful and valued, are brought alive in what the nursery provides. Life is enhanced considerably by the wide range of activities to engage in beyond the classroom, such as exploring and celebrating life in London.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders at all levels, as well as staff, deliver an innovative and ambitious curriculum to all children.
- Leaders draw on the best early years research and practice to inform their curriculum.
- Staff listen carefully to what children say, and they observe exactly what children do.
- Children are well prepared for the world around them. Little Angels proudly celebrates its diversity.
- Staff develop excellent relationships with parents.
Areas to develop
- 1Most staff seize every opportunity to use their interactions with children skilfully to develop their communication and language, although this is still an ongoing development of staff training.
Inspection #10304924 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
their children thrive and that the provision has been 'life changing.'
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Leaders are committed to ensuring that every child who attends, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are offered the best foundation for their future education. Staff, with the support of the school's special educational needs coordinators, are particularly effective at identifying and supporting children with SEND, and expertly use their knowledge of each child to put just the right strategies in place.
Outdoor space
The school benefits from a covered outdoor play area, which is used all year round, to enhance the learning, resilience and curiosity of the children. This provides an essential opportunity to explore and encourages risk taking within a safe environment, as well as promoting high-quality opportunities for large-scale physical activities.
EAL / language support
This includes children who speak English as an additional language. Adults are quick to build on children's interests and curiosity. They expertly and sensitively add to and reinforce new vocabulary.
Parent Reviews of Little Angels Day Nursery & Pre-School
5.0
(9)
Ben Lowe
9 months ago
Our daughter has had a truly wonderful experience at Little Angels in Highbury. She has real rapport with carers and absolutely adores it. From Islington icon Debbie 'At The Door' Harry, to the kindness of Ana and Aneta and Norma in the blue room when she was still crawling, to Harry Styles and the yellow room popstars (they all have X Factor) when she went from wobbling to a confident swagger and rockstar behaviour like a young Liam Gallagher, the front of house staff and backstage crew at Little Angels have been superb and become extended family to us. Thank you for all your care and all the fun that our own little angel (devil) has enjoyed across the road from The Gunners like the great Tony Adams in the 90s. To quote Debbie's band Blondie... "cover me with kisses, baby, cover me with love"
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Jacob Vanderkar
3 years ago
I can't speak highly enough of Little Angels Highbury and am so pleased that we sent our daughter there. It has a lovely, family feel and all the staff are loving and caring as well as being very good at their job. Our daughter started off naturally quite shy but she formed a very strong bond with her key workers who encouraged and supported her and helped her gain confidence. The activities they do with the kids is always rich and varied and the level of communication and organisation is fantastic. We feel very fortunate to have found such a great nursery and would recommend it to anyone.
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Joanna Ruck
3 years ago
Our son thrived at Little Angels nursery and we were sad to leave. The staff are all very experienced and it has a lovely friendly family feel. There is a huge outside space and the daily activities are interesting and varied. The preschool teaching is excellent and the overall care is great. They genuinely love all the children they look after. Can't recommend enough
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John-Marc B
3 years ago
Our two boys were full time in little Angels from the age of one and six months all the way through to the start of school, some seven years in total. Over this time we were highly impressed with the quality of staff, management, systems and processes. The boys were always happy, well looked after and fed. We were particularly impressed with how the management and staff handled the pandemic with the nursery remaining open every day that they were allowed. Whilst the location on Blackstock road is far from perfect, there was enough space inside for them to run around energetically, and anyway this was virtually irrelevant as the staff were always so well trained, organised and lovely with the kids. We cannot recommend Little Angels highly enough! They are more than a safe pair of hands, they became like family and we and the boys miss them already.
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Tom Hutchinson
3 years ago
Our daughter spent four years at little angels and they were great. They were super kind, professional and thoughtful, really exceeding my expectations. Definitely a tear in my eye when it was time to move up to big school.
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Inspection history
Date: September 2004
- February 2024Outstanding
- January 2024Outstanding
- February 2018Good
- February 2018Good
- July 2015Good
- June 2015Good
- December 2010Good
- December 2010Good
- February 2008Requires improvement
- September 2004Good
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