Opening hours
8:00am - 6:00pm
The Alphabet House Nursery
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Apr 2024)
Number of places
24 places
Age range
Up to 2 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2024
Local authority
Newham
About this day nursery
The Alphabet House Nursery School in East Ham offers high-quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years, operating from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. The nursery bases its approach on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum while integrating Montessori principles to foster both intellectual and emotional growth.
The philosophy centres on learning and creativity, utilising both indoor and outdoor environments to empower children and prepare them for school. Each child is assigned a key worker to ensure personalised learning and to support their development across all learning areas.
The nursery prioritises creating a secure, clean, and safe environment with thorough hygiene protocols and controlled access. With over 25 years of experience, The Alphabet House aims to provide a strong foundation for children's future learning and life skills, emphasising empathy, kindness, and respect.
Our ethos
Our philosophy is based on learning and creativity, blending indoor and outdoor classrooms and environments to create a space where children feel empowered and ready to learn. Everything we do is centred around our amazing children, it is our mission to provide the highest-quality childcare and education for your child. We advocate for and apply the Montessori principles, essential for children's learning and understanding their unique developmental needs. Our approach prioritises personalised learning and cultivating independence in each child. We also focus on empathy, kindness and respect for others and the environment.
What it's like
The dedicated staff greet children warmly as they arrive at this awe-inspiring nursery. Staff demonstrate excellent knowledge of the children and adapt the routines and interactions consistently to ensure their individual needs are met. Staff ensure routines are embedded to support children to settle easily and engage in the activities on offer. Staff ensure all children experience a language-rich environment.
Montessori principlesEYFS-based curriculumExperienced teamFamily-run business
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
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.
Request pricing →Key facts
Age range
3 months - 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2016
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for The Alphabet House Nursery
Last inspected 30 April 2024 · Honufa Begum
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
The dedicated staff greet children warmly as they arrive at this awe-inspiring nursery. Staff demonstrate excellent knowledge of the children and adapt the routines and interactions consistently to ensure their individual needs are met. Staff ensure routines are embedded to support children to settle easily and engage in the activities on offer. Staff ensure all children experience a language-rich environment.
Inspector highlights
- The passionate manager and staff know each child thoroughly well. They work closely with parents and gather information on their children.
- The nursery benefits from an extremely dedicated and knowledgeable management team. They possess a strong desire to continually develop staff practice to provide each individual child with the strongest foundations in life.
- Staff have supported children to become familiar with the routines. This helps children to meet the very high expectations staff have in developing children's personal independence and behaviour.
- Staff plan opportunities to teach children about the different seasons, plants and growth, while developing their language and communication skills well. Children enjoy exploring the nature garden and demonstrate confidence when they share and discuss their understanding of plants.
- The management team and staff ensure that they provide a highly inclusive environment in which children, staff and families are respected.
Inspection #10335722 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make rapid progress from their individual starting points. Staff also work closely with families and external professionals to support children with SEND particularly well.
Outdoor space
Children enjoy exploring the nature garden and demonstrate confidence when they share and discuss their understanding of plants. Staff also ensure that children's core strength and physical coordination skills are developed well through a wide range of activities, including external sports professionals delivering yoga, football, ballet and dance.
Parent Reviews of The Alphabet House Nursery
4.6
(68)
Maryam Kassim
7 months ago
Alphabet Nursery House East Ham has gone above and beyond for my daughter who at the beginning struggled to settle in. They have been extremely attentive, caring and supportive with our journey and 9 months later she is the happiest little girl who adores the staff and her peers, and looks forward going to nursery. The nursery do an amazing job at fostering the children's creativity and learning through play with endless activities that they do together. The staff listen and care to both the children and parents needs and I recommend Alphabet Nursery House to every family.
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No NAME
9 months ago
My son just finished pre-school here and I can honestly say he has absolutely thrived at the nursery and was so happy here. He regularly used to tell me he loves his teachers and I can see why. The staff here genuinely care about the children and it really does feel like having a mum away from home. I also love how the staff here put a lot of time and effort into hosting events for the children and parents to attend - they go above and beyond. Not to compare, but I've not seen other nurseries do as much as we've seen here. I've honestly not got a single complaint or anything negative about the experience we have had. I am glad that my son attended this nursery and would recommend this nursery to all parents. Thank you Alphabet House for making my son's time at nursery enjoyable and helping him to feel secure, happy and settled! Also a special thank you to Fathima Z and Fathima M - you have been nothing short of caring, attentive and just absolutely fabulous!
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Ahmed Maqsood
8 months ago
Nursery is well equipped to develop child knowledge and what like about it the interaction learning they do with kid. My child key person give him all the time he needs and help him develop his speech. Overall highly recommend.
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nusrat zahan
8 months ago
Alphabet House Nursery eastham is the best nursery ❤️ The teachers are warm, attentive, and clearly care about the children’s development. The classrooms are clean, colorful, and filled with educational toys. Outdoor playtime is well-organized, and safety is a top priority. My so. Shehran is SEND so they r giving my son extra attention. Specially Yasmin , Daisy They r so friendly and conscious all the time .. And Sarafeen she is best ❤️❤️ she always try to make me comfortable for my son.. and she is so friendly as well .. I always discuss things with sarafeen and she short out my problem ❤️❤️ So I must say that this nursery is the best nursery. All the best for future❤️
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Steph LITTERI
10 months ago
We have only just started our journey (9 months ago) with Alphabet House, but we are so happy with the choice we have made for our child. We viewed a number of nurseries and knew right away that we would feel comfortable leaving our 1 year old in their care. The staff are always so warm and friendly. They already know our child so well and provide us with updates both on the app and in person. As a teacher myself, the quailty of education my child was going to recieve was high on my list when visiting centres. The book studies and activities they plan for the babies are fantastic, engaging and are also further enhanced and adapted in line with the children's interest. All planning and activities we have seen, have been well thought out and stimulating. Everyday the staff are welcoming when greeting the children and the children are always excited to enter the building. We only deal closely with the adults in the baby room who are all informative, knowledgeable and friendly. All the teachers from the others rooms are warm, friendly and kind whenever they see us. Ms Sharmin, is a brilliant teacher who absolutely has a passion and love for what she does, it radiates from her eyes whenever she is talking about our child. She is also very knowledgeable about our child and knows how to continue to help her succeed in all areas of development. We are really happy with our decision to chose Alphabet House.
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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2024
- April 2024Outstanding
- June 2018Good
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