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The Nursery Rooms

Ofsted: Good
(May 2024)
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5.0(5 parent reviews) ·Warwick House, Perry Road, Harlow, CM18 7NF · Essex
Number of places
76 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2024
Local authority
Essex

About this day nursery

The Nursery Rooms, located at Warwick House in the Staple Tye area of Harlow, is a 76-place day nursery overseen by OFSTED. It provides childcare and early education for children ranging from 3 months to 5 years old.

The nursery is thoughtfully designed with different rooms tailored to various developmental stages: the Caterpillar Room for 3-24 month olds, the Rainbow Room for 2-3 year olds, and the Sunshine Room for 3-5 year olds. A dedicated Butterfly Room caters to 3-5 year olds who qualify for government funding.

The nursery emphasises flexible care and a high-quality service, aiming to stimulate and encourage children through a variety of activities and experiences, including creative arts, physical play, early maths, science, and computer use. They incorporate the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) standards, focusing on key learning areas such as communication, physical development, and personal, social, and emotional development, as well as literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, and expressive arts and design.

The Nursery Rooms fosters independence and prepares children for a smooth transition to school, ensuring individual needs are met.

Our ethos

The Nursery Rooms incorporates the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) standards, focusing on key learning areas to foster independence and prepare children for school. They aim to stimulate and encourage children through a variety of activities and experiences, ensuring individual needs are met.

What it's like

Babies and children are happy and safe as they snuggle into the arms of the caring staff. Staff are nurturing and kind and children behave well. Managers and staff know the children well and design a curriculum that is based on children's needs and interests.

OFSTED-registeredFlexible careEYFS curriculumSibling discount

Pricing & funding

Fees include all meals relevant to each session, though meals for funded-only sessions are billed separately. An additional daily fee is charged for extended morning and evening hours. Invoices are payable monthly in advance.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • A non-refundable registration fee is required, which includes settling-in sessions.
  • Invoices are payable monthly in advance on or before the 25th of each month.
  • Standard fees include all meals relevant to each session.
  • An additional daily fee applies for extended hours care (07:30-08:00 and 18:00-18:30).
  • Meals for funded-only sessions are charged separately.

Key facts

Opening hours

Core hours 08:00–18:00; extended hours 07:30–08:00 and 18:00–18:30

Session types

Half-day session: 08:00–13:00 or 13:00–18:00, Full day session: 08:00–18:00, School days: 09:00–16:00

Food

All meals included in fees; separate charges for meals in funded-only sessions.

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Staff

Unknown

Established

2003

Waitlist

Unknown

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Nursery Rooms

Last inspected 10 May 2024

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

Babies and children are happy and safe as they snuggle into the arms of the caring staff. Staff are nurturing and kind and children behave well. Managers and staff know the children well and design a curriculum that is based on children's needs and interests.

Inspector highlights

  • Managers and staff work closely with parents to ensure all children receive the support and education they need.
  • Staff work closely together to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and understand children's abilities and interests to plan effective activities.
  • Babies benefit from plenty of space and enjoy exploring age-appropriate resources, encouraged to be independent and learn to feed themselves.
  • Books are available for children in every room and outdoors; children enjoy listening to stories and develop physical skills through dance and climbing equipment.
  • Staff promote children's independence and help them become ready for school, encouraging imaginative play and development of gross motor skills.

Areas to develop

  • 1build on the already good practice, seeking further ways to enhance staff's professional development that focus on deepening their knowledge of teaching and learning.
Inspection #10344269 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents report that they are very happy with the care and learning their children receive.

They say they find the staff friendly and that heir children are always eager to go to nursery, even wanting to go at the weekend.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning. Staff are swift to identify any gaps in learning and complete children's progress check at age two with parents to help them plan for the next steps in children's learning.

Outdoor space

Books are available for children to access in every room and outdoors. Children have lots of opportunities to develop their physical skills, including access to climbing equipment indoors and outside.

Parent Reviews of The Nursery Rooms

5.0
(5)
Joanna K
a year ago

The best nursery in Harlow!! I would recommend it to every parent. The carers are absolutely brilliant. My little man enjoyed every day and couldn't wait when he will going next time. Now he is in a school but he still misses his friends or nursery teachers.

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Jennie Kim
7 years ago

So, I used to go here when I was little. They treated everyone the same, even though I was onl6 there for a few months. Excellent food and staff, and lots of toys to play with, in a nice peaceful area. My sister used to go there too, and has succeeded very well. When I have kids, I’ll make sure the6 come here.

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Swift _fort
8 years ago

Fantastic nursery for all your child's needs .my child thoughly enjoyed being at the nurseryrooms and the nursery is run fantasticly as I used to work for the company .would definitely recommend the nursery rooms x

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Inspection history

Date: March 2015

  • May 2024Good
  • August 2018Good
  • October 2015Good
  • March 2015Good

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