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The Wendy House Day Nursery in Hornchurch

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2025)
·76 Station Lane, Hornchurch, RM12 6NA · Havering
Number of places
42 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2025
Local authority
Havering

About this day nursery

The Wendy House Day Nursery, located in Hornchurch, offers childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years. With over 30 years of experience, the nursery provides a warm, 'home from home' atmosphere for up to 42 children, divided into small, age-based groups.

Their approach focuses on constructive learning, creative play, and fun, tailoring each child's experience to their unique personality. The nursery is structured into three main rooms: Rosebud for babies up to 2 years, Sunflower for toddlers aged 2-3 years, and Daisy for pre-schoolers aged 3-4 years.

They emphasise building supportive relationships with each child and encouraging their natural curiosity. The Wendy House aims to provide a secure and nurturing environment where children can thrive and develop a strong foundation for life.

Our ethos

The Wendy House Day Nursery's approach focuses on constructive learning, creative play, and fun, tailoring each child's experience to their unique personality. They emphasise building supportive relationships and encouraging natural curiosity to provide a secure and nurturing environment for children to thrive and develop a strong foundation for life.

What it's like

Leaders and staff at the nursery create a home-from-home environment for children, forming strong and nurturing bonds. They adapt their practice to meet changing family needs, promoting children's emotional security and happiness. Staff skilfully support children in language development and self-regulation, ensuring all children gain confidence and learn key-life skills.

Home-from-home settingExperienced childcare (30+ years)Age-based groupsFocus on constructive learning, creative play, and fun

Pricing & funding

Places must be accepted within two weeks and are secured with a deposit. The deposit covers registration, settling-in sessions, family app access, and a portion that is offset against the first month's fees.

Good to know

  • Acceptance of a place must be confirmed within two weeks.
  • A deposit is required to secure a child's place.
  • Deposit covers settling-in sessions, registration costs, and family app sign-up.
  • Part of the deposit is offset against the first month's nursery fees.

Key facts

Opening hours

Mon - Fri : 07.30 AM - 5.30 PM

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

1989

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Wendy House Day Nursery

Last inspected 7 March 2025 · Kate Daurge

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

Leaders and staff at the nursery create a home-from-home environment for children, forming strong and nurturing bonds. They adapt their practice to meet changing family needs, promoting children's emotional security and happiness. Staff skilfully support children in language development and self-regulation, ensuring all children gain confidence and learn key-life skills.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders and staff support children to gain a wide range of knowledge and skills through interactions in their play, helping them make sense of the world and reach developmental milestones.
  • Staff effectively identify and support children with SEND, accessing external help when needed, ensuring all children make good progress.
  • Staff skilfully support children's communication and language skills, including those with English as an additional language, by identifying and repeating key words in different contexts.
  • Staff understand the importance of healthy lifestyles, reviewing practices to support children in exploring new foods and making links with external experts.
  • Staff provide regular outdoor time, teaching children to balance, develop core strength, and gain physical stamina, ensuring all children are excited and engaged in outdoor play.

Areas to develop

  • 1develop further the planning of focused activities to enable all children to join in
  • 2build on existing good practice to help all children to develop an understanding and respect for people and communities beyond their own.
Inspection #10380865 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents and carers are happy with the care their children receive at the nursery. They report that communication is effective in helping them identify children's next steps in learning. They report that the strong relationships between children and their key workers help children to feel safe.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff adapt their practice to consider the needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff make links with other schools and childcare providers to provide consistency. Staff understand that some children need additional support with their learning. They use effective assessment to identify children with SEND. Leaders and staff support children to access external help where required.

Outdoor space

Staff understand that it is important for children to spend regular time outside in the fresh air. They teach children to balance, develop core strength and gain physical stamina. All children are excited and engaged in outdoor play, which promotes their physical strength.

Inspection history

Date: October 2007

  • April 2025Good
  • March 2025Good
  • July 2019Good
  • June 2019Good
  • September 2018Requires improvement
  • September 2015Good
  • August 2015Good
  • July 2011Good
  • July 2011Good
  • October 2007Good

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