Inspiring a love of learning in every child is our passion. We provide a safe, fun, and caring atmosphere within a stimulating environment tailored to your child's unique needs.
Chadwell Pre-school is a registered charity and a non-profit making organisation.
We are registered with Ofsted to provide care and education to children aged from two to five years and received a ‘Good’ judgment at our latest inspection in December 2022. We are a member of the Pre-school Learning Alliance and work closely with the Local Authority Early Years Advisory Team. This ensures we are constantly in touch with new thinking in the field of early year’s childcare and education.
View Our Ofsted Report (URN: 128455)Chadwell Pre-school offers 15 hours per week free entitlement to all three and four year olds, commencing on the term after their third birthday. We also offer 15/30hrs subject to eligibility and the free entitlement to two year old children who meet the funding criteria. Children are able to stay with us, at the pre-school, until the term after their fifth birthday.
It is our admissions policy to take children in birth date order whilst considering the length of time of joining the waiting list.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guides our engagement with your child's play and activities. We focus on nurturing young learners based on values directly from our school brochure.
We believe children love beautiful and interesting things. We know children like to be independent and are capable and creative in their own unique ways. Our pre-school is full of beautiful and natural resources to provide children with the opportunity to investigate, explore and understand their world. Through listening to children we can understand their interests and what they seek to explore and provide interesting activities/resources and new experiences to engage and motivate them inspiring a love of learning.
Chadwell Pre-school recognises parents as the first and most important educators of their young children. We aim to work in close partnership with parents to provide consistency of care and support children in their learning and development.
It is our promise to you as parent/carers to provide the highest standards of care and pre-school education to meet your child's individual needs and interests. Your child's safety and personal and development is of our highest importance.
These areas are the most essential for your child's healthy development and future learning, and they develop first.
Giving children opportunities to experience a rich language environment and build speaking and listening skills.
Click to read moreWe provide a communication-rich enabling environment filled with signs, symbols, songs, and books. Through positive relationships, children are supported in expressing their ideas and listening in a range of social situations.
Supporting coordination, control, movement, and learning the importance of healthy choices.
Click to read moreWe provide active play spaces indoors and outdoors to encourage energetic physical play. Snack times promote social skills and healthy food choices, while helping kids understand the value of exercise, sleep, and nutrition.
Building positive self-esteem, forming relationships, and learning self-regulation.
Click to read moreOur practitioners form warm, caring relationships with all children. We help children develop respect for self and others, build social skills, manage their feelings, and gain confidence in their unique abilities.
As children grow, the prime areas support development in these four specific learning disciplines.
Encouraging children to link sounds and letters, and to begin reading and writing.
Click to read moreWe give children access to a wide range of reading materials, including storybooks, poems, and recipes, to ignite their interest and inspire early writing habits.
Improving skills in counting, understanding numbers, shapes, space, and measures.
Click to read moreWe integrate mathematical vocabulary and ideas into daily play. Our environment provides concrete materials for counting, sorting, and shape observation, supported by songs and mathematical games.
Guiding children to make sense of their physical environment and diverse community.
Click to read moreWe promote active exploration of living things, materials, and technology. By embracing parental knowledge, we extend first-hand experiences, encourage observation, prediction, and decision-making.
Exploring materials and sharing ideas through art, music, movement, and role-play.
Click to read moreWe value originality and self-expression. We support curiosity in music, dance, visual arts, and design technology, helping children appreciate their own creative choices and those of their peers.
We bring stories to life through immersive, tactile story trays like Michael Rosen's 'Little Rabbit Foo Foo', featuring character props, puppets, and scenery that ignite a passion for books and expressive communication.
Our pretend play stations, such as our 'Tea Time' setup with real tablecloths, teapots, and priced treats, make mathematics meaningful through social sharing, price calculation, and counting.
Interactive Story: Little Rabbit Foo Foo
Tea Time: Practical Maths & Role Play
We believe active learning experiences outdoors are essential for young children. Our pre-school features a wonderful mud kitchen, rabbit care areas, and vegetable gardens to nurture a deep respect for nature.
At Chadwell Pre-school we hope to inspire a love and respect for nature that children will cherish for years to come. We consciously seek to nurture a positive attitude to the outdoors and enrich each child's understanding of the world around him or her. Our children spend as much time outdoors as they do inside and sometimes more! The garden is available for the children to access from the moment they come into setting until it is time for them to get ready to go home.
We commit to offering heuristic and real purposeful learning experiences in the great outdoors. We believe active learning experiences outdoors are essential for young children and the outdoor learning environment provides children with opportunities to learn so many more new skills and in a different way to the indoor environment.
We encourage parents/carers to purchase warm and waterproof clothing for their child/children in order to access the outdoors in all types of weather and in all seasons.
At Chadwell Pre-school we also have a wonderful mud kitchen. The children have the opportunity to explore the properties of soil and water and create many wonderful potions and recipes! All of our resources are authentic (real) encouraging the children to use real tools for a purpose and explore the weight and size of real objects.
We also understand the need for children to take risks and find their own challenge. The benefits of providing activities which encompass risk and challenge allow children the opportunity to make the right choices and build their self-confidence. Children also learn to work together and help each other. Children’s safety is paramount. We ‘risk assess’ and provide activities following children’s interests to cater for such challenge.
Children who are confident climbers are able to climb our ‘dedicated tree’. Children and adults work together to build climbing structures which provide challenge. The majority of our ‘project work’ occurs outside. Examples of this are building shelters, building a bug hotel, building a climbing frame or growing vegetables. We often ask parents/carers to become involved too!
We believe children should use real tools for a real purpose. We introduce real tools like hammers, screwdrivers, saws and spades/forks. Children are taught how to use the tools to ensure their own and others safety. Our ‘Tinkering Shed’ provides lots of opportunities to investigate tools and explore their purpose. Children are supervised during these learning experiences.
We fill our learning spaces with authentic natural objects and tactile sensory stations. From our 'Autumn Treasure Hunt' (exploring pine cones, conkers, leaves, and wooden counting discs) to our popular 'Drink of the Day' sensory station (squeezing fresh citrus, grinding mint and rosemary with real pestles and mortars), children build cognitive connections, rich vocabulary, and fine motor dexterity.
Real tools, organic textures, and hands-on discovery in every session.
Drink of the Day Station
Autumn Treasure Hunt
Providing high-quality early education with experienced leadership, high practitioner-to-child ratios, and a caring Key Person approach.
Leads our dedicated team of early years educators, overseeing curriculum delivery, staff professional development, safeguarding, and ensuring standard EYFS learning outcomes tailored to every child's unique needs.
All practitioners working with children are qualified or working towards a recognised Level 3 qualification. Senior practitioners across our setting are qualified at Levels 4, 5, and 6.
We operate strict safety ratios of 1 member of staff to 5 children for under-threes, and 1 to 8 for children aged 3 and over to guarantee attentive, individualised care.
Every family is allocated a dedicated Key Person who builds a trusting bond with your child, tracks developmental milestones, and shares regular learning updates with parents.
We are open to all families in the local community. We offer flexible session options and support various government funding schemes.
15 Hours Free Childcare: Universal entitlement for all 3 to 5-year-olds (starts the term after their 3rd birthday). Also available for eligible 2-year-olds.
30 Hours Free Childcare: Extended entitlement for working parents of 2 to 5-year-olds meeting the government income criteria.
| Age Group | Hourly Rate | Weekly Rate (5 Sessions / 15 Hrs) |
|---|---|---|
| Children aged 2 years | £6.50 / hour | £97.50 / week |
| Children aged 3 to 5 years | £6.00 / hour | £90.00 / week |
*Requirement of 5 sessions per week. Invoices are produced at the beginning of each month. We do not charge for closure days or public holidays.
| Child's Birthday Range | Eligibility Term Starts |
|---|---|
| 1st January - 31st March | Summer Term (April) |
| 1st April - 31st August | Autumn Term (September) |
| 1st September - 31st December | Spring Term (January) |
*Fees are invoiced monthly at the beginning of each month. Closure days and public holidays are not charged. A refundable £20 deposit is required to secure a place.
Starting preschool is an exciting milestone. We tailormake the settling process for each child to ensure they build trust and feel safe with our team.
Our practitioners conduct a relaxed, friendly visit to your home before starting. This is a wonderful opportunity to exchange details and plan your child's initial schedule in a space where they feel secure.
On your child's first day in the setting, we ask that you stay for the entire session. This allows you to understand our routines, while helping your child transition into the space with you nearby.
We allocate a Key Person to your family who forms a special bond with your child and monitors development. We ask parents to be available for a 2-week settling period as children learn to trust us before being left alone.
We have a preschool uniform available, but it is **not compulsory**. We recommend dressing your child in comfortable play clothes like tracksuits or leggings that you don't mind getting dirty.
We have a second-hand uniform shop on the premises, and you can purchase new uniform items via our online store.
Inquire About Uniforms"Musa had a fantastic time at the parent workshop with exceptional set up for space and science. Thought it was exciting and educational. Memorable moments with the leaping toad! Thank you for making this time so fantastic."
"The nursery is amazing and I am so happy that me and River are a part of the nursery family. It's nice to see something different and see what my child does. Well done Chadwell Pre-School."
"I am so happy to see how well Amari has settled into nursery and how much he is enjoying it. Such a lovely environment for all to play in. It's nice to see him develop in a place different from home and be himself."
Have questions about places, funding, or want to schedule a visit? Send us a message or give us a call.
We welcome visits and calls during our session times. Feel free to contact our office team for application forms.
67 Reynolds Avenue, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex, RM6 4RT
0208-220-0390
SENCo: Sunmeet Kaur (Available to discuss support plans)
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