Nurseries in Dagenham

Kidzland Nursery (RM10), Chestnut@William Bellamy (RM10) and Ford Road Children's Centre (RM10) hold Ofsted's Outstanding grade.

Chestnut@William Bellamy takes children from 2 or 3 rather than babies; Chestnut@William Bellamy follows term dates. The others we list take babies and open all year, such as Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Dagenham.

The same current council listing gives a published cost of £220 per week and charges £8.50 per hour for additional hours used alongside funded childcare.

Another Dagenham provider listed in Barking and Dagenham's live childcare system charges additional private care at £9 per hour for 2 to 3 year olds and £8.50 per hour for 3 to 4 year olds, with lower hourly rates for longer attendance patterns.

These are current individual Dagenham examples rather than an average for the whole area.

They can.

One current Dagenham council listing charges £2.50 for a meal during funded attendance but explicitly allows parents to provide a packed lunch instead.

Another current RM9 funded nursery listing requires parents to provide a packed lunch and their own nappies, wipes and sun cream rather than charging a compulsory consumables fee.

Government rules confirm that meals, nappies and additional activities can be charged separately, but parents must be offered an alternative if they do not want to pay for them.

Valence Primary School currently offers nursery sessions at both its Dagenham sites from:

8:30am to 11:30am

12:30pm to 3:30pm

A limited number of children can attend 8:30am to 3:30pm using the school's full day nursery provision.

The school states that its 30 funded hours are provided as 6 free hours a day. Families using only 15 funded hours can purchase an afternoon session for £18, while a hot lunch currently costs £2 and a packed lunch can be provided instead.

Dagenham Learning Centre Community and Family Hub is at 1 Church Elm Lane, Dagenham, RM10 9QS.

Family Hub support includes help with childcare, early language and communication, parenting and other family services. Barking and Dagenham's current SEND information also confirms that Family Navigators operate across the Dagenham Family Hub network.

Families with a child with SEND can also use the Children and Young People Disability Hub at Becontree Community Hub, Stevens Road, Dagenham, RM8 2QR. It includes accessible play areas, a sensory room and activities for children aged 0 to 5 with speech and language needs.

Yes. A current Barking and Dagenham council childcare record for a nursery on Dagenham Road shows 7:30am to 6:30pm Monday to Friday.

The setting accepts children from 3 months to 5 years and offers both term time and stretched funded childcare for eligible children from 9 months old.

This is considerably longer than a typical school nursery day and is better suited to parents needing childcare around commuting hours.

Yes. The national entitlement can be taken over more than 38 weeks when a provider offers a stretched pattern.

Current Dagenham council childcare records show local nurseries explicitly offering both term time and stretched funded sessions, including provision running from 7:30am to 6:30pm and another from 8am to 6pm.

This is important for parents who work during school holidays.

Yes. Valence's breakfast club accepts children from Nursery to Year 6 and operates from 7:30am to 8:45am Monday to Friday.

The current charge is £5 per session, with reduced sibling prices. Children are taken from breakfast club to their class afterwards.

This gives parents using the school nursery an earlier start than the standard 8:30am nursery session.

No.

Barking and Dagenham explicitly states that attending a nursery class does not guarantee a Reception place or provide automatic priority at that school. Parents must make a separate Reception application.

Nursery admissions are also commonly handled directly by individual schools rather than through the main Reception admissions process. Godwin Primary, for example, manages its own nursery applications.

Barking and Dagenham currently lists 2 Dagenham nursery provisions specifically for children with complex SEND:

Godwin Additionally Resourced Provision Nursery on Finnymore Road

Valence Additionally Resourced Provision Nursery on Bonham Road

These are specialist provisions within mainstream schools.

Valence's provision supports nursery age children with needs involving communication, cognition, social and emotional development, sensory or physical needs and medical conditions. Placement is decided through the council's specialist panel.

No.

Barking and Dagenham states that when a nursery identifies special educational needs it must work with the child's parents to put appropriate support in place, and this does not necessarily require an Education Health and Care Plan.

Every early years setting has a SENCO or inclusion coordinator, with additional support available from the borough's Early Years Inclusion Team.