Marks Gate Nursery & Pre-School

Rose Lane, Off Lawn Farm Grove, Chadwell Heath, Romford RM6 5LL
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9.9 32 Reviews
  • Marks Gate Nursery & Pre-School, Romford
Rated Good by Ofsted (August 2024), Marks Gate Nursery & Pre-School provides childcare and education to children from birth to 5 years old.

The Nursery is in Marks Gate, close to Chadwell Heath station. It's a light, spacious nursery with separate rooms and gardens for different age groups.

For the long-standing staff, the key to learning is variety. The children enjoy dialogic reading, woodwork, cooking, yoga, spotting wildlife at the local farm and climbing trees at Hainault Park. Families can join in with tea parties and world cuisine tasting days. The Nursery also runs a food bank for those in need of additional support.

A range of nutritious snacks are prepared on-site every day.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Gemma Morris (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 18

Registered Charity Number

  • 299686

Total Places for Children

  • 52

Age Range

  • from 0 years 0 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Marks Gate Nursery & Pre-School Reviews (32)

9.9

Marks Gate Nursery & Pre-School has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.946) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Marks Gate Nursery & Pre-School has 32 reviews.

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Review from Akira J (Mother of Child) published on 5 August 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been going here for 2 and a bit years. Her development has been amazing, she loves all the staff and has made friends who she talks about all the time. The staff have all been fantastic! They are very understanding, friendly, caring towards the children. I am very happy I chose this
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Review from Tracy K (Mother of Child) published on 29 May 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This is the best nursery that I have found for my son and he loves it here so much and I have seen a big improvement with him since he has been coming. The staff are wonderful and kind I would definitely recommend this nursery to any other parent. I feel safe to leave my son here and I know he will
be safe. I have never seen my son get up so happy in the morning and go to the nursery and not want to leave when picking him up. He has improved so much whilst there I wish I found the nursery sooner. I would definitely recommend this nursery to other parents its clean and the food is good, always hot and so to are the healthy snacks for kids.
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Review from L B (Mother of Child) published on 14 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son joined Marks Gate nursery in September with no interaction skills, he did not like playing with/near other children. The staff were so good at helping him settle. He now loves the nursery and has excelled in every element.
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Review from T O (Mother of Child) published on 9 August 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My children have been going to this nursery since 2015. The nursery is exceptional, the staff are very nice, they are always smiling even though they are under much pressure with children crying, noise but they continue to smile.
They don't allow the pressure to show on them. This is what I call professional.
The staff in baby room are always energetic. Changes happen in the nursery, by changing staff around to different departments, although most people do like changes but really it does help and make a big difference.
Staff try their best to get all children involved in activities. Nursery staff and manager are well trained. Review of children are always done on time and when necessity warrant.
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Review from R D (Mother of Child) published on 15 June 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has improved in confidence and speech while at her nursery.
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Review from Zuzana B (Mother of Child) published on 7 June 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am very happy with the service given at Marks Gate Nursery. My daughter is very happy to come into the nursery. The activities are exciting and inviting. The staff are friendly and spend time with the children carrying out different activities. My daughter likes to explore messy play within the nursery,
she sometimes comes home with paint and other messy play on her, but she is very happy within the nursery. Management are approachable and friendly.
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Review from Surjeet R (Father of Child) published on 23 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I definitely love this nursery for the clean environment and friendly and caring teachers. I will certainly say that since my son started nursery here, his physical and social activities and interaction to others has developed and even my son is always more than happy to be at school. Teachers are really
caring and understanding towards both parents and children.
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Review from Sara G (Mother of Child) published on 14 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I'm so happy for my son to be in this nursery because it's the best. I love all the staff and it's clean. My son has learnt so many things. The only thing I can say is to thank you so much to everyone who do the best with the children.
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Review from Zara S (Mother of Child) published on 10 May 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child has progressed and seems to be doing extremely well. She is happy and loves to be around the staff who are very approachable and extremely helpful if and when I have needed to speak to them. "Thank you for your fab input into my special girl."


I recommend this school to everyone I see, my

child feels happy and settled at school and I am really pleased with the progress she has made.


Thank you all.

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Review from L S (Mother of Child) published on 4 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Marks Gate Children's Centre is a very good nursery. My daughter has been attending since 6 months old (now 3 yrs) and absolutely loves it. Her confidence improves daily, play skills, communication skills and overall ability to be independent! Staff are excellent. They are friendly, polite, very helpful
and try to accommodate personal circumstances as much as possible.
Would love to see more funding put forward to help upgrade facilities and toys for the children. Staff do their best but lack of funding resources is very noticeable. Funding could help improve overall standards but they try to do a good job regardless.
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Review from K Y (Mother of Child) published on 4 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
My son loves going to the nursery every day and likes all the staff too. As soon as he walks in, he has a great big smile on his face. The staff are all very friendly and helpful when I have a problem.
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Review from Stela R (Mother of Child) published on 27 April 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My kids have the most amazing time at Marks Gate Nursery, they develop in so many ways, they're growing independent and free-thinking.
There are very experienced staff who are caring and professional. This nursery is fantastic and we would definitely recommend to others. Thank you so much for everything.
Reply from Gemma Morris at Marks Gate Nursery & Pre-School
Thank you Stela, it's been a pleasure to have both your children here at the nursery.
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.946)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.946) out of 10 for Marks Gate Nursery & Pre-School is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 14 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 14 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.946 for Marks Gate Nursery & Pre-School is calculated as follows: ( (159 Excellents x 5) + (9 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 168 Ratings = 4.946
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Marks Gate Nursery & Pre-School is based on 14 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 52 number of registered child places is 10.4, which has been reached with 14 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Gemma

Gemma

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Hello, my name is Gemma and I am the manager of Marks Gate Nursery & Pre-School. We are located within the children’s centre and next to the community centre, library and Marks Gate Infant and Primary schools. We have very close links to the professionals and services within these settings, to allow our families to access the fantastic support and services they provide.

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