Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

11 Perry Road, Harlow CM18 7NS
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  • Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School, Harlow
Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Preschool provides childcare and education for children from three months to five years of age.

With a team of highly qualified and experienced staff, the nursery and preschool provides a variety of activities and experiences for children, allowing them to learn through play. The nursery also has outdoor areas where children can play throughout the year.

Meals are prepared and cooked every day by the nursery’s chef and the nursery encourages preschool children to be independent by preparing snacks, serving their own meals, and washing up. All dietary requirements can be catered for.
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Type of Service

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

Owner

  • ABI Nursery
  • Privately Owned

Person in Charge

  • Karen Thomas (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 35

Total Places for Children

  • 124

Age Range

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

Funding & Fees

  • Available on request

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Parking

  • They have parking for staff and customers dropping off children.

Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School Reviews (203)

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Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.912) out of 10, based on 64 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School has 203 reviews.

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Review from Terri H (Mother of Child) published on 22 January 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Really happy with the setting, both my boys come home happy and reciting things they learn during the day. They love it!
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Review from A F (Grandmother of Child) published on 8 January 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My granddaughter attends the nursery and enjoys every day! There are always great activities and very friendly staff in the playroom. The reception staff are always welcoming and very helpful.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words, we are very happy you like our setting as much as we do.
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Review from Farhan K (Father of Child) published on 12 October 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very friendly and professional staff. Security in the nursery is also of a high standard with electronic door locks and a strict sign in and out for all the kids.
Receiving regular feedback on a daily basis and child's activity photos uploaded to the secure internet site is a great joy.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for responding and your kind words.
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Review from C B (Mother of Child) published on 12 October 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child has recently started at The Akhter ELC and the staff have been so supportive and helpful. They made me and my daughter very welcome.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind response/
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Review from M F (Aunt of Child) published on 25 August 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have dropped my niece off many times and really like the environment. It's a large setting, with indoor and outdoor play.


My niece enjoys going in 'no tears' and staff are welcoming.

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Review from Charlotte B (Mother of Child) published on 25 August 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I love this nursery. My daughter is really happy here. Great place.
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Review from Linu O (Mother of Child) published on 11 August 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent setting. My child enjoys coming into nursery. He has made lots of friends and continues learning on a daily basis. The setting is a large, clean environment and staff are welcoming and friendly.
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Review from A H (Mother of Child) published on 21 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Akhter Early Learning Centre has been a fantastic help in my son's development and success! The staff are friendly yet professional! My son has loved his time at nursery and his personal key workers have left an amazing impression on him.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your feed back, good luck in big school.
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Review from A G (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Very professional.
This nursery appears to have a very high standard of teaching as well as making sure the kids have fun on a daily basis.
Highly recommend!
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your response and kind words. We are aiming as high standards as we can possible get to create a warm, friendly, welcoming, happy, safe and educating environment for all our children.
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Review from A S (Mother of Child) published on 17 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
I believe that more could be done than is now. I think this nursery needs focus (in my opinion) on teaching early age children in a playing way like teaching them week days (so for example, introducing all kids every day before they start and say that today is Monday or introduce sitting pillows with
different colours so that you can tell the children to sit down on a yellow pillow for a certain child and other children on different colours, so you teach the children many things. Also, I believe that numbers, alphabet, shapes, maybe some animals like rabbits etc. would be nice for the kids to learn. Also, they need more time and space outside sometimes. It feels a little like being locked in the room.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your response. The Room leader has spoken to you (mum) to remind her that the gardens, all 3 are used daily including the magic garden, children also go out on regular outings (mum was…read more
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Review from C M (Mother of Child) published on 3 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My 2 children attend the holiday club. They are always so excited to come, and they can't wait to see what activities they will be doing. I always get really good feedback and both of my children always tell me how nice their holiday club teachers are. When I come into the setting everyone is always
so happy and polite.
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Review from D S (Father of Child) published on 3 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We reviewed many settings in Harlow and Epping and found Akhter Early Learning Centre to be the best. It is a well laid out, large, clean, safe, happy environment for my daughter to grow in. She is in the baby room 5 days a week and knowing she enjoys her time there makes it easier for us to go to work.
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Review from Kirsty F (Mother of Child) published on 3 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Akhter has wonderful staff and management. Big rooms and good facilities.
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Review from M J (Mother of Child) published on 27 June 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery is very well managed with all information clearly displayed or information verbally provided. The place is kept clean with excellent safeguarding. All of the staff are very professional but friendly at the same time.
My child comes home happy with new skills and that's the most important
thing to me.
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Review from Una M (Sister of Child) published on 26 April 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Everyone is welcoming and lovely at all times, whenever we have any sort of question or problem it will be resolved quickly. It's to my sister's experience she always comes home happy and satisfied and is never thirsty which in my opinion is very important as children can deteriorate very quickly as
they are moving around a lot.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words
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Review from I B (Mother of Child) published on 26 April 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My child always looks forward to going to the nursery and is very comfortable with the staff, she has even called someone mum which in my opinion shows just how much she enjoys her time there if she can feel like home and forget that she is away from her mummy. I always notice that they have several
activities for the children which really helps them explore different aspects.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words
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Review from C F (Mother of Child) published on 27 January 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child has settled in really well into the nursery. He enjoys home cooked meals and his favourite is hot dog pasta. My child has a free taster session followed by three settling sessions before starting on the 9th. I receive updates through Eylog and enjoy seeing what he's been up to.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your response, we appreciate all our feed back
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Review from W M (Father of Child) published on 19 January 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Fantastic staff and facilities. My son loves going to nursery and always appears as though he has a good day. We can see his progress on the online app and are delighted with the nurturing and care he gets.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your feedback.
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Review from Jade C (Mother of Child) published on 7 December 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My son started at Akhter in August after moving home which means this was his second preschool/nursery he attended. Akhter is very accommodating as they do a settling period for your child, and then assign a key worker to each child. This has really benefited our son and to us, as the school have communicated
any concerns regarding our son. Also supporting us and getting the support he needs. We have noticed an approvement in his speech and behaviour. They've haven't just supported our son but also provided parents support. The staff are all very welcoming and will always take the time out to listen. Another positive thing is the EY log being able to see your child's development and progress. We would definitely recommend this nursery setting to other parents.
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Review from H H (Mother of Child) published on 4 November 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Recently, having changed nursery manager I couldn't be more pleased with the attention to detail and support received whilst trying to settle my child. They have accepted training to understand her condition and work with me to support my daughters forever changing needs.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you Hazel for all your feedback. I would like to say, that all staff are trained in safeguarding, and the safety and welfare of our children who attend our setting is paramount to us! We have…read more
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.912)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.912) out of 10 for Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and 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 64 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 64 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 4.912 for Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School is calculated as follows: ( (704 Excellents x 5) + (52 Goods x 4) + (6 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 763 Ratings = 4.912
  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 Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School is based on 64 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 124 number of registered child places is 24.8, which has been reached with 64 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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Awards / Recognitions (3)

Meet the Team (4)

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Karen Thomas

Job Title: Manager Joined: 2016

- Nearly 30 years of childcare experience.
- Foundation degree in Early Years, 20 years in management.
- Lead Safeguarding Officer.
- Lead SEN officer.

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Anna Kuczynska

Job Title: Deputy Manager Joined: 2012

- Level 3 in childcare.
- Over 12 years in our setting.

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Michelle Lea

Job Title: 3rd in charge Joined: 2024

- Level 3 in childcare.
- Safeguarding officer.
- Over 20 years in childcare.

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Charlotte Begley

Job Title: 4th In-charge Joined: 2012

- Level 3 in childcare
- Elkan trained
- SEN officer

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