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 S C (Mother of Child) published on 2 October 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 1.0 out of 5
Avoid! Avoid! Avoid! By far the worst nursery I have ever been to! My daughter who is 3 years old attended this nursery for 6 days at its most, I had to take her out of the nursery. For every single day my little girl attended was bad feedback. My 3-year-old does not listen and says no a lot? Really.
Like my child is the only 3-year-old who doesn’t listen and says the word no. My daughter's key worker in particular had nothing good to say about my little girl leaving me very uncomfortable in sending her and having no option other than to take her out. My little girl has been to nursery since she was 2 years old at a previous nursery never had one issue and always lovely things to say about my daughter. Unfortunately, due to me moving area I had no option but to move nurseries and unfortunately, this one had a placement straight away and was keen to get my money! I had to pay extra for my daughter to eat there with no option to take a packed lunch. Avoid this nursery at all costs.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Hi, I'm sorry you feel this way, Our policy is to always give feedback to parents, we would never give negative feedback without a positive to follow this up, it is the golden rule in childcare. Staff…read more
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Review from C H (Mother of Child) published on 22 September 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
On arrival to the setting, staff were very welcoming and helpful. My child seems to really enjoy coming in as she goes in happy and feedback is always very informative. The setting seems to have a variety of different dishes, which my child seems to enjoy.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words, it makes us smile knowing were doing a good job.
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Review from A S (Mother of Child) published on 18 September 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I can't fault Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School for the amazing care my son has received since being in the baby room. Staff are amazing and always reassuring and my son has grown more confident and is starting to make friends. The menu is great too and my son is trying lots of new
things which I have started to give him at home.
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Review from R N (Mother of Child) published on 14 September 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Lovely nursery, great staff in Hedgehogs.
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Review from E Q (Father of Child) published on 14 September 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff are always friendly and lovely with my child. So happy seeing my son so happy and having lovely experiences.
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Review from S A (Mother of Child) published on 14 September 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff are really welcoming to my nephew. amazing feedback at the end of the day. My nephew always goes into nursery happy.
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Review from J Q (Mother of Child) published on 14 September 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Amazing nursery. Such a warm inviting place to being my child. Highly recommend to all my friends. Food is amazing and the outside play areas large and lovely equipment.
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Review from S Z (Mother of Child) published on 10 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Everybody is very warm and welcoming. Making sure all the kids are heard is very important here.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words, we enjoy spending time with all the children.
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Review from C H (Mother of Child) published on 10 August 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Akhter Nursery is an absolutely fantastic place for a baby/child to go to. This nursery has helped my son to become a confident, happy little chatterbox; I can’t thank the teachers in the rabbit's room enough.
Would 100% recommend Akhter to anyone looking for a nursery.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words; we enjoyed having him.
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Review from Kayleigh H (Mother of Child) published on 9 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been attending Akhter Early Learning Centre since being in the toddler room - he is now about to graduate preschool.
Owl's room has talked such great care of him!
He has gained so much confidence and learned so much in such a short space of time.
Management and staff are all so pleasant
and always there to help if/when needed!
Time to have another baby - just for this Akhter team to care of!
Always grateful.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words; it's been great spending time with him.
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Review from Jake G (Father of Child) published on 9 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My two children are very happy here. We have had no issues.
My son has learnt so much.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words; it's been great spending time with both of them.
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Review from C H (Mother of Child) published on 9 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our boy loves going to nursery and comes out talking about what he's done - singing all time and learning.
Staff - friendly and very helpful.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words; we enjoy having him.
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Review from Lucy H (Mother of Child) published on 9 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter and son go to the nursery. I have had such an amazing experience. Staff were welcoming, friendly and professional. Would definitely recommend. Such a lovely nursery - my children love coming here.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words; it's been great spending time with both of them.
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Review from Chloe G (Mother of Child) published on 9 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have nothing bad to say about Akhter. Both of my children are always happy and learn so much every day. Thank you so much for always making my children feel safe and loved. Keep up the good work.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words; it's been great spending time with both of them.
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Review from Karmel K (Mother of Child) published on 9 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This is my second child to graduate from Akhter.
I have always been extremely happy with the care and staff.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for your kind words; we have enjoyed supporting their learning.
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Review from C O (Father of Child) published on 3 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I just love how my boy comes out with the biggest smile at the end of the day and has made some good friends with other children and loves his teachers.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
I love to hear they have enjoyed their day/time with us as we enjoy having them.
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Review from C S (Mother of Child) published on 3 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter has flourished here.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
I love to hear this, thank you for allowing us to spend time with her.
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Review from L A (Mother of Child) published on 3 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Good care for my child.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
This is great to hear! Thank you for choosing us.
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Review from M K (Father of Child) published on 3 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Brilliant facilities and very helpful staff.
Very happy with my daughter's learning over the last 2 years at Akhter Early Learning Centre.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
Thank you for choosing us, we enjoyed having her in our setting.
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Review from Nicola H (Mother of Child) published on 3 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our child joined after we moved to Harlow a year ago and the staff did a great job at settling them in. Very welcoming and communicative, this really eased the transition.
Great learning and activities, always something new for the children to enjoy.
Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School
We have enjoyed having her, thank you for choosing us!
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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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