Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking

Barking Park Lodge, Longbridge Road, Barking IG11 8TA
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7.5 38 Reviews
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Vanessa Henry (Senior Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 10

Total Places for Children

  • 40

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

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 & 1 week at Christmas
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Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking Reviews (38)

7.5

Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking has a Review Score of 7.5 (7.458) out of 10, based on 1 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking has 38 reviews.

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Review from Aissta F (Mother of Child) published on 17 February 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been to this nursery for 2 years now and absolutely loves it. The staff are very caring and help him grow in a fun and educational way. I strongly recommend this nursery.
Reply from Marketing Team, Marketing at Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us your lovely review.
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Review from Daria G (Mother of Child) published on 17 February 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very friendly staff. Very supportive of the children. Happy to assist with supporting all children's needs.
Reply from Marketing Team, Marketing at Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking
We really appreciate you taking the time to write us this lovely review. Thank you.
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Review from Delia H (Mother of Child) published on 17 February 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Nice and safe nursery, every week they do lots of activities that have a great impact on my child's development. My child enjoys coming into the nursery and being with her friends and the staff.
Reply from Marketing Team, Marketing at Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us your lovely review.
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Review from Aisha (Mother of Child) published on 2 November 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My daughter used to go to another nursery within the area and she absolutely hated it there and refused to even get out of the car when I used to drop her there. I left it a while before looking around for another suitable nursery for her to attend. I finally was happy with the reviews that I read about
the Ashbourne Nursery and decided to give it a go and to my surprise, she really loved it there. She absolutely adored her key worker and constantly spoke of her and how much she missed her when she wasn’t there. The whole team were always lovely as well and it was nice knowing that I’m leaving my child with such capable people. I had one or two issues which the manager sorted out in a very professional manner; she was lovely to speak to on the couple of occasions I spoke to her. It’s got a lovely cosy atmosphere.
Reply from Marketing Team, Marketing at Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking
Thank you so much. This is great to hear. The team at Barking are delighted.
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Review from Anisa B (Mother of Child) published on 28 October 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter received excellent care from the staff. She was well looked after and her confidence and educational development grew whilst she was there. I was also grateful that the nursery were shiftwork-parent-friendly. Would definitely recommend to anyone.
Reply from Marketing Team, Marketing at Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking
Thank you for the lovely review. The team at Barking are delighted to hear this.
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Review from Ana G (Mother of Child) published on 27 October 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Great staff! My daughter was very happy after each session! Children are taken outside to the garden every day; that I find very good to have fresh air! They have a lot of activities and enjoy playing together!
Reply from Marketing Team, Marketing at Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking
Thank you so much for your lovely review. The team are delighted to hear this.
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Review from Mallika K (Mother of Child) published on 18 September 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My son joined the nursery when he was 9 months and leaving it when he turns 4 years. I find staff every friendly and approachable. He has grown to be very social individual and well-mannered child where nursery has played an important role. I would definitely recommend the nursery. The only thing which
it could have improved on further is to have some app where we can track the activities of the child of whole day instead of having verbal conversation every evening.
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Review from Vanda M (Mother of Child) published on 1 March 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I truly have no complaint of the playgroup.
My daughter has come out of her shell, the staff are amazing, approachable and easy to communicate with. I would definitely recommend the playgroup to others.
I can't wait to see my child's progress increase.
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Review from Maliya F (Mother of Child) published on 1 March 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
As a first time mother, I felt very anxious bringing my son to the nursery, but after one month of my son being at the nurser, I feel so happy with the progress of my son and extremely impressed with the staff. The staff are very kind and friendly to parents and children and have reassured me that I
made the right decision to bring him to the nursery. Thank you Play and Learn.
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Review from Ola O (Mother of Child) published on 5 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The nursery provides a loving, family, intimate feel which is great for my toddler at her age. My daughter is excited when getting to the nursery. There are areas for improvement, with process and procedures but the manager is open and implements feedback which is very encouraging. The nurseries strength
is their family feel.
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Review from Adrian M (Father of Child) published on 22 August 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My child joined Play and Learn in November 2017, he was going to another nursery before.
Overall I would say that we had a positive experience with Play and Learn. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would say that the nursery is at 9/10. Overall, a positive experience.
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Review from F B (Mother of Child) published on 12 April 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Play and Learn is amazing!
Our little guy loves it here, the staff are fantastic and the facilities are the best I've seen.
I would very much recommend this nursery to anyone!
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Review from Vijay T (Father of Child) published on 12 April 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been with the nursery for 8 months.
She has been happy at all times.
Barring some issues due to changing of workers she has had a great time.
Her progression is good.
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Review from Edsangela A (Mother of Child) published on 14 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff are very friendly. I have a good experience at the nursery. My daughter is learning a lot with her key worker. I don't know what I would do without her at the nursery. All of the staff are professional and likes kids. The only thing I can say negatively is the fact that my daughter comes home
very dirty with paint everywhere. I think every child should have bibs when they are painting as some of the paint is hard to remove from the clothes.
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Review from Harshmaran H (Mother of Child) published on 17 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am extremely happy with this wonderful nursery. My son has development delays and the staff were amazing recognising our sons needs, and explaining it all to us in a very sensitive a delicate manner, which was incredible, they have done everything in their ability to give my son the help and support
he needs, he even receives one to one from SENCO there. They are always happy to talk to us as parents to let us know how further they can help our son. This is a wonderful and very supportive nursery, the staff and manager are an asset to the company and should be rewarded. I would recommend this nursery to every mother and father who want their child(ren) to have the best start in life.
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Review from Sam P (Father of Child) published on 31 October 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child is not very social around strangers, and was true to form during the settling in period, and we initially though it wouldn't work.


After a week or so she really began to open up to the staff and other children, and I'm glad we made the decision to stick with professional nursery childcare.

She is so much happier now. I think the staff really put themselves out to make sure she was happy, and having the setting inside a park was a brilliant idea. Every day is like a mini school trip, she always comes home talking about feeding squirrels or ducks and her new best friends. It's a smaller nursery than some others nearby but I think that has helped our daughter as she is naturally shy. Overall I'm very happy with the staff and learning she has achieved so far.


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Review from Shaima B (Mother of Child) published on 31 October 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child enjoys Play and Learn Day Nursery. She is very comfortable with all the staff as they are attentive towards her which has helped develop her learning.
She enjoys her daily walks to the park with her friends!! Definitely recommend the nursery to parents who want their children to learn but
also have fun. :D
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Review from R S (Father of Child) published on 13 October 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I'm really happy with the care and learning that my child gets the staff are warm and caring. The nursery is set in a lovely area my child loves the walks out with the park ranger every week. It is an excellent setting.
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Current Review Score: 7.5 (7.458)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 7.5 (7.458) out of 10 for Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.3 out of 5 from 1 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.1 out of 5 from 1 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 4.333 for Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking is calculated as follows: ( (4 Excellents x 5) + (8 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 12 Ratings = 4.333
  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 3.125 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking is based on 1 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 = 3
    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 40 number of registered child places is 8. 1 Positive Reviews ÷ 8 = 0.125
  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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