The West Finchley Day Nursery

181 Nether Street, London N3 1NR
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9.5 31 Reviews
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West Finchley Day Nursery and Preschool is rated Good by Ofsted (August 2022) and provides high-quality Early Years care for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Set within a purpose-built environment, the nursery supports each stage of development through a rich curriculum and creative experiences including Spanish, yoga, messy play, and sensory activities.

Children enjoy a dedicated visual arts studio, sensory room, and a spacious garden featuring a mud kitchen, climbing frame, and bark area for active exploration. The long-standing, experienced team fosters a calm, nurturing atmosphere and works in close partnership with families.

Daily updates are shared via the nursery app, and regular events invite families to engage in nursery life. Conveniently located near West Finchley station, the nursery offers a warm, home-from-home experience where children grow in confidence, curiosity, and independence.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Taspia (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 22

Total Places for Children

  • 96

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 4 years 11 months

Funding & Fees

  • Fees avaiable with enquiry pack

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:00-19:00
    Tuesday 07:00-19:00
    Wednesday 07:00-19:00
    Thursday 07:00-19:00
    Friday 07:00-19:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

The West Finchley Day Nursery Reviews (31)

9.5

The West Finchley Day Nursery has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.485) out of 10, based on 13 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time The West Finchley Day Nursery has 31 reviews.

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Review from Charlotte H (Mother of Child) published on 7 July 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending West Finchley Pre-school full time since she was 16 months old to now nearly 3. She has had outstanding care during this time from all her key workers and built strong relationships with them and other children. Particular strengths of the nursery for us have been the
nurturing environment, attention to reading, new skills like toilet training and outdoor play. As we are both working parents, we have also really found the nursery supportive with tasks like potty training and teaching our daughter to share and take turns. Our daughter has progressed amazingly in her time at the nursery in speech, physical skills and social skills. The quality of food at the nursery is very good and the staff work extremely hard. The fact my daughter talks about wanting to show her key workers things when she is at home is a testament to their strong bond. We have been and remain extremely happy with West Finchley Pre-school.
Reply from Laura Millward, Parent Liaison Officer at The West Finchley Day Nursery
Thank you for your fantastic review of our West Finchley Nursery and Preschool. We are delighted to hear that you and your little one are enjoying your time with us. Building strong relationships with…read more
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Review from Valter M (Father of Child) published on 22 February 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
Our highlights go first and foremost to the staff, who have been wonderful and supportive, contributing to a healthy and safe environment. Most of the facilities are purposely built for a nursery, and the rooms are bright and airy. The menu is varied and healthy, including plenty of veggies and fruit.
The nursery was recently acquired by a group called Three Little Birds, and things changed over the past months. All the management and a few of the staff left after the acquisition. The website still advertises “Music and the Performing Arts are a key element of our unique curriculum”, however, we have not seen performing arts and music activities lately, which was a big selling point for us. We have also raised issues to management (one of which related to the fairness of treatment), we only got a response when we formalised the complaint, and the response so far has been disappointing (from there was an emergency, to it was an accident, to it’s the previous management’s fault).
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Review from Jyotika D (Mother of Child) published on 26 January 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 1.0 out of 5
Caught a pregnant teacher saying strong swear words in the corridor right after we dropped our son at the nursery. Very disappointed, we decided to stop our child from attending nursery after three weeks. Teacher seen as impatient and not caring. Email apology received from nursery but no official action
plan seen in regards to the incident.
Reply from The West Finchley Pre School, Operations Director at The West Finchley Day Nursery
Please be assured that we take all concerns seriously. Following any concern being brought to our attention, a full investigation will be carried out to ensure a thorough and informative process and…read more
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Review from Mathieu G (Father of Child) published on 9 September 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff as well as the facility of West Finchley Nursery is absolutely amazing. They took great care of our daughter while customising their approach to her needs. We always knew what was going on at the nursery, we got pictures, reports etc. We really had a great experience and highly recommend that
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Review from Beth P (Mother of Child) published on 10 August 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
After viewing lots of nurseries in the area, we fell in love with the West Finchley Preschool. But when the opening was delayed, we opted for another nursery nearer our house. Even though my daughter "settled" at the second nursery and it was very convenient to get to, we made the tricky decision to
go with our initial gut feeling and resettle her at the West Finchley. Best decision we've ever made and we haven't looked back! She's been in the baby room and now the walkers' room. She's made so many friends and loves the room mentors. She talks about them constantly at home! Her appetite and love of food has grown so much in the time she's been there too - I'm often envious of the recipes listed on the app! A fellow mum once told me you need to find a nursery where you feel happy dropping them off and you can completely focus on your work while they're there. I can confidently say West Finchley has done that for us and I did not feel the same with the previous nursery.
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Review from Tom C (Father of Child) published on 20 July 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Absolutely fantastic nursery. Attentive, creative, caring, stimulating, everything you'd want for your child. Plus great communication and very thorough online reports and photos. We're very happy our son is at the West Finchley Preschool.
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Review from S B (Mother of Child) published on 9 July 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
After viewing many nurseries in the area and surrounding areas, I visited The West Finchley Preschool prior to their official opening. The principal was exceptionally warm and welcoming, and spent over an hour showing us around the nursery. No other visit I had was as reassuring and detailed. She provided
a great amount of insight into the nursery's ethos and day to day routines. My daughter settled exceptionally quickly, transitioned to the toddler class, and I have seen her progress week by week. I am amazed by what she learns and how much she is able to tell me about her day. She enjoys the activities, food and her nursery teachers. All the staff have been exceptionally friendly, and have created a safe and nurturing environment. The nursery maintain constant communication with parents, especially over email, and are very easy to speak with in person. They were very reassuring during lockdown. I have no worries when I drop my daughter in the morning.
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Review from Sejal S (Mother of Child) published on 1 July 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My youngest has been attending here since it opened last year, the nursery have been very accommodating over the last year. The staff are super friendly. My daughter has developed so much in the last year. She was 2.5 when she started and had only been to nursery for a week prior to lockdown and so
I was nervous but she settled in immediately and loved it from the first day. She is always happy and smiling. Singing and dancing and enjoys being at nursery.
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Review from Steven T (Father of Child) published on 1 July 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My boy is very happy here. He has made a lot of friends and learns a lot here. The nursery provide very good and active music and a multimedia learning channel. The staff are very caring for the children.
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Review from L P (Mother of Child) published on 1 July 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My toddlers are extremely happy and settled at this nursery. They are so excited to go there for their sessions and absolutely full of fun and stories when they get home. They rave about the food, and love talking about their friends and teachers there. They often come home with interesting things they've
made, like cards, drawings, bath bombs and cakes, and really enjoy the music lessons, which inspire them to think about the world in completely different ways. The nursery is flexible and helpful with questions. Everyone is always friendly at drop-off and pick-up and the staff respond to questions helpfully and attentively. As a parent, I don't think I could really ask for more.
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Review from Ollie J (Father of Child) published on 25 June 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We sent our first child to West Finchley Preschool so, like many parents, didn't really know what to expect and were a little nervous about our daughter being cared for by other people and not us. We had nothing to worry about. The communication we have experienced with the team has been really great
- they constantly update us on our daughter's progress throughout the day. She has a healthy, varied diet at nursery and she seems to have already built great relationships with the staff in the baby and toddler room (who are really great.) We feel she is totally secure and she seems really happy there.
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Current Review Score: 9.5 (9.485)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.5 (9.485) out of 10 for The West Finchley Day Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 13 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.7 out of 5 from 13 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 4.808 for The West Finchley Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (129 Excellents x 5) + (24 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 156 Ratings = 4.808
  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 4.677 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for The West Finchley Day Nursery is based on 13 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 96 number of registered child places is 19.2. 13 Positive Reviews ÷ 19.2 = 0.677
  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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Taspia

Taspia

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Taspia has over 9 years experience in Early Years. She holds a BA (Hons) in Early Years Education, achieving a Level 6 qualification and graduating with a 2:1. Taspia looks forward to welcoming her families and has a passion for providing exceptional care and education to little ones.

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