54 nurseries in Romford

Every day nursery in Romford on the Ofsted register, best rated first, with what a place costs in Outer London after the free hours.

54 day nurseries

2 rated Outstanding

2 with a new report card (4%)

2,645 places in total

£173 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Best-rated nurseries in Romford

The top of our Romford ranking: Ofsted's outcome first, then the newest inspection.

Best-rated day nurseries in Romford
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	New Beginnings Day Nursery RM1 3DB	Strong standard in all 6	23 January 2026	47
2	Mulberry Bush Nursery and Pre-School RM3 8HT	Outstanding	28 February 2025	34
3	Playdays Preschool 2 RM3 8XS	Outstanding	1 November 2022	32
4	Great Child Nursery & Pre-School RM7 7HT	Good	3 September 2025	70
5	Montessori Minds RM1 3QA	Good	18 June 2025	76

Day nurseries in Romford, best rated first

All 54 day nurseries in Romford
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	New Beginnings Day Nursery RM1 3DB	Strong standard in all 6	23 January 2026	47
2	Mulberry Bush Nursery and Pre-School RM3 8HT	Outstanding	28 February 2025	34
3	Playdays Preschool 2 RM3 8XS	Outstanding	1 November 2022	32
4	Great Child Nursery & Pre-School RM7 7HT	Good	3 September 2025	70
5	Montessori Minds RM1 3QA	Good	18 June 2025	76
6	Foundation Nurseries (Rise Park) RM1 4XH	Good	20 May 2025	44
7	FIG Playgroup And Playscheme RM3 7SU	Good	26 March 2025	60
8	Eljoy Nursery RM6 4BE	Good	5 March 2025	50
9	Edenberries Day Nursery And Pre-School RM7 7HR	Good	12 February 2025	86
10	Over The Rainbow Day Nursery RM1 2JT	Good	7 October 2024	65
11	Chatterbugs Day Nursery RM5 3ET	Good	2 October 2024	39
12	Playdays Preschool Holiday And After School Club RM3 9EN	Good	14 August 2024	30
13	Little Market Day Nursery RM1 3AB	Good	7 August 2024	70
14	Eljoy Nursery RM6 5NR	Good	18 June 2024	32
15	Tubbies Day Nursery RM7 0UX	Good	9 April 2024	28
16	Montessori & Me Nursery RM6 6AX	Good	3 April 2024	58
17	Truly Scrumptious Early Years Nursery RM1 4HA	Good	22 February 2024	35
18	Star Bright Day Nursery RM7 7BH	Good	23 January 2024	50
19	Playdays Preschool @ St Georges RM3 8HX	Good	6 November 2023	36
20	Buddies Pre School RM5 2BE	Good	19 July 2023	26
21	Learn to Leap RM6 4BA	Good	11 July 2023	60
22	Little Explorers Day Nursery RM7 0AG	Good	26 June 2023	50
23	Toddle-Inn Day Nursery RM2 5XH	Good	26 June 2023	30
24	The Learning Tree Nursery School RM1 2QP	Good	22 June 2023	118
25	Playdays Preschool 5 @ Warren Hall RM3 8RW	Good	8 June 2023	38
26	The Old Station House Day Nursery RM5 3BP	Good	29 March 2023	45
27	Nutkins Nursery RM2 5TP	Good	10 March 2023	23
28	Abbs Cross Day Nursery 3 RM5 3QJ	Good	9 February 2023	40
29	Ingrebourne Neighbourhood Nursery RM3 7YT	Good	1 December 2022	72
30	Bright Futures Nursery RM3 8YJ	Good	24 October 2022	65
31	Explorers Collier Row RM5 3NR	Good	20 October 2022	35
32	Mary Poppins Day Nursery RM7 0ES	Good	5 October 2022	44
33	Chadwell Heath Nursery RM6 6QJ	Good	8 September 2022	120
34	Hunnypot Corner Day Nursery Llp RM3 0LU	Good	27 June 2022	50
35	Creative Kids RM2 5EH	Good	30 March 2022	164
36	Fledgelings Day Nursery (Romford) RM1 3PB	Good	26 November 2021	60
37	Somerville Pre-School RM6 5RX	Good	18 November 2021	24
38	Rising Stars Preschool Romford RM1 3QT	Good	9 November 2021	62
39	Cotton Buddies RM7 7AA	Good	4 November 2021	53
40	The Railway Children Gidea Park Nursery RM2 6AT	Good	15 October 2021	16
41	Nutkins Nursery 2 RM2 6DH	Good	14 October 2021	32
42	Harold Wood Pre School Limited RM3 0DU	Good	15 September 2021	35
43	Tamba Day Nursery Chadwell Heath RM6 4HB	Good	3 August 2021	90
44	Excel Kids Romford RM1 3EE	Needs attention in 5 of 6	27 April 2026	25
45	The Oaks Centre Ltd RM5 2DD	Requires improvement	2 July 2025	24
46	Aardvark Preschool and Nursery RM3 0AQ	Not yet graded	Not yet	32
47	Frankphil Pre-School & Out of School Club RM3 8AH	Not yet graded	Not yet	32
48	Gidea Park Nursery RM2 5JR	Not yet graded	Not yet	12
49	HOUSE OF Lembalemba MUBANGA Preparatory Day Nursery School RM3 7EU	Not yet graded	Not yet	82
50	Little wonders day nursery RM1 1QA	Not yet graded	Not yet	28
51	Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery & Preschool Romford RM1 2LT	Not yet graded	Not yet	92
52	Mulberry Bush Nursery RM3 8HP	Not yet graded	Not yet	24
53	Sky Learning Childcare RM6 6LS	Not yet graded	Not yet
54	The Ultimate Education RM2 5AA	Not yet graded	Not yet

How the ranking works: our ranking policy. What the grades mean: Ofsted report cards explained.

Nurseries by postcode in Romford

Romford is in Havering, Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge.

Nursery fees in Romford

What day nurseries in Outer London charge on average. Fees in Romford itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, Outer London, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age	25 hours a week	50 hours a week
Under 2	£217no funded hours	£171after 30 funded hours
2 years old	£214no funded hours	£173after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old	£83after the free 15 hours	£158after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in Romford

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Romford as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

Who	Free hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months	30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old	15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits	15 hours

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.