Woodberry Day Nursery (Winchmore Hill)

63 Church Hill, Winchmore Hill, London N21 1LE
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  • Woodberry Day Nursery (Winchmore Hill), London
Woodberry Day Nursery is a substantial property, converted to create an 86 place day nursery of the highest quality.

Much of the character has been retained to provide spacious and interesting rooms with first class childcare facilities. The staff are experienced and well qualified ensuring Woodberry is a happy, sociable environment where every child is treated as an individual. They have also obtained their Green Flag Eco-Schools Award.

Woodberry has been designed with four main playrooms with additional sleeping and play areas. Outside there is a fully enclosed and attractively laid out garden. The environment gives children the opportunity to both learn and play in secure surroundings.

Woodberry also offer the extracurricular activity of Debutots every 2 weeks on a Monday between 10-11am for the Ladybirds and Bumblebees room. As well as this, they offer the Preschool room Kidslingo every 2 weeks on a Friday between 10- 11am, and a tennis coach who attends every 2 weeks on a Thursday afternoon.

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Care Provided by Woodberry Day Nursery (Winchmore Hill)

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Sean Crowley-Smith (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 47
  • Total Places for Children
  • 86
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 2 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 & Inset Days
  • Parking

  • Free parking is available on site.


Woodberry Day Nursery (Winchmore Hill) Reviews (104)

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9.6

Woodberry Day Nursery (Winchmore Hill) has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.625) out of 10, based on 18 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Woodberry Day Nursery (Winchmore Hill) has 104 reviews.

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Review from O B (Mother of Child) published on 24 October 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our daughter has been at Woodberry for a year now. Our son also previously attended so we knew she would be in good hands. The staff are caring and friendly and she thoroughly enjoys her time here!

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Review from Laura C (Mother of Child) published on 24 October 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Woodberry Day Nursery is a fantastic nursery setting which we have been with since 2017. My eldest daughter went on to primary school fully equipped for the journey ahead. My youngest daughter will soon follow and I am confident Woodberry will do all they can to continue to nurture, support and guide
her. We will miss Woodberry very much when the time comes to leave. You have been amazing!

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Review from S P (Mother of Child) published on 29 July 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I have two children at Woodberry Day Nursery at the moment - my eldest has attended since 2019 and is about to depart for primary school. I could not recommend Woodberry enough as a fantastic choice of nursery for anyone with babies and toddlers. The staff are what makes the nursery - they are amazing,
caring and nurturing. Education is a really high priority but most importantly of all, both my children love going there. The environment is safe, encouraging and fun. The food is great and very varied. Every day parents receive clear feedback from the staff and regular updates via an app. Brilliant nursery and amazing keyworkers.

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Review from Louise A (Mother of Child) published on 25 May 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I have had three children attend Woodberry who have all loved it! I have always felt reassured that my children are safe and well looked after at all times. Woodberry provides a caring and nurturing environment for my children to play, learn and interact with other children of the same age.

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Review from Nadejda H (Mother of Child) published on 25 May 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Woodberry is a great nursery.
My son always looks forward to going to the nursery and playing with his friends. Lots of activities that he enjoys getting involved with.
Amazing staff, always ready to help!

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Review from S S (Mother of Child) published on 10 May 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My child has been attending Woodberry Nursery for over a year and she is thriving. She loves her keyworker and all the teachers.
It is a clean, safe and happy environment. The staff are great and are very nurturing. It's a lovely feeling to know our precious child is in safe and caring hands.

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Review from Rob C (Father of Child) published on 7 February 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

In normal circumstances, they would get 5/5, but in the teeth of a pandemic for the last two years, they have done an amazing job to keep the children happy and safe. This would be our first choice of the nursery if we had to find one again.

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Review from Sara A (Mother of Child) published on 27 January 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter came to Woodberry after lots of struggles with her previous nursery. After starting with Woodberry I could see the change in her immediately, I could see a nice and smooth journey at Woodberry till the time when she happily goes to her nursery every day. It was a very challenging process
for us to take her to a nursery, because of her not having a pleasant experience at her previous nursery. I could not appreciate more the professionalism of Woodberry's staff to make this process much easier for us. My daughter absolutely loves her teachers at Woodberry now and every day she learns something new. I cannot recommend Woodberry highly enough and I am so happy for my daughter to have this safe and creative environment.

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Review from Laura D (Mother of Child) published on 21 June 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our daughter has been attending Woodberry since she was 11 months (she’s now 3) and is very happy there. We get daily feedback and photos via the app (which we can also use to share our own updates/photos with the nursery). The staff are all lovely and I have complete peace of mind that she is safe
and well cared for during the day. They’ve also been great in assisting with things like potty training. There is a wide range of daily activities which are both fun and educational and the meals are all nutritionally balanced. I can’t recommend Woodberry highly enough and my son is already on the waitlist to attend when he is older.

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Review from S P (Mother of Child) published on 31 December 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been attending Woodberry since she was 14 months old. She is now 2 and a half and in the bumblebee room. Woodberry really is a wonderful nursery and our daughter is so happy there. The staff are really lovely and you can tell that they really care for all the children. They were great
in helping her settle in and my mind was instantly put at ease that she would be fine! In the two rooms my daughter has been in, all the key workers have gone above and beyond to make nursery an enjoyable and stimulating place. All the activities are well thought out and my daughter always looks to be very engaged in whatever she is doing. Far more than she is at home!! Development is tracked through the online app which is really helpful and staff also upload little snapshots of all the fun things they are doing. I never worry about my daughter when she is at nursery. I know she is having so much fun and being really well looked after!

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Review from Shree G (Mother of Child) published on 17 November 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

As our son was born just before UK lockdown in March his interaction with other babies/adults has been limited. We were nervous about him joining nursery but Woodberry have been very patient and understanding in helping him to settle.


We completed a comprehensive form in advance with all of our son's

preferences. On the day of his first settle session, the nursery manager took the time to answer a long list of questions I had (it had been a little while since our visit). We met his key worker in the caterpillar room who after each settle session and his first week took the time to give us a thorough update on how he was doing/what he was eating and drinking.


He seems so happy, within a short space of time we can see how settled he is. Many members of the team took time to introduce themselves to us in the first couple of weeks. The nursery have been great in sending regular photo updates, which has given us great comfort in seeing him happy and doing new things.


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Review from Christina S (Mother of Child) published on 6 November 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter started in October. We were slightly nervous given the covid situation and that we were unable to come in and settle her in the way we would usually be able to but the staff, especially all the ladies in the Bumblebee room have been amazing and taken their time to keep us updated and get
to know our little one. The settling has been so much easier than we expected and she comes home excited to tell us about her day. For a child who was a little shy particularly not having seen many people through lockdown, this has been so reassuring. I love the daily updates and photos, and meal updates. Overall would really recommend. Thank you to the team.

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Review from Holly B (Mother of Child) published on 6 October 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our son has just left the Woodberry Preschool room, and we have nothing but praise for the experience we had at Woodberry. Our son was there just over a year, in the preschool room, and had a great experience. The staff are caring and fun, and create a lovely environment for the kids to firstly enjoy
themselves and secondly do a bit of learning. The activities and facilities are great, with lots of variety, and the feedback on the kids was thorough and well done. In a difficult year (COVID), the nursery provided excellent care, and we were fully confident in their ability to set in place the necessary policies to protect the staff and the children as best they could. And we also found them very understanding of our change of circumstances and needs for our son's care. In short, we're on the waiting list for the preschool room for our younger son, and we would thoroughly recommend it to anyone else as well.

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Review from Gillian K (Mother of Child) published on 7 September 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Woodberry has been fabulous for all three of my children, but the unbelievable care and attention shown to the children once they were allowed back after covid was a testament to how much the staff love the kids and how at home the children feel. My own daughter (3) was away for four months, yet her
excitement to return to nursery was infectious. She was begging to be back with her key worker and friends. The plan in place at pick up and drop off feels so well thought out and safe that my child forgot to say goodbye to me on the first day back!
I’ve been sending children to Woodberry for 14-years and have avoided mum guilt by knowing the kids are happy and secure with staff who care, some of the staff know all my kids, and that level of loyalty from staff is unheard of amongst my friends and other kids at nursery.
I would advise anyone looking for a nursery to use Woodberry.

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Review from Hannah B (Mother of Child) published on 22 July 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I would not hesitate to recommend Woodberry Nursery in Winchmore Hill to anyone. As a first time mum, when our son started there just after he turned one last August, I was full of guilt and anxiety. The team couldn’t have been kinder or more understanding of all of us.
Our son loves it there, and
although there are lots of wonderful things about it (food, facilities, activities etc), the best thing is the people. My son has developed a really close and reciprocal bond with his key worker. This continued all through lockdown and the nearly 3-months where he was unable to attend nursery (missed by us all!) meaning that the transition back was much smoother than expected.
The nursery’s communication with parents has been excellent throughout, and the whole team’s attitude and approach have been great.

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Review from S T (Mother of Child) published on 3 July 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our son loves Woodberry, he joined the pre-school room just before he turned 3 and the staff there helped him settle in. He has developed a close relationship with his key worker and adores all the staff. The staff are so caring, always a smile to greet my son and as a parent this is really important
knowing your child is going into a caring loving environment. The variety of activities that he does is great, he is coming on so well in his development and skills. The facilities are good, a nice garden area for the children to run around in. Having the parent portal is great to keep updated with what he is up to and communication with the team is regular. It’s nice to add what we do at home in there as well. Joining home life with nursery.
Finally, our son has attended throughout the pandemic and we were so impressed with how everything kept going and reassured us that he was in the best environment. We are very grateful to the whole team for what they do.

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Review from Claire P (Mother of Child) published on 3 July 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Woodberry came to our rescue during the height of the pandemic, offering us 5 full days of child care for our 14-month-old son whilst I continued to work full time at my hospital.
We were so impressed by how fast our son settled and made friends with the staff.
He loves it there so much that we
asked if he could stay after they opened to all their previous children.
Our son continues to thrive under their care. They provide a rich and varied experience through both structured and unstructured play whilst maintaining a lovely caring and safe environment.
We wholeheartedly recommend them for early years care.

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Review from D L (Mother of Child) published on 12 May 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our daughter loves going to nursery, she loves being outside on bikes or water play or activity course.
She comes home singing rhymes that I know I haven’t taught her and there are many of her favourite books at nursery.
Staff from every room know her by name and she has formed bonds so that when
her key workers are not there she is fine.
She usually eats everything from the diverse menu.
Management sends very clear regular communication and are excellent listeners.
Cleaning and hygiene have been prioritised and this is very reassuring.
I feel confident that she is safe and extremely well cared for.
Thank you to everyone for continuing the excellent service during this challenging time, it is much appreciated.

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Review from G H (Mother of Child) published on 18 March 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our daughter adores Woodberry Day Nursery, which is very telling. The staff, resources, information and activities are always considered and her happiness is the most important thing - she runs in. Developmentally, she is flourishing.

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Review from Adam M (Father of Child) published on 21 February 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our two-year-old son has been attending Woodberry for 1.5 years. He quickly settled in and is now in the second-youngest room. He continues to absolutely love it. As we approach nursery, he often eagerly shouts "yay! Nursery!" This is down to a mix of (a) an interesting learning environment and varied
mix of activities, and (b) more importantly, the caring and engaging staff members who genuinely love their jobs and provide a safe, supportive and nurturing environment for him to grow into his own personality, learn new skills and generally be very happy. While all the staff are excellent, it would not be fair to complete this review without mentioning our son's keyworker. She cares for Hamish as if he were one of her own - our parent guilt disappeared when we saw how well they get on together. She really understands his personality and provides a learning experience that works for him.
One final note on the food - it is fantastic. The children here eat better than we do!

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Current Review Score: 9.6 (9.625)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.6 (9.625) out of 10 for Woodberry Day Nursery (Winchmore Hill) is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.6 out of 5 from 18 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 17 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:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.637 for Woodberry Day Nursery (Winchmore Hill) is calculated as follows: ( (152 Excellents x 5) + (49 Goods x 4) + (13 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 215 Ratings = 4.637

  • b) 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 4.988 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Woodberry Day Nursery (Winchmore Hill) is based on 17 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 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

    • ii) 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 86 number of registered child places is 17.2. 17 Positive Reviews ÷ 17.2 = 0.988

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • 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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Sean

Sean Crowley-Smith

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Joined: 2024

Sean is the manager of Woodberry Day Nursery in Winchmore Hill and has a wealth of experience, having worked in the Early Years sector since 2009. Sean has recently joined Childbase Partnership but has previously been a Senior Room Leader, Early Years Curriculum Lead, Designated Safeguarding Lead and more recently a Deputy Manager.


What is your favourite feature of Woodberry?
The warm inviting environment and the wonderful atmosphere that the nursery has.


What are you most proud of about your nursery/team?
How they continue to provide excellent childcare every day.


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