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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Care Provided by Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

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

Good to Know

  • Owner
  • ABI Nursery
  • 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
  • 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

Funding & Fees Guide for Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

  • Available on request
  • Parking

  • They have parking for staff and customers dropping off children.


Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School Reviews (180)

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Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.885) out of 10, based on 89 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School has 180 reviews.

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Review from Alan M (Father of Child) published on 28 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I would really recommend anyone considering bringing their child to Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School. We are relatively new to the nursery but have been extremely impressed with how settled our daughter has been and her bond with her caretakers is really lovely to see. We love the
observations via the app and it’s great to be able to see her playing and learning. As parents, we feel so lucky to leave our precious one in such capable and warm hands!

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words, we are lucky you chose us to be part of your family's journey. We are really happy you're happy and that she is doing so well, we will look forward to watching her grow and develop with us. Team Akhter.


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Review from Paige D (Mother of Child) published on 22 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Amazing nursery! Couldn't fault it. My son loves going and loves all the teachers in his room. They have been so helpful in making sure my son gets all the help he needs and have been very supportive to me and his dad.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words, we are so glad he enjoys coming as we enjoy having him and watching him grow! Team Akhter


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Review from Giuliana B (Mother of Child) published on 22 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Lovely team and teachers, always supportive and friendly. My child has gone to the nursery since he was 2 and the teachers helped him to improve his English as well. They would also let me know everything about how his day was. The team in reception is always available and supportive. Lovely nursery,
super recommended.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words, he has come a long way recently and improving every day. He really enjoys himself here and loves his keyworker. Team Akhter


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Review from M M (Mother of Child) published on 22 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

This is the perfect nursery for my daughter, she loves it. She is growing quickly at the nursery, she can't wait for the session. Teachers are very good for kids, very helpful. This is the best nursery in the town!

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words, we are honoured to be called 'perfect', the staff do work very hard to meet all the children's learning needs.
Thank you for choosing us we enjoy having your daughter and watching her grow. Team Akhter


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Review from A H (Mother of Child) published on 22 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very friendly and caring staff. Very informative about how the day has been for the child. No complaints. My kids' dietary requirements are met, and they seem to enjoy every meal. They are very fond of their key workers.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words, we are so glad you are happy as we enjoy having them and supporting their learning through play. Team Akhter


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Review from Connor S (Father of Child) published on 22 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I can't honestly say enough about the nursery, the staff are amazing, they have been very helpful with me and my children. They have always offered help and support for us, I have seen my son extremely improve in learning and his behaviour. I highly recommend this nursery.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words, We have enjoyed having both boys over the years, now ones in 'big school' and we have your little one who's doing amazing! Thank you for sharing them with us. Team Akhter


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Review from Gabriela C (Mother of Child) published on 22 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I love the nursery very much as does my daughter. The staff are great and very helpful, I can't thank them enough for the job they do with the kids, my daughter improved all the way with her English as it is not her 1st language. I can see how confident she is at speaking full sentences and making conversation.
I am impressed by how fast she picks things up. The environment is really safe and the premises are well maintained. I am satisfied with the way it works, I will really recommend to new parents to visit and see yourself. Thanks for the early education you provide to our kids.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words, we love having her and giving her lots of opportunities to learn through play. Thank you for choosing us. Team Akhter


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Review from Sarah T (Mother of Child) published on 15 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has been at the nursery for a couple of years now and loves it!! The staff are lovely, and he will definitely miss them all when he goes to school next year! The only downside, but in all fairness, my child eats like a horse! Ha ha, is would prefer the option of a packed lunch.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words. We love teaching him; he is a lovely little boy. Unfortunately, due to the number of allergies in each room, it's safer for us as a large setting to know what's being served each day; our chefs do great dinners /tea.
There are other options available to change hours where your child wouldn't stay for lunch; if that's something you want to look into, please enquire in the office. Team Akhter.


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Review from Z S (Mother of Child) published on 15 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Both of my daughters attended this nursery, and they really loved it there. I am gutted that we had to say goodbye, as both are in school now. The staff were always welcoming, the food was brilliant and encouraged them to try new things. Both of my daughters became very confident there, and because
they are Bilingual, their English improved in this nursery, so they are not struggling in school now. If I had any problem, they resolved it in no time! Thanks to the Akhter Team for making our time there wonderful and full of unforgettable memories!

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Aww, it's lovely to hear from you; thank you for your kind words.
I hope the girls are doing well, from Team Akhter.


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Review from M G (Mother of Child) published on 15 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery is a great place.
My daughter is very happy there.
She found many friends, and she likes the staff, activities and food.
A good place for developing and gaining new skills.

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 her and teaching her through play. Team Akhter.


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Review from S. B (Mother of Child) published on 10 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been in Hedgehogs for the last year and has had a great year. The staff in there are fabulous. My daughter loves the room and doesn't want to leave. The staff are caring and have been a massive support in potty training and helping my child follow her routine while at the nursery. They
have helped in her development and confidence. Fully recommend this toddler room!

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words; Hedgehogs will be sad to see her leave. She will love her new room though. From Team Akhter.


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Review from Evangeline E (Mother of Child) published on 10 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Amazing staff and great facilities. This is the second nursery my daughter has been to as we didn't have a great experience with the first. I am so pleased with Akhter and the progress my daughter has made. She has so much one-on-one time, and great activities and fun, of which I am updated with weekly.
I feel very confident and safe leaving my daughter in their care. My daughter cannot wait to go to nursery now and loves all the staff! So happy with how my daughter's vocabulary and confidence have continued to grow while at Akhter.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words! We love having her, thank you for choosing us.
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Review from Abdelkrim S (Father of Child) published on 10 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent nursery, nice people to deal with. Very clean, big place, good food. Very hygienic, professional people, good manners, good attitude, highly recommended for anyone else to join it. My child loves going there. Every time I pass, the nursery is pulling me to go into it. No regrets whatsoever.
Thank you for everything and good wishes and good luck everyone. Thank you once again.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words, we are glad you are all happy! That means we are all working hard and going in the right direction.
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Review from Kelly W (Mother of Child) published on 9 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff are super friendly and welcoming; they communicate well at handover, and my daughter has settled really well. She comes out happy and gets all excited when she's going back in for her next session. All the staff in Hedgehogs are lovely and very obviously wonderful with the children. Couldn't
fault the nursery as a whole, and it seems like it's run very well by management.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words. Our aim is to teach children and support parents, ensuring they are all happy.
Thank you, Team Akhter.


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Review from Daryl H (Father of Child) published on 9 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The boys are always happy to attend. Enjoying their food and activities and making friends with both the other children and staff.
The staff are always very amenable and communicative at pickup time.
Would thoroughly recommend.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words; we love doing what we do, and I'm so glad that shows.
Kind regards,
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Review from Bobbi H (Mother of Child) published on 9 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter started in September and I’ve got nothing but good things to say.
The teachers in her class are absolutely amazing.
The lunches are great and the activities carried out throughout the day are perfect for the little ones.
Would 100% recommend it to any parent.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words and for choosing us! We really enjoy having her and seeing her grow and develop. Team Akhter.


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Review from M F (Grandmother of Child) published on 2 November 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Nurseries really lovely. My granddaughter is very happy here. This makes my daughter happy knowing she can go to work and her daughter is learning. They have their own key person who takes it in and sits with her if she is unhappy - they learn together.

Reply from Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School

Thank you for your kind words, our aim is to ensure families are happy and children are learning in a safe happy environment.


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Review from S C (Mother of Child) published on 2 October 2023
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Overall Experience  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 would always be truthful about a child's behaviour during their day however, would also understand if your child was struggling to settle or to meet boundaries within the setting and support the child /family around this. Staff would feedback to whoever was collecting in the most gentlest way with a positive ending, sadly this wasn't you on collection.
Just to remind you, 'you haven't had to pay extra as we didn't charge you anything for the 2 weeks your daughter attended our setting'. We also followed your guidelines in your email to us asking us not to claim the funding so you could use it elsewhere.
We wish you and your family all the very best for the future.
Kind regards Team Akhter.


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Review from C H (Mother of Child) published on 22 September 2023
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Overall Experience  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
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Overall Experience  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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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.885)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.885) 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.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 89 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 87 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 4.885 for Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School is calculated as follows: ( (988 Excellents x 5) + (57 Goods x 4) + (5 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) + (13 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 1064 Ratings = 4.885

  • 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 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School is based on 87 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 124 number of registered child places is 24.8, which has been reached with 87 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • 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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Meet the Team (3)

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Karen Thomas

Job Title: Manager

Joined: 2016

Nearly 30 years childcare experience.
Foundation degree in Early Years, 20 years in management.


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Julie Quigley

Job Title: Assistant Manager

Joined: 2018

Level 3 in childcare
Safeguarding officer
Over 23 years working in childcare


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Charlotte Beach

Job Title: 3rd in charge

Joined: 2011

Level 3 in childcare
Safeguarding officer
10 years in childcare


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