Frequently Asked Questions

Over The Rainbow Day Nursery provides childcare from 3 months through to school age. Babies and younger toddlers from 3 months to 2.5 years use our Baby/Toddler 1 room, while children from 2.5 years through to school age use our Toddler 2/Pre-School room.

We are at 7 Victoria Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 2JT, in the heart of Romford.

Yes. Over The Rainbow Day Nursery is just 0.2 miles from Romford Main Line Station, less than a two-minute walk away. This makes our nursery particularly convenient for parents commuting into London.

Our normal opening hours are 8am–6pm, Monday to Friday. Extended hours can also be arranged for an additional charge, with options starting from 7:30am and finishing as late as 6:30pm.

Yes. Over The Rainbow is open 52 weeks of the year, except for bank holidays.

Over The Rainbow is a family-run, Ofsted-registered day nursery. We opened in 2015 after previously caring for local children as a registered childminder. Our aim is to provide a home-from-home environment offering a middle ground between large corporate nurseries and smaller childminding settings.

Parking can be offered to parents on a first-come, first-served basis and must be arranged with the nursery. There is also a secure enclosed area where pushchairs and prams can be stored during the day.

Over The Rainbow provides childcare for up to 65 children each day, from three months through to school age.

Yes. We can accept funded childcare subject to availability. Depending on eligibility and age, government-funded childcare can begin from the term after a child turns 9 months, 2 years or 3 years. Because we are not a term-time-only nursery, funding is stretched across 52 weeks.

For more information, please see our Funding Guide.

Eligible children receiving 1,140 funded hours annually can have these stretched across the year, providing up to 21.92 funded hours per week. Different arrangements apply to some eligible two-year-olds and to the universal 15-hour entitlement from the term after a child's third birthday.

For full details, please see our Funded Childcare & Early Education Entitlement information.

Yes. Fully funded sessions have additional charges for items that government funding does not cover, including freshly prepared food, consumables and extracurricular activities. Please see our Funding Guide for the current details and charges.

Yes. We offer full-day core hours as well as half-day sessions from 8am–1pm and 1pm–6pm. Please see our Schedule of Fees for further information.

Yes. Meals are prepared and cooked daily onsite by our experienced chefs using fresh ingredients. Children are provided with breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack and tea during the nursery day.

You can find out more on our Nursery Meals page.

Our meals are planned to meet the individual dietary needs of each child, and we operate a strict no-nuts policy throughout the nursery. Parents should discuss their child's individual dietary requirements with us.

Children have access to age-appropriate activities and resources designed around their individual needs and interests. The Baby/Toddler 1 routine includes free play, garden time, planned activities and group circle time alongside meals, snacks and care routines.

Find out more about our Baby & Toddler Nursery.

Our staff regularly observe and track children's development. We use an online observation system that keeps parents updated with their child's progress. Parents can also comment and upload their own observations from home.

Our Toddler 2/Pre-School room introduces more structure to activities as children approach school age. Children are encouraged to develop confidence and independence, including choosing their own activities, helping tidy resources and making choices at snack and lunch times.

Find out more about our Toddler & Preschool Nursery.

Yes. The nursery has a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo) and works with parents, key persons and other professionals where appropriate to identify needs and provide additional support.

Our nursery has an experienced team of qualified early-years practitioners and support staff. Individual staff qualifications and experience can be found on our Meet the Team page.

You can arrange a visit using our Book a Show Round page. This gives you the opportunity to visit Over The Rainbow, see the nursery environment and find out more about the childcare we provide.

You can apply for a childcare place using our Register Your Child form. Registration does not guarantee that a place will be available, so please contact us if you would like to discuss current availability.