Childcare in Sydenham
Sydenham has 1 after-school club. 1 has never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Lewisham there are 38 places per 100 children under five, better supplied than England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Lewisham, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 56 school nursery classes across Lewisham, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
What has changed here
Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.
- Jun 2026Opened The Library Learning Centre Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Sydenham
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in Sydenham?
Lewisham has 38 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.
Towns close to Sydenham
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.