5 Steps Community Nursery
Good★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £90.00 a day. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2007, with 32 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £90.00Daily | £185.00Part Time Mon – Fri 8am - 1pm or 1pm – 6pm £290.00Full time |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.00 Meals
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
What childcare usually costs in Lewisham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lewisham from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
SE16 2RRWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 7 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly greeted by the managers and practitioners on their arrival.
Settling-in procedures are effective and new children develop secure attachments with their key person. This helps children's emotional development. Children are happy and have close bonds with practitioners. They demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. Practitioners work closely with parents to identify children's starting points and gather information about children's interests and what they can already do. They use this information well, overall, to plan an effective curriculum.
Overall, children behave well and show respect to each other and their environment. They say 'please' and 'thank you' and help at tidy-up time.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve consistency in how children are supported to develop independence and self-help skills, particularly during mealtimes n support children to resolve conflict situations and acknowledge their own and other people's feelings, to help them learn to manage their own behaviour and emotions.
- 7 February 2023Good
- 7 February 2022Needs improvement
- 7 July 2021Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for 5 Steps Community Nursery
- Funded hours
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £90.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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