Arc Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £90.12 a day for 2-3 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2009, with 59 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Minimum 2 days a week, price list dated 1st May 2026.
| Age | Full day | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-2 yearsbirth to 2y | £102.125 days attended per week £107.764 days attended per week £116.333 days attended per week £121.222 days attended per week | |
| 2-3 years2y to 3y | £90.125 days attended per week £94.294 days attended per week £103.273 days attended per week £107.142 days attended per week | |
| 3+ years3y to 5y | £87.675 days attended per week £91.534 days attended per week £100.413 days attended per week £104.082 days attended per week |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £100.00 Registration feenot refundable
- £300.00 Settling in fee
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £10.00 a day Meals/snacks charge for over 3s on funded daysonly on the days free hours are being attended, includes meals/snacks
Discounts
- 15% Sibling discounttwo or more children of the same household attend the nursery at the
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Both 15 and 30-hours free childcare.
Worth knowing. Over 3s ONLY will be charged for meals/snacks at £10.00 per day but only on the days free hours are being attended.
What childcare usually costs in Southwark
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Southwark 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
SE1 3YDWhat 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.
- 19 August 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 19 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time at this friendly and welcoming nursery. They leave their parents with ease and settle quickly into their day. Practitioners know their key children well. They skilfully settle new babies using a range of approaches individual for each child. Children show high levels of confidence in their interactions with adults, for example, children will approach practitioners for help or comfort when needed. They interact with the inspector once they are comfortable, by sharing toys or waving.
Practitioners are positive role models for children. They communicate with each other in a polite and calm manner, and they give children gentle reminders to say
'please' and 'thank you'. Children display positive attitudes to learning, they are constantly engaged in activities and play with practitioners and each other.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support children further to develop their independence consistently.
- support practitioners to use behaviour management strategies consistently to build on children's understanding of behaviour expectations, in particular the younger children.
- 19 June 2024Good
- 31 May 2019Good
- 11 December 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
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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 £90.12 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? 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.
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