Bear Hugs Day Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2023. Open since 2017, with 33 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Greenwich
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Greenwich 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
SE18 7BAWhat 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, 18 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children feel safe and secure in the nursery. They happily arrive and quickly settle into the routine of the day. Children are active learners and benefit from a welldesigned curriculum to support their physical development. The routine and structure of the day enable children to spend time outdoors to explore, take ageappropriate risks and build on their interests. Older children enjoy riding bicycles and scooters and work out how to negotiate bends. Toddlers display high levels of independence and resilience as they climb slides and ride tricycles.
Staff place strong emphasis on getting children ready for school. For instance, they teach the children to identify letters in their names, when they are developmentally ready, and count numbers. Some children can easily recognise their names and begin to write them.
Children behave well and play nicely with their friends. For example, toddlers sit together and pass objects to their friends while building with construction blocks.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure staff implement the curriculum intent for developing children's language effectively so that all children make better progress in this area of their learning n make better use of information available about children in order to better support their next steps in learning.
- 18 April 2023Good
- 13 February 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bear Hugs Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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