Bright Horizons Maythorne Cottages Day Nursery and Preschool
Good★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 February 2024. Open since 2003, with 74 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 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
SE13 6HEWhat 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.
- 14 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 12 July 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 5 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle well into the nursery's routines, overall. Those children who need more support to separate from their parents receive close attention from their key persons. Staff discuss the needs of babies with their parents. This helps them to implement routines that reflect what babies experience at home. Staff use children's interests to help them to engage in learning from an early stage. Staff prepare well for children's moves within the nursery and to other settings. They share important information about children well. This helps staff in children's new rooms to understand how best to meet children's learning and development needs.
Staff manage children's personal care respectfully. They work closely with the chef to help to ensure that procedures to manage children's allergies are implemented.
Staff supervise babies and children closely as they eat. They gently soothe children when they become tired and monitor them as they sleep. Staff encourage children to manage their self-care. Younger children wipe their own noses and begin to recognise their need for the toilet. Staff support children to further develop their physical skills during weekly sessions with a sports coach, which children enjoy.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the existing support to develop staff's teaching skills, so that they understand how to adapt teaching to further extend children's learning n broaden opportunities for all children to recognise and value their language and cultures, and those of their friends.
- 5 February 2024Good
- 11 June 2021Good
- 28 November 2019Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Horizons Maythorne Cottages Day Nursery and Preschool
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.