Daffodils Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Thornton Heath for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2022. Open since 2018, with 116 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 Hours Free Entitlement Funding; 30 Hours Funding; This option is also available for children who are aged 2, should they be eligible.
Worth knowing. We offer the 15 hours as 3 morning or 3 afternoon sessions for 38 weeks a year; If you are eligible, your child can either attend Daffodils for 3 full days a week, or for 1 full-day and 4 half-day’s.
What childcare usually costs in Croydon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Croydon 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
CR7 8LYWhat 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.
- 18 July 2022Good
- 22 July 2021Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Daffodils Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.