Dawmouse Brunswick
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £40.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 1996, with 45 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Minimum 3 days a week.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £40.00ad hoc £70.00ad hoc |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £60.00 Registration feenot refundable
- £500.00 Depositrefunded on the last term’s invoice, providing the correct notice has, refundable
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government funded early-education hours for eligible two-, three- and four-year-olds, including 15-hour and 30-hour funding.
Worth knowing. Parents are asked to make a voluntary contribution towards consumables and additional services, such as specialist Montessori learning and resources, and additional activities (sports, music, French, trips, etc.).
What childcare usually costs in Hammersmith and Fulham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hammersmith and Fulham 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
SW6 7EUWhat 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, 4 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children make good progress from their starting points in this welcoming and stimulating nursery. They remain happy and confident and form secure attachments with staff. This helps support their personal and social development.
Staff plan to improve children's concentration and develop their problem-solving skills. Children enjoy rescuing dinosaurs from ice. Some children bring water from the taps in small jugs and pour this over the ice, while other children use a pipette to add water to the ice gradually. They observe the changes in the ice. Children talk to the staff about needing to use different tools and how their hands and fingers feel when they hold or touch the blocks of ice. Children engage in the activity over a long period of time. Staff plan learning that is well sequenced and ambitious for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Children develop good social skills, which enable them to develop strong friendships. Children are imaginative in their play, they create dinosaur caves using parachutes and giant tunnels. Children show care and consideration for each other during play. They take turns and play cooperatively. Staff support children through minor conflicts. They encourage children to communicate how they are feeling and offer solutions to resolve problems. Children are proud of their achievements and share these with their peers and the staff. They invite staff and other children to observe their dinosaur interactions in the newly built cave.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to recognise how to avoid interruptions during storytime to ensure that children remain focused and engaged n review the structure of the day to allow children time to deepen their knowledge through play and activities of their own choice.
- 4 October 2024Good
- 8 November 2018Good
- 25 September 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Dawmouse Brunswick
- 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 £40.00 a session 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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