Dragonfly Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
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. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2012, with 45 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours per week Universal Entitlement for 3+ and 4+ year olds; 30 hours per week Extended Entitlement (if eligible) for 9+ months, 2+, 3+ and 4+ year olds; 15 hours per week funded places for 2 year olds meeting a certain criteria.
Worth knowing. Families will not be charged for: The funded hours themselves; Any mandatory top-up fee; Registration or administration fees linked to accessing funded hours only; Core learning materials and equipment for delivering the EYFS curriculum; Business overheads (utilities, staffing, rent) related to funded hours only. There will be no financial barriers at the point of delivery of the funded hours only, nor will they be conditional on purchasing any additional services.
What childcare usually costs in Newham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Newham 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
E15 4JWWhat 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, 29 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are extremely secure and happy in this warm and welcoming nursery.
Managers place a priority on children's and staff's well-being, as they recognise the impact this has on each child's potential development. Children feel safe and secure. For instance, they receive lots of reassurance and cuddles, when needed.
Staff rock babies in their arms and soothingly talk to them. As a result, children develop good bonds with the attentive staff. Staff skilfully encourage children's individual characters and demonstrate that they know them very well. Children enjoy taking home a nursery bear at the weekend. They delight in sharing the bear's adventures while staying in their home.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the arrangements for monitoring and coaching staff to extend their skills and knowledge to the highest level.
- 29 November 2022Good
- 12 January 2017Good
- 9 December 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Dragonfly Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
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