Dulwich Oaks Montessori Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in London for from 1 year up to 5 year olds, open 07:45 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 75 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
9 months to 5 year olds working parents funding, universal funding for 3-4 year olds, disadvantaged funding for 2 year olds.
Worth knowing. If you are eligible for the working parents' funding, the fees shown below do not include lunch and tea (but include snacks), and those have to be paid for additionally.
What childcare usually costs in Southwark
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Southwark 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
SE19 1HLWhat 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, 8 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and confident in this nurturing environment. The key-person system is effective. Staff know all the children well. Children feel safe and secure, as staff quickly form close bonds with children and their parents. Staff have high expectations of children. They plan an ambitious curriculum with plenty of opportunities for children to engage in creative play and develop their independence skills.
Children behave well and show curiosity when approaching activities. Staff make purposeful interactions with them as they play to support their communication and language and vocabulary development. For example, children explore a range of sea creatures in the water tray. Staff support them in naming the different creatures and describing their colours and features.
Staff make effective use of assessments. Staff work closely with external agencies to set targets. Staff speak passionately about the progress children have made since starting nursery and how they are going to prepare them for the next stages of their learning. Individualised learning plans are in place to ensure that all children make progress, including children with English as an additional language
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- extend opportunities for children to discuss the importance of healthy eating as part of a healthy lifestyle.
- take further opportunities to model hygiene practices to further promote children's independence.
- 8 November 2022Good
- 18 January 2017Outstanding
- 8 January 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Dulwich Oaks Montessori Nursery School
- 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
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