Excel Child Care Services Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £75.00 a day for above 2yrs., and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2002, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3mths to 23mths3m to 2y | £85.008-6 | £75.00Mornings (8-1) or Afternoons (1-6), 5 hrs | |
| Above 2yrs.2y to 3y | £75.008-6 | £65.00Afternoons (1-6) or Mornings (8-1), 5 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.50 a half day Tea only (1pm – 6 pm)Afternoon Attendance, includes Tea only
- £3.00 a half day Lunch (8 am – 1 pm)Morning Attendance, includes Lunch and Snacks
- £5.50 a day Lunch and TeaFull Day, includes Lunch and Tea
Funded hours
30 Hours Free Child Care.
Worth knowing. To access government funding, you must provide a valid code and complete all required forms by the deadline. Without this, full fees will apply for that term.
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
SE22 0RSWhat 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, 19 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy, settled and show strong bonds with staff. Younger children enjoy lots of hugs and cuddles that help them to feel safe and secure. Babies wake up happily after their nap and quickly join in play. Older children are helpful and join in the daily routines well. They help to set out the tables for lunch and enjoy helping to sweep up. Children behave well. They are considerate to others and take turns well.
Children benefit from a balanced curriculum that effectively supports their learning needs and interests. The well-established key-person system ensures that staff know children well. They identify what children know and what they need to learn next. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities
(SEND), make good progress from their starting points.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further support younger children during focus activities by demonstrating the use of resources, to fully enhance their learning experience n regularly review the condition of books so that children's enjoyment of books is not hindered by any that are worn or damaged.
- 19 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 26 June 2024Inadequate
- 3 July 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Excel Child Care Services Ltd
- 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 £75.00 a day 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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