Green Shoots Day Nursery
Ofsted report card Dec 2025Takes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in London for babies from 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £80.00 a day for 2 to 3 Years, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in December 2025. Open since 2012, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
48 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Months to 18 Months6m to 19m | £90.006 Months to 18 Months | £50.006 Months to 18 Months | – | |
| 18 Months to 2 Years18m to 2y | £85.0018 Months to 2 Years | £45.0018 Months to 2 Years | – | |
| 2 to 3 Years2y to 3y | £80.002 to 3 Years | £40.002 to 3 Years | – | |
| 3 to 4 Years3y to 4y | £76.003 to 4 Years | £40.003 to 4 Years | – | |
| All ages | £45.00pick up from school £70.00 £80.00Holiday club | £35.00half a day £40.00 | £1408.00Full time care |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £100.00 admission feenot refundable
Funded hours
Fifteen or thirty hours during school term times, funded by the Government. Some two year olds may also qualify for fifteen funded hours.
Worth knowing. For term time only children, we cannot spread the hours over five days. Therefore, fifteen hours must be taken either as two seven and a half hour days (ie 9am to 4.30pm, or 8.30am to 4pm) or as three afternoons 1-6pm or three mornings 8-1pm. Thirty hours must be taken as three full days. We reserve the right to specify which days these hours can be taken, avoiding very busy times if necessary. We will not be able to provide places covering a few hours in the middle of three or more days, as thi.
What childcare usually costs in Lambeth
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lambeth 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
SW8 1ARWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 11 December 2025Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 9 July 2025Inadequate Safeguarding: No
- 10 October 2019Good
- 29 October 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Green Shoots Day Nursery
- 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 £80.00 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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