Hodan Day Care
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:30 to 16:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 2010, with 37 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
2-year-olds are eligible for 15 hours of free, government-funded early education for 38 weeks a year (term time); All 3 to 4-year-olds in England receive 570 hours of free early education or childcare per year. We stretch the termly entitlement over 51 weeks of the year.; 30 Hours Free Childcare ... provides an additional 570 hours of free childcare per year. This funding applies to eligible child.
Worth knowing. We offer a limited number of fully funded 15-hour and 30-hour places. Please contact the Nursery Manager for further information.
What childcare usually costs in Lewisham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lewisham 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
SE8 5PBWhat 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, 3 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle at the nursery with support from the kind and considerate staff.
Staff reassure children as they arrive with warm greetings and soothing words, helping them to feel safe and secure. They know children well and adapt their care and learning approaches to children's individual needs. For example, staff recognise that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) benefit from some individual time with staff when they arrive to help them settle into the routines of the day.
Staff find out and plan for children's interests and learning needs. Staff provide opportunities for children to develop the skills required for the future. For example, children manipulate play dough, use jugs for pouring and make marks with paintbrushes and pens. This helps strengthen their arm and hand muscles for later writing. Children develop a keen interest in reading. They choose to look at books and listen to many stories read well by staff.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to strengthen their teaching strategies to consistently challenge and extend children's learning n enhance opportunities for children to develop independence through daily routines.
- 3 November 2023Good
- 23 February 2018Good
- 4 December 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hodan Day Care
- 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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