Ivy League Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for babies from 9 months up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 October 2024. Open since 2013, with 65 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government funded places for children aged 9 months, 2 years, and 3 years.
Worth knowing. Stretched model: 15 funded hours delivered as 11 hours per week; 30 funded hours delivered as 22 hours per week. No term-time only places or half-day sessions. Hours outside funded sessions charged at standard rate. Fees include breakfast, lunch, tea, and snacks.
What childcare usually costs in Croydon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Croydon 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
SE25 6XPWhat 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, 18 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff build warm relationships with children and their parents from the start.
Children approach staff for hugs and reassurance and show that they feel emotionally secure. Staff acknowledge the contributions made by people from different communities. This helps children to value and respect what makes them, and others, unique.
Staff share their languages with children from similar backgrounds. They provide routines and activities that help children to develop their self-esteem and confidence. For example, parents visit and read favourite books to children, including in their home languages.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance existing supervision arrangements, so that gaps in staff's knowledge about their responsibilities are more promptly identified and addressed n strengthen the outdoor curriculum further so that pre-walking babies have more opportunities to move around and develop their larger muscles.
- 18 October 2024Good
- 1 November 2023Needs improvement
- 10 November 2022Needs improvement
- 9 January 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ivy League Nursery
- What it costs
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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