Jumping Beans, Garratt Park Playgroup
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in London for from 1 year 2 months up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2004, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
All funding is accepted.
What childcare usually costs in Wandsworth
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wandsworth 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
SW17 0LAWhat 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, 15 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are eager to start their day at this welcoming playgroup. Staff are quick to respond to children who are new to the playgroup and a little unsure with lots of reassurance. Staff spend time with children and get to know them when they first start. This helps children to settle quickly and form reassuring bonds with staff.
Staff provide a calm environment and implement simple routines to create a safe and consistent experience for children. Children are gaining in confidence.
Children are provided with a broad curriculum that includes a range of interesting activities and experiences. Overall, these suitably capture children's attention and help children make some gains in their learning. Physical development is supported well at the playgroup. Children enjoy playing in the outside area, riding and racing the bikes, running, and balancing carefully on the equipment. Children have fun exploring the coloured slime as they build their hand muscles. Staff join in with children's play that does not interrupt their fun. For example, children at the roleplay area, pretend to go shopping. Staff respectfully ask children if they can join in with their play and model the language children need to play purposefully. This helps to increase children's developing vocabulary.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the consistency of teaching so that all children benefit from highly effective implementation of the curriculum n help staff to support children's understanding of behavioural expectations and boundaries to further promote their self-regulation.
- 15 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 1 February 2024Needs improvement
- 6 June 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Jumping Beans, Garratt Park Playgroup
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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