K & Q Childcare Services Limited
Good★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 2020, with 34 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
SW16 1QHWhat 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, 11 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are keen to arrive at the nursery and are welcomed by kind and caring staff. They choose from a range of learning experiences which enable them to make good progress from their starting points. Indoors, children engage in role play where they pretend to make pizzas. They talk about the pizza being hot and what toppings they like. Outdoors, children excitedly explore sand and water and giggle as they play with bubbles and try to pop them. Children have opportunities to visit the local community. For example, they have visited the city farm and tally up numbers of animals to support their early mathematics skills.
Children are sociable and confident communicators. They are interested in sea life and dinosaurs and staff use their interests to support the curriculum planning.
Children form friendships and work collaboratively with each other. For example, they skilfully navigate where blocks should go to make a shared model.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review the organisation of story time to ensure that children remain fully engaged and disruptions to their learning are minimised n review the arrangements for storing children's toothbrushes to minimise any risk of cross-infection.
- 11 September 2023Good
- 17 March 2023Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for K & Q Childcare Services Limited
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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