Kinderland Day Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in South Croydon for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 1995, with 100 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Universal funding, the extended funding and the tax free childcare scheme; 15 or 30 hours term time only stretched to 11 or 22 hours per week all year.
Worth knowing. Additional services charge of £8.94 per funded session; limit of 1x funded session per day; if child falls out of eligibility without one month's notice, full fees required.
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
CR2 7AEWhat 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.
- 18 October 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 24 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled. Staff are caring and nurturing, supporting children to make good progress with their learning and development. There is an effective key-person system in place. Children are given time to settle and bond with staff.
Staff know their key children well and plan good-quality activities to enable them to make progress towards their next steps of learning.
Special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is a key strength of the setting. Staff work closely with parents and other agencies supporting children.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to be more aware of their placement when carrying out routines, so they are aware of what is happening around them n teach staff to support children's natural curiosity to move resources around to further extend their learning.
- 24 September 2024Good
- 27 July 2021Good
- 21 September 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kinderland Day Nursery Ltd
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- 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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