Ladels Day Nursery Limited
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Thornton Heath for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £100.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2008, with 62 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £100.00Additional Daily Charge | £55.00Additional Half Day Charge | £10.20Additional Hourly Charge |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £25.00 Registration feenon-funded places
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £6.00 a day Breakfast, Lunch or Tea
- £6.00 a day Premium hot meals
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £4.00 a day Lunchfunded sessions
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15-hour and 30-hour entitlements.
Worth knowing. Nappies, wipes and formula milk are not included in the fees or funding. Healthy snacks and milk will be provided by the nursery free of charge. A £25.00 registration fee applies for non-funded places. There are no deductions for closures, bank holidays or INSET days.
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
CR7 8BQWhat 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.
- 4 May 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 26 June 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 20 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The very enthusiastic and dedicated staff team keenly welcomes children as they arrive. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and emotionally secure. On arrival, children give key staff a hug, find their favourite toys and settle quickly. Older children find their friends and proudly tell them, 'This is a pink crown.' Children build positive relationships with staff and each other. Staff are attentive and caring and, overall, ensure that they meet children's individual needs.
Staff successfully promote children's good health. For example, children enjoy a warm and healthy breakfast to help to boost their energy to start their busy day of fun and learning. Staff implement the nursery's curriculum for outdoor play and learning to a very good level. Mixed ages of children have plenty of time outdoors to help to promote physical exercise and access lots of fresh air.
Staff skilfully encourage children's collaborative play. Older children are highly involved in their play and learning. They take turns, share and follow instructions.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- think more carefully about how to promote individual children's individual needs, particularly babies, at the beginning of the day n build on the existing good practice to help children to understand what is happening next during routines.
- 20 February 2024Good
- 28 March 2023Needs improvement
- 17 April 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ladels Day Nursery Limited
- 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.
- Is £100.00 a day still the rate? 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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