Linden Tree Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2025. Open since 2007, with 32 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Up to 20 hours per week, on a stretched basis.
Worth knowing. The voluntary charge means you fairly contribute to the full cost of our provision including all meals, snacks, hygiene products and Froebelian elements.
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
SW11 5TBWhat 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, 7 March 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Friendly staff build strong connections with their key children, ensuring children feel safe and secure during their time at the nursery. They settle well and show an enthusiasm for learning. Babies pull themselves to standing as they use scoops to move the sand into the various pots. Staff skilfully narrate the learning as they count out the number of scoops. Older children delight in watching an ice experiment, correctly predicting the sun's role in the melting process.
Children make good progress. Staff plan opportunities linked to their interests and support them to develop skills for life. Assessments are used to identify possible gaps in development, and staff communicate planned next steps to parents to support their child's learning at home. The curriculum is ambitious for all children.
It focuses on key principles for all, including connection and exploration.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's understanding of how to use teaching strategies to extend children's learning further n increase opportunities to strengthen older children's awareness of broader mathematical concepts.
- 7 March 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 10 April 2019Good
- 31 March 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Linden Tree Nursery School
- What it costs
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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