Little Acorns Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £83.00 a day for 2.5 - 5 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2022. Open since 2012, with 104 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Minimum 2 days a week.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - 2.5 Yearsbirth to 2y | £88.00Daily 8am - 6pm | £55.00Part time 8am - 1pm or 1pm - 6pm, 5 hrs | £275.00Part time 8am - 1pm or 1pm - 6pm £440.008am - 6pm | |
| 2.5 - 5 Years2y to 5y | £83.00Daily 8am - 6pm | £53.00Part time 8am - 1pm or 1pm - 6pm, 5 hrs | £275.00Part time 8am - 1pm or 1pm - 6pm £415.008am - 6pm | |
| 5 – 8 Years5y to 5y | £75.00Holiday Club Daily | £30.00After School Club, 3 hrs | £150.00After School Club £375.00Holiday Club Weekly |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £75.00 Registration fee
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.50 per 15 minutes Late collection charge
- £7.50 a session Early morning drop offmust be booked a week in advance
- £7.50 a session Evening sessionmust be booked a week in advance
- £72.00 Funded 30 Hours top up to full dayto stay until 6pm
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours for children aged 9 months, two, three and four years old.
Worth knowing. FEEE Funding is available 38 weeks per year or can be split across the 52 weeks a year at the lower hours per week. A minimum of two sessions per week must be booked.
What childcare usually costs in Southwark
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Southwark 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
SE16 4BXWhat 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, 17 January 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Given children's starting points and the impact that lockdowns have had on their development, children are making good progress. Children are happy, settled and arrive eager to start their learning. Children excitedly talk with staff about events with their families at the weekend. Younger children respond well to staff's questions that help them to recall past events and develop language skills, which for the majority are slightly delayed. Older children confidently recite spells in a book, learning about rhythm and rhyming. Babies are highly confident and respond well to carrying out tasks at mealtimes, such as handing out water to their lessmobile friends. This helps to build on children's personal and social development as well as physical skills that have all been slightly delayed.
Children have consistent support to develop their small muscles. For example, throughout the nursery, children learn to peel their oranges for snack and pour their drinks, among other activities. Children develop skills, such as being able to put their coats and shoes on. They respond extremely well to praise, which helps them to challenge themselves further to develop their skills. Children thoroughly enjoy exploring and experimenting with the mud kitchen. They skilfully use a range of utensils to mix and transport the mixture to different places. This further helps to support children's physical development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- reduce interruptions of staff who are engaged in teaching activities to enhance children's learning.
- 17 January 2022Good
- 24 November 2017Good
- 12 May 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Acorns Day Nursery
- 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.
- Is £83.00 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.
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