Little Apples Day Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in South Croydon for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £110.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2012, with 72 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Hourly | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £110.00 | £11.00 | £420.7515 hours funding, 2 days £935.002 days |
Discounts
- 10% Full-Time Discount5 days per week
- 10% Sibling Discountmore than one child attending, applied to youngest sibling
- 5% Blue Light Card Discountvalid Blue Light Card
Funded hours
15 Hours Funding, 30 Hours Funding.
Worth knowing. We stretch government funding across the full year rather than offering funding over 38 term-time weeks. Between 9:00am and 2:30pm, your child's funded hours are provided completely free of charge to parents, with no top-up fees, consumable charges, meal charges or hidden extras applied during this time.
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 0PAWhat 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, 14 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show that they build close relationships with caring staff. Most children who are new settle quickly into nursery routines. When children arrive unsettled, they receive close attention from staff. This helps them to separate more easily from their parents. Children use comfort items from home and see photos of family members on display. This contributes to their emotional well-being.
Children enjoy their time outdoors. Older children challenge each other to run faster and control their bodies well at speed. Children develop their balance as they navigate logs. Toddlers sit on and skilfully manoeuvre bicycles. Children have good opportunities for sensory experiences. Babies explore shaving foam. They clap their hands together and delight in the 'snow' that it creates. Older children discuss and explore the properties of ice. Pre-school children develop their mathematical awareness as they create patterns with coloured shapes.
Children benefit from staff's continuing engagement with their parents. They borrow items to use at home, and parents share their achievements and experiences when they are away from the nursery. Children's moves within the nursery and to school are well planned. They have opportunities to develop the skills that they need for future learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - strengthen support for teaching skills so that staff better understand how to engage and interact with children during activities n broaden opportunities for children to recognise, value and share their languages and backgrounds.
- 14 November 2022Good
- 16 November 2021Needs improvement
- 25 August 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Apples Day Nursery Ltd
- 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 £110.00 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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