Little Cherubs
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bromley for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2004, with 46 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours funding, Early Learning for Two-Year-Olds (EL2YO), 3-4YR Universal funding, and funded hours from 9 months for eligible working families.
Worth knowing. Funded places do not include meals, snacks or additional activities, which are charged separately. Shortlands stretches funding over 49 weeks; Sydenham offers funding term time only over 38 weeks with remaining weeks charged at normal daily rate.
What childcare usually costs in Bromley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bromley 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
BR2 0JPWhat 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, 15 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children feel safe at Little Cherubs nursery as a result of effective procedures in place. They play happily under the supervision of staff, who support and guide their learning well. Children have strong attachments with staff, which helps them to feel emotionally secure. They interact positively and receive lots of praise for their efforts and achievements. As a result, children feel self-assured. This is evident, for example, as they socialise with visitors and play with their peers confidently.
Children experience a rich and balanced curriculum to help prepare them for the next stage of their education. For example, younger children have plenty of opportunities to develop their small muscles while playing with toy bricks in the outdoor environment. Older children practise their strong language and drawing skills by helping staff to retell the story of 'The Three Little Pigs'. Children take part in many extra-curricular activities, including outings to various places of interest.
They learn to say basic words and count in other languages, such as German,
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to provide children with clear and consistent messages, ensuring they understand the behavioural expectations n make more effective use of opportunities to enable children, particularly during adult-led activities, to fully express their ideas and thoughts.
- 15 June 2023Good
- 14 December 2017Outstanding
- 25 February 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Cherubs
- 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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