Little Gems Daycare Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 August 2022. Open since 2018, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government funding covers the core provision of early education and childcare, including staffing and the delivery of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum during funded hours.
Worth knowing. Funding does not include meals, consumable items or additional enrichment activities.
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
SW16 6NSWhat 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.
- 9 June 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 8 October 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 10 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle as soon as they arrive at the nursery and are eager to engage in the activities. Although there have been staff changes, there is now a consistent, happy team, who share the manager's high ambitions for children. Staff provide good support for children to want to have a go at new skills. For example, they support older children well in using scissors. Children become confident communicators. Staff recast words, so that children hear correct pronunciations and add new vocabulary. For example, older children explain what a vet does, and staff provide good support for them to understand about the role of a receptionist.
Babies hear descriptive words and staff use words with actions to help their understanding. Children gain good resilience as they persevere and are determined to achieve. For example, older children set about releasing toy-sea creatures from ice. They keep going, showing excitement each time another is free. In addition, they describe how the ice was made in a freezer and the sun is helping it to melt.
Children have fun and enjoy their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus staff development on following children's fascinations and ideas to extend and challenge their learning even further n help young children to consider how to solve problems for themselves.
- 10 August 2022Good
- 11 August 2021Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Gems Daycare Ltd
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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