Little Lambs Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Belvedere for from 1 year 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £44.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2009, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £44.00 | £22.00Morning/Afternoon, 3 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £20.00 Registration Fee
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
From the term after your child's third birthday you are entitled to claim up to 15 hours free nursery education. We also offer 2 year and 30 hours funding for children who are eligible.
Worth knowing. Fees apply for any sessions where funding is not received.
What childcare usually costs in Bexley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bexley 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
DA17 5LJWhat 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, 2 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children develop warm trusting relationships with staff, who are kind and caring.
For instance, children enjoy a cuddle for reassurance when they become upset.
Children demonstrate they feel happy, safe and well cared for. They develop good levels of confidence and self-esteem and a willingness to try new activities. For instance, children enjoy mixing ingredients as they make play dough. This helps develop their small hand muscles to prepare them for early writing. Children are becoming independent learners. For example, they pour their own drinks and help to tidy their toys. Children make choices in their play and learning. The helps to develop children's confidence. Children enjoy daily outdoor play. They have great fun looking for minibeasts and as they practise their physical skills when they climb and balance on tree stumps.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to recognise how they can expand on children's developing interests during activities, to extend learning further n help staff to embed new skills and knowledge they acquire during training, to improve teaching.
- 2 March 2023Good
- 19 June 2017Good
- 1 February 2017Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Lambs Pre-School
- Meals
- Nappies
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 £44.00 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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