Marsham Street Community Nursery
Outstanding★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 1992, with 55 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Westminster
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Westminster 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
SW1P 4LXWhat 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 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children demonstrate high levels of energy and excitement as they enter the safe, vibrant and well-resourced environment. They have excellent emotional attachments to staff. Children flourish and develop superior levels of self-esteem and confidence. Staff kept in close contact with families during the COVID-19
pandemic restrictions. This helped support children's emotional well-being and continuous learning. For example, staff developed a digital home-learning service which provided ideas for children's activities at home.
Children make exceptional progress. They start school with an abundance of knowledge and skills and a love of learning. Children are engrossed in a wealth of captivating and highly challenging activities and experiences, which staff expertly plan. Children of all ages curiously explore, investigate and speculate. Older children test out what happens when they mix water with real flowers. Younger children experiment with various textures while painting. The nursery works hard to be sustainable; children learn how to care for the world around them and have a keen interest in environmental issues.
- 17 August 2022Outstanding
- 13 December 2013Outstanding
- 21 June 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Marsham Street Community Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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