Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2018, with 59 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Eligible families can access 15 or 30 hours funded childcare and may also use Tax-Free Childcare.
Worth knowing. Government funding does not cover the cost of the all-inclusive package we provide at Monkey Puzzle. Additional charges apply for meals, consumables (such as nappies, wipes, and sunscreen), trips, and any extra hours beyond the funded entitlement.
What childcare usually costs in Greenwich
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Greenwich 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
SE9 2JYWhat 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, 18 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled in this well-resourced and welcoming setting. They enjoy a wide range of challenging indoor and outdoor activities. Children are very well behaved. They respond well to gentle reminders by staff that help them learn about expectations of their behaviour. Children know and understand the daily routines as staff give them warnings about what is happening next and sing songs that link to the daily routines. Children share and take turns well during play.
Babies enjoy lots of cuddles and support. Children have good relationships and show strong bonds with staff. This helps all children, including those who have additional needs, to feel safe and secure in their learning environment.
Older children are making very good progress. They are productive and concentrate well during adult-led activities. Staff successfully use children's interests and learning needs to provide a challenging and ambitious curriculum that clearly extends children's learning. For example, children keenly join in activities about their bodies. They play picture matching games and talk to staff about their body parts and internal organs. While using the doctor's set, children talk about how the plasters stop blood coming out of veins as they skilfully put plasters and bandages on staff.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- reduce noise levels, particularly in the pre-school room, to promote children's speaking and listening skills and optimise their learning experiences n review nappy changing routines in the pre-school room to assure children's privacy and further promote their personal independence n monitor and embed the recent improvements made to mealtime procedures into all staffs practice, to ensure all managers and staff understand about the consequences of children's allergies and minimise risks so that children's individual dietary needs are consistently met.
- 18 May 2022Good
- 24 November 2021Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham
- What it costs
- 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.
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