Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery New Cross
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.5 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 January 2025. Open since 2018, with 76 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. We offer stretched hours across the year for consistent fees and care.
Worth knowing. 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 Lewisham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lewisham 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
SE14 5JNWhat 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.
- 22 August 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 27 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle well on arrival and are happy to meet the staff and their peers.
Babies demonstrate close bonds with their key person. They babble happily in response to staff interactions with them. Staff meet children's emotional needs well and help them build familiarity with the setting.
Staff use opportunities, such as children's role play, to introduce them to the importance of healthy foods. Toddlers learn to name fruits and vegetables and comment 'I like mushrooms'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to strengthen the planning and implementation of the curriculum for physical development, with particular regard to the outdoor provision, to help children to explore a range of physical movements and to extend their physical skills further.
- 27 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 29 July 2022Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery New Cross
- What it costs
- Meals
- 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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