Mrs Bonds Village Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in St Mary Cray for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £42.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2006, with 45 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, price list dated September 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £42.00 £48.00 | £18.00AM or PM, 3 hrs | £6.008am - 9am |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £40.00 Late payment fee
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Together for 2’s - 15 hours funding for parents on a low income; 2 Year Old Working funding - 15 hours funding for working families; Universal funding for 3 and 4 year old - 15 hours funding for every 3 and 4 year old; 30 hours funding - additional 15 hours for working families of 3 and 4 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in Bromley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bromley 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
BR5 4AXWhat 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, 29 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily and settle quickly in this exceptionally welcoming and wellorganised nursery. High staff ratios and a fully embedded key-person system ensure that the individual needs of all children, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are met effectively. Children build strong relationships with staff and each other. This helps them to feel safe and secure in their learning environment. Children's well-being is nurtured and strengthened through highly effective daily routines in which children learn to express their feelings and emotions in positive ways. As a result, children's confidence is enhanced. They behave well and develop highly effective skills in resilience and self-regulation. This especially supports all children, including children who have SEND, to be prepared for their transitions to the next stage of their education.
Leaders and managers have a clear vision of what they want children to learn.
Their ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum shows high regard to supporting children's communication and language skills, emotional development and independence. Children show high levels of acceptance and understanding of each other's needs. They are caring towards each other, understand expectations of their behaviour and actively follow the daily routines. For example, children negotiate whose turn it is next, include all of their friends and then line up and wait for their turn to ride the truck down the ramp. They help each other with small tasks, such as putting on their coats, and share toys effectively during play.
- 29 November 2024Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 6 December 2018Good
- 13 January 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mrs Bonds Village Nursery
- 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.
- Is £42.00 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.