Number 9 The Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in South Croydon for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £96.50 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2015, with 94 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full day – 7.30am to 6.00pm – £96.50 per day
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government-funded childcare hours.
Worth knowing. Subject to eligibility and availability.
What childcare usually costs in Croydon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Croydon 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
CR2 7DYWhat 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, 25 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are safe and settled in this welcoming environment. They develop close and trusting bonds with the staff, who have a caring and friendly manner. This helps to create a good foundation for their future development.
Children have a positive attitude to learning. Babies explore and investigate resources intently with staff support. Staff have high expectations of all children and provide an ambitious curriculum that engages and motivates their learning.
Children play happily in the spacious and secured outdoor area. Toddlers and older children busily engage in a range of activities both inside and outside.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review routines around mealtimes for younger children to ensure they are not waiting too long.
- 25 July 2023Good
- 9 January 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Number 9 The Nursery
- 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
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 £96.50 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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