Oak Hill Community Nursery
Good★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2006, with 55 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
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
SE4 2NXWhat 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, 26 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are keen to attend the nursery and arrive happy. They enjoy spending time at this fun and nurturing nursery. Staff provide children with a warm welcome on arrival, which helps them to settle quickly and feel safe and secure. Staff speak to parents and check on their children's well-being. This helps staff to be attentive to children's needs. Staff encourage children's independence from an early age.
Children take off their coats and shoes and wash their hands on arrival, which promotes good hygiene routines.
Children make choices and enjoy the range of resources available. Older children use water wheels and magnetic letters. Staff challenge their thinking when letters get stuck and encourage children to problem solve. Younger children show good concentration skills as they use shape sorters and make marks with chalk. Children fill containers with sand, which helps to extend their fine motor skills. They show excitement as they make sandcastles and knock them down.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen consistency of staff's interactions to consistently extend children's learning during play activities n embed children's understanding of mathematical language and concepts, such as shape, space and measures, to increase their knowledge further.
- 26 March 2024Good
- 19 April 2018Good
- 8 May 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Oak Hill Community Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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.
- 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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