Pals Christ Church
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Chislehurst for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 14:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2022, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We accept 15 and 30 hours at Beckenham Montessori.
Worth knowing. If you don't receive government funding, there is a hourly charge that applies.
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
BR7 5JJWhat 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, 21 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a welcoming and exciting environment for all children to learn and have lots of fun. They provide all children with a good start to their early education.
Staff build positive relationships with children. They know their key children very well and know how they can build on what their key children already know and can do, overall, well to meet their individual needs. This helps all children to make good progress, including children who need extra help. Staff have high expectations for all children to help them to behave well and have positive attitudes to their learning. Children are consistently engaged and thoroughly enjoy the challenging and meaningful experiences that are planned by leaders and staff. For example, children keenly roll balls down guttering, make shapes from dough, water plants outdoors and create stories using visual picture cards. Children are very busy and keen learners.
The curriculum for physical development, exercise and good health is ambitious for all children. Leaders and staff plan frequent opportunities for children to participate in regular exercise. For example, children enthusiastically wiggle and jiggle to music and copy staff as they excitedly march, hop and jump. Staff enthusiastically encourage children to recognise the effect physical exercise has on their bodies.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen opportunities for children to learn how to manage their personal care needs n strengthen the curriculum to help maximise children's experiences, particularly an understanding of community beyond their own, and to help children to consistently express themselves through their own interests.
- 21 November 2024Good
Still missing for Pals Christ Church
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.