Pavilion Nursery (Catford) Limited
Good★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Catford for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 July 2024. Open since 2013, with 30 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
SE6 2LQWhat 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, 17 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff quickly build warm and caring relationships with children and their parents.
Children are happy to attend. Those who find it difficult to separate from their parents receive sensitive support from staff to join activities. Staff offer flexible settling-in arrangements and provide reassurance to parents. Children enjoy freshly cooked, healthy and nutritious meals that meet their dietary requirements. Staff communicate well with each other and external agencies. This helps them to support children's development needs effectively. Staff plan children's moves to school well and involve parents in their preparations. They help school teaching staff to understand how children learn best.
Staff provide children with inviting outdoor learning opportunities. This helps children who learn best outdoors to develop their curiosity. Most children are eager to explore what is on offer as they arrive. Staff provide a curriculum that helps children to develop well across all areas of learning. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make good progress from their starting points in learning. They respond well to the teaching methods that staff implement to help them develop their social interactions and communication skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on existing support for staff's teaching skills so that they help children to make the most of learning opportunities n strengthen communication with parents to help them understand how they can fully support their child's learning and development needs.
- 17 July 2024Good
- 26 July 2023Needs improvement
- 27 November 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Pavilion Nursery (Catford) Limited
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
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.
- 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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