Phileas Fox Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in London for from 1 year up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2015, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
A limited number of fully funded places are offered to eligible families through the Working Parents Entitlement.
What childcare usually costs in Westminster
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Westminster 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
W2 1SEWhat 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, 16 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The staff welcome children into the safe and cosy, multilingual setting with a smile.
They ask how their mornings have been and take them through to their rooms to begin their nursery day. Children separate easily from their parents, settling quickly, happy and engaged in their play. Staff set up engaging environments that capture children's attention and support the effective delivery of the ambitious curriculum.
Children show sustained focus and concentration in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- organise group activities in a way that helps all children benefit from the learning experience.
- 16 September 2024Good
- 19 November 2018Outstanding
- 21 July 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Phileas Fox Nursery School
- What it costs
- Nappies
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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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