Pippa Pop-ins
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in London for children from birth to 8+, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 November 2023. Open since 2015, with 67 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
2 year old funding; 3 year old funding (15 hours); 3 year old funding (30 hours).
What childcare usually costs in Kensington and Chelsea
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Kensington and Chelsea 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
W8 7PTWhat 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.
- 19 June 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 6 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff are kind and approachable, they build trusting relationships with children. This helps children feel safe and secure at the nursery. Staff's expectations for positive behaviour are well embedded. Children remember important rules, such as lining up before leaving the room or returning indoors. This helps to ensure that everyone can be accounted for at all times. Children happily help with small tasks, such as putting toys away after an activity or cleaning tables after meal. This helps them gain sense of responsibility and prepares them for next stages of their learning.
Leaders design an ambitious curriculum, which aims to support nursery's vision of promoting kindness, independence and forming friendships. Staff provide inclusive service and recognise the uniqueness of all families that they work with. They help children to learn more about their local community and support children's understanding of each other's differences and similarities. They celebrate cultural and religious festivals and engage in helping those who are less fortunate. For example, children bring donation for local food bank. Leaders and staff work closely with parents and other professionals to help ensure all children make good progress in relation to their individual staring points. This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- plan group activities more effectively to fully promote children's engagement and concentration n develop clearer links between the intent and delivery of activities to shape these to the learning needs of each child.
- 6 November 2023Good
- 20 February 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Pippa Pop-ins
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.