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Pre-school in South Croydon

Play Place Little Angels

Ofsted report card Dec 2025Takes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades

A pre-school in South Croydon for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in December 2025. Open since 2001, with 36 places.

Call 07766 107303Their website

Cost

What it costs

Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.

Funded hours

All government-funded places for children aged over 9 months.

What childcare usually costs in Croydon

£7.50an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£7.50an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Croydon from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Babies from 9 months, up to 5 year oldsRegistered with Ofsted for birth to 5.
When it's open
Sessions in term time, often mornings
Funded hours
Takes them
Meals
Not includedLunch at Wayside Nursery which is cooked by our food provider is £2 a day
Google rating
5.0 out of 5From 5 Google reviews. NurseryWise has none of its own.
How many children
36 placesMedium for England
How long open
25 yearsOpen for decades
Address
Sanderstead Methodist Church, Limpsfield Road, South Croydon, CR2 9EF

Where it is

CR2 9EF
Ofsted URN 957401On the register since 31 August 2001
Inspected 5 December 2025

What Ofsted found, area by area

Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.

Keeping children safe
Met
Including every child
Needs attention
What and how they teach
Needs attention
How children get on
Needs attention
Behaviour and routines
Expected standard
Welfare and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership
Needs attention
Ofsted

What 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.

  • 5 December 2025Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
  • 22 January 2020Outstanding
  • 21 May 2015Outstanding
  • 8 June 2011Outstanding

Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.

Still missing for Play Place Little Angels

  • What it costs
  • 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.

Before you ring

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.
Compare

Pre-schools within a couple of miles

This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.

Play Place Little Angels

Pre-school · Sanderstead Methodist Church, Limpsfield Road, South Croydon, CR2 9EF

Report card Dec 2025Takes funded hoursBirth to 5Babies from 9 monthsSessions in term time, often mornings★ 5.0 Google, 536 placesOpen for decades

Whytebeams

Pre-school · St. Antony'S Church, 120 Wentworth Way, Sanderstead, CR2 9ET

Not yet inspectedTakes funded hours£350.00 a termBirth to 5From 2 years09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week★ 5.0 Google, 1070 placesNewly opened
0.5 mi
10 min walk
07591232264Their website

Selsdon Park Pre-School

Pre-school · Selsdon Pre School, 132 Addington Road, South Croydon, CR2 8LA

GoodTakes funded hours£7.00 an hourBirth to 5From 1 year08:30 to 15:00, 5 days a week★ 4.8 Google, 1850 placesLong established
1.1 mi
22 min walk
07910735603Their website

Totstars Preschool

Pre-school · Selsdon Recreation Ground, Woodland Gardens, South Croydon, CR2 8AU

GoodBirth to 5Sessions in term time, often mornings★ 4.7 Google, 1850 placesOpen a few years
1.2 mi
3 min drive
02086846682Their website

Play Place Busy Bees

Pre-school · Brighton Road Baptist Church, 215 Brighton Road, South Croydon, CR2 6EJ

GoodTakes funded hours£10.00 an hourBirth to 5Babies from 9 months09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week24 placesOpen for decades
2.2 mi
6 min drive
07786194656Their website

Pick two or three to compare.

Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

All childcare in South Croydon