Plumstead Day Nursery
Good★ 3.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2017, with 57 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 Greenwich
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Greenwich 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
SE18 1JWWhat 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.
- 4 March 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 30 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders have worked hard to improve the curriculum implementation and ensure better outcomes for children's learning. All children, including those who receive additional funding, make good progress across all areas of learning. Children are highly motivated and independent learners.
Children arrive at the setting feeling happy and ready to and learn. Staff build secure and trusting relationships with children. They create a calm and nurturing environment where children feel relax and content. Staff work well with parents to help identify and meet children's individual needs. As a result, children feel safe and secure, and they settle well into the nursery.
Leaders have designed a curriculum with a strong focus on helping children to learn to self-regulate and become emotionally secure as they progress in their education. They have introduced different programmes, including breathing techniques to teach children how to relax and calm down when feeling angry or overwhelmed. Staff are gentle towards the children, and they build respectful relationships with them. Children are highly considerate of each other, and they play well together.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance planning and ensure that there is a clear balance of adult-led and childinitiated play, so children are fully supported and challenged in their learning n embed the key-person arrangement to ensure that all staff who have been assigned key responsibilities know the children well, in order to plan and meet their individual learning needs consistently.
- 30 May 2024Good
- 29 June 2023Needs improvement
- 6 November 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Plumstead Day Nursery
- 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.
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