Polkadots
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in London for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £65.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2018, with 25 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year, minimum 3 days a week, price list dated September 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £42.00Morning 9.00am -12.00pm or Afternoon 12.00- 3.00pm £65.00All Day (discount) 9.00am-3.00pm | £5.00Breakfast Club £42.00Morning or Afternoon, 3 hrs £65.00All Day (discount) | £11.00organised in advance |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £35.00 enrolment feerefundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £5.00 a day Breakfast club 8.30am-9am
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £15.00 to £25.00 a week Childcare Service funding 15 hours a weekfamilies using government funded hours
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Working family entitlements for up to 30 hours per week; Camden disadvantaged 2 year-old funding (up to 15 hours per week); Universal 3 & 4 year-old free entitlement government funded places (up to 15 hours per week); The Camden Enhanced scheme for early education (an extra 15 hours for up to 30 hours a week for some 3 & 4 year-olds).
Worth knowing. Families using government funded hours are asked to contribute to the Child Service (CS) fund; contributions are optional. Free entitlement hours –30 hours per week 5 Days per week 9.00am-3.00pm; Free entitlement hours – 15 hours per week – Option 1: 5 Days per week 9.00am-12.00pm; Free entitlement Hours: 15 hours per week – Option 2: 4 Days per week –12.00pm-3.00pm.
What childcare usually costs in Camden
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Camden 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
NW5 4DPWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 25 June 2021.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for Polkadots
- 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
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.
- Is £65.00 a day still the rate? 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.