Portobello Day Care Nursery Ltd
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in London for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 7 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2004, with 10 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 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
W10 5YGWhat 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, 19 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a calm and welcoming environment for children to play and learn.
Children show that they feel happy and safe. Staff provide children who speak
English as an additional language with good support to hear new words and gain new knowledge. Staff identify early children who may need extra support with their learning. They give children with special educational needs and/or disabilities positive levels of support and work with other professionals to help them to move forward in their learning. Staff are caring and frequently offer children praise for their efforts and give them gentle reminders about the boundaries of the setting.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance staff's opportunities for ongoing professional development to support them to further embed their knowledge of the curriculum to an even higher level n allow children to take the lead more during play to develop their imagination further n strengthen staff's interactions with children to allow them more time to think and respond to their questions to help develop children's thinking skills and language development further.
- 19 October 2023Good
- 24 January 2018Good
- 21 January 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Portobello Day Care Nursery Ltd
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.