Puddle Jumpers Nursery
Good★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Limehouse for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2019, with 90 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 Tower Hamlets
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Tower Hamlets 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
E14 8HHWhat 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.
- 2 February 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 7 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff help children to settle and separate easily from their parents on arrival.
Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure at the nursery as they move around freely and with confidence. Leaders have devised a broad curriculum that helps children to learn what they need to know next. Leaders' vision is clearly implemented throughout the nursery. For example, staff support children well to be independent and curious learners. All staff get to know children well. They gather relevant information from children and parents. This includes fully understanding children's individual personalities, including their likes and dislikes. Staff establish secure and trusting relationships with all children. Children enjoy the company of staff and their friends.
The expectations for behaviour and conduct that staff have for children are high.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure staff make consistently good use of opportunities to narrate to babies what they are doing and help them to link words with actions n strengthen staff's skills to best support babies during transition between routines and activities.
- 7 June 2024Good
- 27 July 2023Needs improvement
- 12 October 2022Good
- 20 April 2022Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Puddle Jumpers 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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