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Purple Jay East Dulwich

GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established

A day nursery in London for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2023. Open since 2021, with 38 places.

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Cost

What it costs

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

Funded hours

15 hours and 30 hours free.

Worth knowing. The 15/30 hours free childcare is provided for 38 weeks of the year. However we offer the free hours ‘stretched’ over the full year rather than the 38 weeks.

What childcare usually costs in Southwark

£8.25an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£8.00an 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 Southwark 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
Birth to 5Registered from birth. Whether there is a baby room is a question for the call.
When it's open
07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Takes them
Settling in
They offer settling sessions
Outdoor space
Yes
Google rating
5.0 out of 5From 5 Google reviews. NurseryWise has none of its own.
A second number
+442045790956Listed on Google. Ofsted holds a different one.
How many children
38 placesMedium for England
How long open
6 yearsLong established
Address
248 Upland Road, London, SE22 0DN

Where it is

SE22 0DN
Ofsted URN 2623948On the register since 7 April 2021
The rating

What Ofsted said

Last inspected on 12 April 2023.

Good

Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.

Still missing for Purple Jay East Dulwich

  • What it costs
  • 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.

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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
  • 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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GoodBirth to 507:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week★ 3.2 Google, 2046 placesLong established

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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.

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