Purple Willows Sidcup
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Sidcup for babies from 3 months up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 May 2023. Open since 2017, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15-hour and 30-hour funded childcare schemes.
Worth knowing. Option to 'stretch' funded hours over the full year; discount only applies to fully paid sessions and doesn't extend to certain items or services labeled as consumables.
What childcare usually costs in Bexley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bexley 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
DA15 8AEWhat 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.
- 8 June 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 4 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders and staff fully understand what they what children to learn and why. They set high expectations for all children's learning. As a result, all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make meaningful progress in their learning. Children are motivated and demonstrate a positive attitude to learning.
Children have a strong passion for books, and staff share many stories with them.
Staff read with enthusiasm and ask questions to sustain children's engagement. For instance, while reading 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' to a group of pre-school children, staff encourage children to predict what will happen next. Children pretend to be walking through 'thick, oozy mud' and a 'snowstorm', mimicking the sound effects. Children use new words they have learned, such as 'footprints' and
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- increase opportunities for younger children to make independent choices in their play, to further build on their interest and enhance their engagement levels.
- 4 May 2023Good
- 30 October 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Purple Willows Sidcup
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.