Ready Steady Grow Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Orpington for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £9.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2022, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| From 2 years old2y to 5y | £30.00non-funded | |
| All ages | £6.00please bring a packed lunch £9.00Breakfast Club |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £40.00 Refundable depositafter the first term has been completed, refundable
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £3.00 a session Funded 2, 3 and 4 year olds: 9:00am – 9:15amoptional Early Bird start
- £9.00 a session Funded 2, 3 and 4 year olds: 3:15pm – 4:00pmoptional extra
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Universal 15 Hours Funding: All 3 and 4-year-olds are entitled to funded childcare from the term after their third birthday. This funding covers 3 hours per session (9:15am–12:15pm and/or 12:15pm–3:15pm). You can use 27 of the 30 hours funded with our pre-school.
Worth knowing. Funding covers 3 hours per session (9:15am–12:15pm and/or 12:15pm–3:15pm). You can use 27 of the 30 hours funded with our pre-school. Optional Early Bird start (9:00am–9:15am) charged at £3.00 per session and optional extra (3:15pm–4:00pm) charged at £9.00 per session for funded children.
What childcare usually costs in Bromley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bromley 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
BR6 6AGWhat 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, 4 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff support individual children's emotional needs well in this inclusive setting.
Children develop a sense of belonging and feel valued. Staff promote children's good behaviour and positive interactions with their peers. For example, during a physical activity children clap, cheer and encourage each other. They follow staff instructions well to learn to keep safe during play. Children form friendships. They invite their friends to play with them, hold hands with them and happily set out together to choose an activity for their play.
Staff plan a range of activities to promote children's understanding of shapes, numbers and counting. For example, younger children learn to count up to five objects. They learn to use their fingers to count. They know how to identify shapes, such as 'circle' and 'square'. Older children learn to count the dots on a dice. Staff teach them how to use the weighing scales. They use this opportunity to introduce children to mathematical language, such as 'heavy' and 'light'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review and strengthen the planning of group activities to enhance support for children who are hesitant to participate n strengthen opportunities for children to access and explore natural materials and to extend further on their understanding of the world.
- 4 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
Still missing for Ready Steady Grow Pre-School
- 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 £9.00 a session 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.