Ruskinhouse School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 19:00, 5 days a week. £580.69 a month for 0-2 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 1995, with 80 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, minimum 3 days a week, price list dated 2025/26.
| Age | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-2 Yearsbirth to 2y | £580.6915/30 Hours Funding Full Year (3 Days) | |
| 2-3 Years2y to 3y | £569.1315/30 Hours Funding Full Year (3 Days) | |
| 3-5 Years3y to 5y | £578.3130 Hours Funding Full Year (3 Days) £989.2815 Hours Funding Full Year (3 Days) |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £75.00 Registration FeePayable on registration and non-refundable., not refundable
- £400.00 Nursery Acceptance DepositPayable upon acceptance of a place.
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.00 to £3.00 a day Foodper day for non-funded hours
- £2.00 to £3.00 a day Extra Consumablesper day for non-funded hours
Discounts
- 10% Sibling discounttwo children enrolled, on fees for the eldest child
- 5% NHS discountfamilies that work for the NHS
Funded hours
15 hours of free childcare or early education for 38 weeks; 15 or 30 hours funding.
Worth knowing. Food and Extra Consumables charges per day for non-funded hours apply.
What childcare usually costs in Lambeth
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lambeth 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
SE24 9QPWhat 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.
- 12 October 2021Good
- 6 March 2018Good
- 14 August 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
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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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £580.69 a month 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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