Sankofa Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open a few years
A day nursery in London for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 17:45, 5 days a week. £56.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2022, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £56.00School day £70.00 | £46.00Morning or Afternoon, 5 hrs | £12.00Subject to availability | £340.00Full week |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours funded sessions available.
Worth knowing. No compulsory top-up. Funded hours cover the core cost of childcare. Parents only pay for attendance above their funded entitlement and any optional services they choose. We offer an optional consumables package covering healthy meals, snacks and enriching resources such as art materials, cooking ingredients and sensory-play supplies. This charge is voluntary.
What childcare usually costs in Lewisham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lewisham 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
SE15 1NRWhat 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, 26 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy a warm welcome from staff when they arrive. They actively use the greetings board to show staff how they are feeling and how they want to be greeted. This helps children to develop their emotional literacy and express their feelings. Children separate from their parents with ease and settle quickly into play and learning. They show strong bonds with staff and each other. They enjoy reassuring hugs from staff, snuggle together for stories and talk about their friends who are not in today. This enhances children's sense of belonging and emotional security. Children behave well. They actively follow the well-established daily routines, which includes staff reminding children about what is happening next.
This helps children know what is expected of them and creates a calm atmosphere.
Since the last inspection, staff have reviewed the curriculum, which now has a stronger focus on supporting children's communication and language skills and their emotional well-being. Children benefit from a well-sequenced curriculum that meets their individual learning needs and interests. Staff engage children in meaningful conversations where they introduce new words and explain their meaning. For example, while talking with children about the pictures they are using for their collage, staff explain that one bike is called a 'quad bike' because it has four wheels. This enables further discussion about motorbikes and successfully enhances children's speaking and listening skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on opportunities for children to self-select resources and develop their independent learning skills further.
- 26 November 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 12 December 2023Needs improvement
- 4 July 2023Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sankofa Day Nursery
- 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.
- Is £56.00 a day 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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