Seedlings Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 4 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2004, with 49 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours funding, including 9-23 months, 2-3 years and 3-4 years.
Worth knowing. Universal offer: provide a copy of their child’s birth certificate or passport to confirm their age; (from 2026) bring in a proof of address to be checked (copy not needed); sign the parent declaration form when required. Expanded offer: check their entitlement on government approved site Best Start in Life; provide the 11-digit confirmation code to enable the setting (Seedlings Day Nursery or Little Seedlings Nursery) to apply for the funding; provide the registered parents’ NI number ( only on.
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
SE23 1BBWhat 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, 27 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Managers have devised a curriculum that helps children to develop a good range of skills to support their future learning. The ongoing monitoring of children's progress from their unique starting points helps each child to achieve. Potential gaps in children's development are swiftly identified. Staff implement focused, personalised learning plans and make referrals for external support when needed. This ensures that all children make good progress. For children who speak English as an additional language, staff support their communication skills through a range of strategies. Children feel valued as staff play and learn songs in their home language.
Effective settling-in procedures support children to feel safe and secure. The continual exchange of clear information about each child results in their needs being met. Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour. They support children to develop the language needed to express their feelings. Children are familiar with 'The Colour Monster' story and are encouraged to use the colours to express how they are feeling. This helps to build children's emotional literacy.
All members of the staff team, including the managers, are ambitious for children's learning. Staff provide a stimulating environment which encourages children to initiate their own play ideas. For example, children build an aeroplane from construction blocks to take the animals on a trip to South Africa, working together to decide each role in their play.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve the organisation of large-group activities and story times to ensure that children receive the same rich learning opportunities during these times as they do at other times of the day n support children further to develop their independence skills during daily routines.
- 27 March 2024Good
- 22 May 2018Outstanding
- 1 October 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Seedlings Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
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.