The Hive Forest School Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Newly opened
A pre-school in London for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:30, 2 days a week. £75.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2025. Open since 2024, with 12 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
A full day nursery session (9am - 3.30pm) costs £75.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
2 Year Old Free Entitlement (subject to eligibility), 3 and 4 year old Universal Free Entitlement, 30 Hours Free Childcare Entitlement (subject to eligibility).
Worth knowing. The Government funding does not cover the cost of camp fire snacks, consumables (such as nappies, wipes, and creams), and specialist Forest School activities (such as whittling, tool and fire activities, shelter building, campfire cooking, allotment gardening, music and bee keeping). For those families who access our services solely for their FEEE provision, these are optional extras. We offer this entitlement stretched over 52 weeks of the year. We do not offer the FEEE entitlement over 38 week.
What childcare usually costs in Southwark
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Southwark 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
SE16 6AXWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 2 September 2025.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for The Hive Forest School Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £75.00 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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
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