The Pelican Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 8+, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 July 2023. Open since 2014, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours funding for under 2’s, 2 year olds, and 3 & 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. We prioritise children attending 4 or 5 days per week for the limited number of 30 hours funded places we offer.
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
SE11 5DUWhat 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, 28 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive and are greeted with a warm welcome. They quickly become engaged in their learning. Practitioners form caring relationships with children, which is supported by a tailored key-person system. As a result, children feel safe and secure. Parents comment on the notable development their children make.
Leaders have the same ambition for all children.
Staff plan a curriculum that captures children's interests. For instance, older children explore shells in sand as they focus on summer. Later, they chop their own fruit and make smoothie ice lollies. Younger children learn about travel. They enjoy the sensory experience of rolling cars in paint and over bubble wrap. Practitioners seize every opportunity to promote children's language development. They use mathematical terms, such as 'more', 'bigger' and 'higher', as young children build a tower.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - strengthen the existing communication with parents to provide ideas that will enable them to continue to support their children's learning at home n develop planning to focus on younger children's next steps in learning more precisely.
- 28 July 2023Good
- 16 January 2018Good
- 29 July 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Pelican Nursery
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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