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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 May 2024. Open since 2014, with 21 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 4HGWhat 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, 14 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show they feel extremely safe and happy in this calm and welcoming learning environment. Staff are positive role models and plan a good range of activities to capture children's interest. Children show positive attitudes towards learning and good engagement as they play and explore. Staff have high expectations of children's capabilities. They evidently thrive and flourish under their care. Children have fun singing a variety of nursery rhymes, and staff join in with enthusiasm and give lots of encouragement to make singing an engaging and enjoyable experience. This helps children to hear new vocabulary and to develop an awareness of rhythm and rhyme.
Children show good concentration as they wash some dolls with water and soap.
Staff support children to hear new words such as 'bubbles' as they play. They also encourage children to name the dolls different body parts, expanding their language skills. Furthermore, children like exploring different animals in soil and grass and discuss how an elephant is 'big' and a crocodile 'snaps'. This builds their knowledge of animals and the wider world.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff members teaching skills to further extend children's language development and learning to the very highest level n implement consistent strategies for staff to support children to further develop their self-care skills.
- 14 May 2024Good
- 21 June 2018Good
- 16 January 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 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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