The Pickford Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Bexleyheath for babies from 4 months up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 2022, with 65 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Fully funded sessions may be available for two, three and four year olds, subject to eligibility and the availability of sessions and staffing arrangements.
Worth knowing. Government funding for early education can be used for hours within normal bookings, and the additional paid-for hours will be charged at the amount required to meet the normal session cost, after considering the amount received from the local authority for the funded hours. Additional charges may be made for those sessions, but attendance will be limited to specific hours, and charges will be incurred for any additional attendance. These sessions will have a termly intake, and will be allocated.
What childcare usually costs in Bexley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bexley 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
DA7 4RWWhat 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.
- 24 March 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 20 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Practitioners are friendly and create a welcoming and safe environment for children. Children are reassured and comforted as they settle with cuddles.
Practitioners know the children well and from the start they focus on building strong relationships with them and their families. This helps them to feel safe and secure in their care. Practitioners gather key information from parents and follow home routines to support them to settle in at their own pace.
Leaders have clear intentions for what they want children to learn, with a focus on their communication, independence and school readiness. Practitioners implement the curriculum while using their knowledge of individual children. They consider their learning needs alongside their interests to plan appropriate activities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support practitioners to recognise opportunities to further extend children's learning during play and conversations.
- encourage practitioners to use more effective questions and give children more time to think and respond, to support their thinking and language skills.
- 20 March 2024Good
Still missing for The Pickford Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
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