Umbrella House Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £95.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2022, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £95.00 | £60.00Half Day AM or Half Day PM, 5 hrs | £10.00Additional Hours |
Funded hours
Worth knowing. Funding is calculated on a 38-week year (term time). Umbrella House operates over 51 weeks of the year, therefore your funding can be stretched or used during term time only.
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
SE6 3TTWhat 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, 19 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a relaxed atmosphere for children at this nursery. They promote opportunities for children to be themselves, take risks and explore in a safe space.
Children are relaxed and happy. Staff focus on children's individual personalities and support them to develop their self-identity. Staff build strong relationships with children. As a result, children thrive, they are excited to join in with the wide range of activities at the nursery.
Staff promote children's listening skills well. They support children to understand the rules and expectations of the nursery. Staff reinforce their expectations of children's behaviour. They role model being kind and sharing with others. Staff support children to develop high levels of independence and self-care. As a result, children are happy to play with their friends and share their achievements. Children behave well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop further the planning of focused activities to support all children to engage in their learning at the highest levels n build on existing good practice to support all children to gain fluency at the highest levels.
- 19 July 2024Good
Still missing for Umbrella House Day Nursery
- Meals
- 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.
- Is £95.00 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.
- 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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