17 nurseries in SE1 (South Eastern head district: Bankside, Borough, South Bank)

Every day nursery with a SE1 postcode, best rated first, and what a place costs in Inner London after the free hours.

17 day nurseries

1 rated Outstanding

870 places in total

£181 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Day nurseries in SE1 (South Eastern head district: Bankside, Borough, South Bank), best rated first

All 17 day nurseries in SE1 (South Eastern head district: Bankside, Borough, South Bank)
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	St Patrick's SE1 8TH	Outstanding	4 January 2023	80
2	Smart Start Nursery Limited SE1 4TL	Good	12 September 2025	44
3	CTY Nursery Ltd SE1 5LU	Good	1 May 2025	32
4	Maryams Nursery SE1 0ES	Good	15 January 2025	65
5	Rockingham Community Pre-school Playgroup SE1 6QN	Good	18 July 2024	16
6	Arc Nursery SE1 3YD	Good	19 June 2024	59
7	Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre SE1 9NH	Good	8 March 2023	88
8	Leo's Den Nursery SE1 4DZ	Good	5 January 2023	64
9	St Thomas' Hospital Day Nursery SE1 7EH	Good	1 December 2022	102
10	Maryams Nursery SE1 2ND	Good	18 October 2022	47
11	Rockingham Community Day Nursery SE1 4JW	Good	23 February 2022	32
12	Ark Start Globe SE1 6AG	Not yet graded	Not yet	68
13	Garden Lilies Nursery SE1 4RP	Not yet graded	Not yet	66
14	MNS SE London Activities SE1 4JU	Not yet graded	Not yet
15	Morley Creche SE1 7PR	Not yet graded	Not yet
16	Pearl Nursery SE1 1QT	Not yet graded	Not yet	72
17	The Nurture Nest Multilingual Nursery SE1 4YF	Not yet graded	Not yet	35

How the ranking works: our ranking policy. What the grades mean: Ofsted report cards explained.

SE1 is in Southwark and Lambeth, covering London.

Nursery fees in SE1

What day nurseries in Inner London charge on average. Fees in SE1 itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, Inner London, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age	25 hours a week	50 hours a week
Under 2	£238no funded hours	£185after 30 funded hours
2 years old	£222no funded hours	£181after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old	£87after the free 15 hours	£179after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in SE1

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in SE1 as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

Who	Free hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months	30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old	15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits	15 hours

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.