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Banana Moon Day Nursery - Nunhead

Ofsted: Strong standard·
5.0(6 parent reviews) ·St. Mary Magdalene Church Hall, 63 St. Mary's Road, London, SE15 2EA · Southwark
Number of places
65 places
Age range
1–2 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2026
Local authority
Southwark

About this day nursery

Banana Moon Day Nursery - Nunhead, located in London, SE15 2EA, is registered as a childcare on non-domestic premises setting since January 2, 2024. The nursery provides care for children aged 1 to 2, with a total capacity of 65 places.

Operating Monday to Friday from 7:30 AM to 6:30 PM, the setting prides itself on its strong safeguarding standards, fostering an open and positive culture where children are made to feel safe. The dedicated staff ensure children achieve consistently well, preparing them for the next stage of learning, and becoming highly independent.

They receive effective support in developing their physical skills and confident use of equipment, eagerly access books, and confidently express their needs and ideas. The nursery places a strong emphasis on a high-quality curriculum that supports children's interests, builds independence, and ensures children are nurtured, cared for, and thrive in all aspects of their development.

The key person system plays an important role in children's development, ensuring good attachments and sensitive support for their emotional well-being. Leaders effectively manage the setting and foster strong relationships with parents, ensuring consistent care and learning approaches.

Our ethos

Banana Moon Day Nursery Nunhead prioritises a play-based learning approach, encouraging active exploration and sparking curiosity through an array of inspiring resources. They emphasise a strong partnership with parents, aiming to create a secure and loving "home away from home" for each child, while also valuing outdoor learning to connect children with nature.

What it's like

Children are happy and calm in this high-quality setting. Staff skilfully support them to quickly grow in independence. Staff ensure that children's needs are catered for quickly and that highly effective systems are put into place to support them. This gives children an excellent start and helps them achieve well, forming good attachments with their key person, and being nurtured and cared for well.

Strong safeguardingHigh-quality curriculumIndependence fosteredEffective SEND supportParent involvement

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
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Key facts

Opening hours

7:30am - 6:30pm

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2024

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Apr 2026

Headline: Strong standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
—
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
1 to 2
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Banana Moon Day Nursery - Nunhead

Last inspected 16 April 2026

What it's like to attend

Children are happy and calm in this high-quality setting. Staff skilfully support them to quickly grow in independence. Staff ensure that children's needs are catered for quickly and that highly effective systems are put into place to support them. This gives children an excellent start and helps them achieve well, forming good attachments with their key person, and being nurtured and cared for well.

Inspector highlights

  • Children, including those with special educational needs/or disabilities, achieve consistently well.
  • Children become highly independent, serving themselves at snack and mealtimes and confidently using serving spoons.
  • Children become extremely confident communicators and express their needs and ideas well.
  • Children build rapidly on their physical skills and confidently learn how to use equipment such as a seesaw, slide, football and turning roller wheel.
  • Staff have high expectations and create a positive and happy environment where effective routines are established.
  • Children behave extremely well, sharing resources fairly and resolving conflicts with staff support.
  • Staff are aware of children's individual needs and work hard to meet them, ensuring safety and well-being.
  • Leaders have embedded a high-quality curriculum that supports children's interests and builds their independence.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff quickly identify children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and work successfully with outside agencies to support them and close learning gaps. Staff use their individual skills, such as speaking other languages, to support and include all children. Plans and suggestions from other agencies are implemented and monitored to ensure effective support for children with SEND across all learning.

Outdoor space

Children take part in regular sports sessions and thoroughly enjoy being outside.

EAL / language support

Children who speak English as an additional language receive effective support through sharing stories and songs in their home language. Staff provide books in home languages and learn phrases to use to support them. Children's diverse backgrounds are celebrated regularly, with parents invited to participate.

Parent Reviews of Banana Moon Day Nursery - Nunhead

5.0
(6)
Anna Prescott-Nguyen
8 months ago

Wonderful nursery with kind, attentive staff. Kemi, the site manager, is incredibly warm and always made time to talk to us. Both my son and daughter genuinely look forward to going each day. My son's keyworker really took the time to invest in his interests, and he enjoyed many enriching trips, including visits to the planetarium in Greenwich and Mudchute Farm. The in-house chef prepares delicious meals, and the staff consistently go above and beyond to organise events throughout the year that bring parents and children together. Highly recommend!

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Simone Medley
a year ago

Absolutely fantastic nursey in my whole 24 years of working in a nursery and having my litter one go there was so sad to leave its been amazing

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Karina Berzins
10 years ago

Amazing nursery - great staff, wonderful food, amazing activities. My kids love it!

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Darren Lawrence connors
a year ago

Fantastic nursery, due to great staff.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

16 April 2026

Strong standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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