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Big N All Preschool and Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2025)
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5.0(7 Google reviews)
·St John's Church Hall, 10a Meeting House Lane, London, SE15 2UN · Southwark
Number of places
32 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2025
Local authority
Southwark

About this early years setting

Big N All Preschool and Day Nursery, nestled in the heart of Peckham, London, is a newly established, family-run institution driven by six sisters, boasting over 80 years of combined experience in early years education. Their core vision revolves around providing an enriching, vibrant, and culturally infused learning environment that challenges children to develop confidence, curiosity, and a lifelong passion for learning.

They aim to foster a 'home from home' atmosphere where every child feels secure and valued, nurturing their individual needs and learning styles. The nursery integrates the Early Years Statutory Framework with a unique approach inspired by the arts and the Curiosity Approach, utilising natural, real-life, and educational resources.

They are committed to working closely with parents and the local community to offer tailored support and positive learning experiences, instilling values of kindness, respect, uniqueness, independence, and care in young children.

Our ethos

Big N All Preschool and Day Nursery fosters a 'home from home' atmosphere, valuing children's individual needs and learning styles. Their approach is inspired by the arts and the Curiosity Approach, integrated with the Early Years Statutory Framework, aiming to instil confidence, curiosity, kindness, respect, uniqueness, independence, and care.

What it's like

Staff create a welcoming environment where children can easily access resources and participate in engaging activities, boosting their self-esteem and artistic skills. Children are happy, confident, and display positive behaviour due to staff's high expectations and consistent positive reinforcement. Staff effectively support children's communication, language, and early writing skills, ensuring all children, including those with SEND, make good progress and are well-prepared for school.

Family-runCulturally-infused learningCuriosity ApproachArts-inspired curriculumNut-free meals

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
  • Daily fee for under 3s£82.50 / day
  • Half day fee for under 3s (8am - 1pm)£49.50 / session
  • Half day fee for under 3s (1pm - 6pm)£49.50 / session
  • Daily fee for over 3s£71.50 / day
  • Half day fee for over 3s (8am - 1pm)£44.50 / session

Key facts

Food

All meals prepared fresh on-site daily, with menus rotating on a four-weekly basis. Caters to dietary preferences, intolerances, and allergies. Follows the Eatwell Guide for balanced and nutritious meals. Nut-Free Nursery.

Session types

Full Day, Half Day (morning), Half Day (afternoon)

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm

Age range

8 months to 4 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Big N All Preschool and Day Nursery

Last inspected 12 March 2025 · Rubina Nijabat

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Staff create a welcoming environment where children can easily access resources and participate in engaging activities, boosting their self-esteem and artistic skills. Children are happy, confident, and display positive behaviour due to staff's high expectations and consistent positive reinforcement. Staff effectively support children's communication, language, and early writing skills, ensuring all children, including those with SEND, make good progress and are well-prepared for school.

Inspector highlights

  • Children enthusiastically participate in painting characters from stories using a range of colours.
  • Children participate in various outdoor activities that promote their physical skill development.
  • Staff organise a variety of messy play activities that are popular with children of all ages.
  • Mathematics is an integral part of children's play activities.
  • Staff effectively monitor children's progress and quickly identify those who require additional support.

Areas to develop

  • 1make precise use of what is known about children in order to plan opportunities to support their next steps more fully
  • 2develop the self-evaluation process to include the parents' views of strengths and areas for development.
Inspection #10376334 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents provide positive feedback about the nursery, noting that their children are happy to attend.

They value the daily conversations with staff and appreciate receiving information and photos of their children through the online app.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress and are well prepared for school. Leaders and staff work closely with parents and professionals to create and implement individual support plans for children with SEND. For example, children participate in daily small-group activities that support their communication and language skills effectively.

Outdoor space

Children participate in various outdoor activities that promote their physical skill development. For example, staff encourage older babies to improve their balance as they walk across large stepping blocks, which helps them walk more confidently. At the same time, older children learn to climb on equipment, ride wheeled toys and engage in construction activities, taking pride in their creations.

Google Reviews of Big N All Preschool and Day Nursery

5.0
(7 Google reviews)
Alessia Parducci
a year ago

This is such a wonderful nursery and we can't recommend it highly enough. We were so nervous about our daughter settling in when she turned one as she had not been around many people before, but within a couple of weeks of attending Big N All she had gained a huge amount of confidence and was absolutely loving every single day. She has now been going for seven months and adores her key worker - she always mentions her when she's at home at the weekend which is so sweet! She has such a wonderful bond with all the other members of staff too which makes it so easy to drop her off every day as we know she's in great hands. The educators at Big N All organise so many great activities including lots of crafts, singing, weekly themes based around books and even a weekly cooking club. Witnessing the progress in the children's development is amazing, they are learning so many skills and words and are becoming more independent and confident every day. They have a beautiful garden which has been recently refurbished and it's so nice to know that the kids can play outside in the fresh air every day. The nursery staff are also great at giving regular updates and send a weekly round up with pictures and an activities recap which we always look forward to receiving. We are so glad we found Big N All and feel so lucky that our daughter is looked after so well while we are at work. Thank you!

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Cejay Scafe
a year ago

We absolutely love Big 'N' All Preschool and Day Nursery! From the moment we joined, we felt a real family atmosphere, and it’s clear how much the staff genuinely care about the children. The communication is excellent—we’re always kept informed about our daughter’s progress and daily activities. The effort that goes into special events like Mother’s and Father’s Day is truly heartwarming, and the parents’ evenings are a great way to connect with the team and see how our little one is developing. It’s reassuring to know she’s in such a nurturing and supportive environment and look forward to our son attending in September. Highly recommend!

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Maria D'Arpa
a year ago

We have been so lucky to have come across this nursery after a bad experience elsewhere. My daughter has been attending for almost two years and my son will be starting in September. Staff: the staff is committed in full to make sure the kids are extremely looked after. Not only children are nurtured but my daughters leaning has picked up dramatically since attending. She is so attached to her key workers as well as every single staff member who are so caring and kind. They run quarterly parents evening to track the children’s progress and really involve the parents on key milestones. At pick up they always take their time to run you through the day and share their day with you and keep us updated via a well detailed app. Facilities: the facilities are great. The rooms are big, the garden has recently been refurbished and my kid has the time of her life coming home with all her arts and crafts and baked goods. Food options are really great and cooked in house so the kids can get fresh food every day. Cleanliness: I have OCD when it comes to cleaning and the place really is spotless. No shoes in baby room allowed and very clean kitchen, changing facilities and toilets. Overall: all in all my daughter can’t wait to attend nursery in the morning. She loves her friends, her teachers and the nursery so we can’t thank the Big N All staff enough for their commitment to keeping our daughter happy and well looked after.

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Hilary Walker
a year ago

We absolutely love Big 'N' All. I highly recommend it. My 3 year old has been going there a few days a week for nearly a year and he really enjoys it. The staff have always been wonderful - it is a very nurturing environment with a wonderful array of activities. Communication from staff to both the children and parents/carers is very good. The outside space is great and the children are clearly learning lots through play - with a theme based on a story book each week. The food is also great.

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Katie
a year ago

Wonderful family-run nursery for our child who started at 12 months. The staff are so caring and nurturing, and the updates they share show lots of creative, educational and fun activities every day. Our child loves it there, and we couldn’t be happier with our choice of nursery. A note - I found Big N Alls quite hard to find at first! The entrance is through a gate on Springall St, behind the church.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

12 March 2025

Good

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

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