Food
All meals, snacks, and drinks provided (except nappies and formula milk); prepared by specialist early years food provider Zebedees, with afternoon teas prepared in-house. Options to opt out of food costs for funded spaces.
Millennium Minis Lakeside
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2025)
Number of places
39 places
Age range
0–3 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2025
Local authority
Greenwich
About this day nursery
Millennium Minis is a highly-rated nursery in Greenwich, offering quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Located in the heart of Greenwich, it strives to create a safe, calm, and nurturing environment where children feel secure and confident to explore.
The nursery prides itself on its experienced practitioners who build strong, caring relationships with each child, fostering their development through play, curiosity, and meaningful learning experiences. They implement a "Gentle Beginnings Pathway" for settling in, which is a calm, baby-led approach ensuring that both children and parents are supported during the initial weeks.
This pathway includes phased settling sessions, consistent key persons, and respect for individual feeding and routines, with an emphasis on emotional security. Millennium Minis is a family-run nursery group that puts children at the heart of everything they do.
They are an Ofsted-registered nursery, with reports highlighting a child-centred transition, an enabling learning environment, positive relationships with parents, and a passionate leadership committed to a unique nursery experience. They offer nutritious meals and snacks provided by a specialist early years food provider, with a focus on promoting healthy eating habits and accommodating dietary requirements.
The nursery also provides a 25% sibling discount and accepts various funding schemes.
What it's like
Children happily come into nursery. Staff support children extremely well during transition and provide an enabling learning environment. They build positive relationships, fostering a sense of belonging, and offer enticing activities that promote physical development and exploration.
Highly-rated in GreenwichGentle Beginnings settling approachNutritious meals providedAccepts various funding schemesOfsted-registered
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
Key facts
Opening hours
Monday – Friday: 8am – 6pm
Age range
3 months to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2015
Waitlist
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Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Millennium Minis Lakeside
Last inspected 5 August 2025
Overall effectiveness
Good
What it's like to attend
Children happily come into nursery. Staff support children extremely well during transition and provide an enabling learning environment. They build positive relationships, fostering a sense of belonging, and offer enticing activities that promote physical development and exploration.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders are ambitious and have an extremely good knowledge about the families they serve in the community.
- The nursery places a particular focus on developing a passion for literacy, for example, by implementing a book exchange and creating a library for children who speak English as an additional language.
- Parents are very happy with the nursery and comment on the daily outings their children experience.
- Leaders and staff are aware that children's emotional well-being is closely linked to their learning outcomes.
- The needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are carefully considered, and their support is effective.
Areas to develop
- 1continue to provide professional development to ensure greater consistency in practice and fully support children's learning to an even higher level.
Inspection #10392259 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents recognise what a special place this is.
They comment on the caring environment and the support that their children experience.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are carefully considered, and their support is effective. Children with SEND are fully included, and they play alongside their peers. Staff work closely with parents and outside professionals to ensure children receive the support they need.
Outdoor space
Staff provide enticing activities that promote children's physical development. Outside, staff support children to build resilience, strength and coordination. Children learn to climb and balance in the local park.
Parent Reviews of Millennium Minis Lakeside
4.8
(45)
Jess Chiu
4 months ago
Our daughter (14 months) goes to Millennium Minis 3 times a week since she was 9 months old. Honestly the nursery feels like a close-knit community within the local area, staff is always nice and kind - opening their arms to welcome the children to start the day. I love that they offer a week of settling in so my daughter got to know the environment, teachers and routines gradually with ease. She loves going to the nursery and would point to it whenever we walk past during weekends. The meals provided are nutritious and healthy with lots of variety. I like that they would always take them outdoors to enjoy a bit of fun whenever weather allows. The environment in the nursery is safe from what we saw during open day so we felt comfortable for our daughter to be there whole day. Teachers also respect the kids’ individual routine.
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Vassia Raptis
4 months ago
We’ve had a really positive experience with this nursery. The staff are incredibly attentive, kind, and genuinely invested in each child’s wellbeing. From day one, we felt reassured by how closely they observe the children, communicate with parents, and respond thoughtfully to individual needs. Our son has been supported with great care and sensitivity, and it’s clear the team goes above and beyond to make sure children feel safe, comfortable, and happy. The environment is nurturing, professional, and very well run. We’re truly grateful for the support and would highly recommend this nursery to any parent looking for a caring setting
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Nino Tsakadze
4 months ago
Millennium minis is a great nursery, stuff are attentive to kids and are really flexible, I got some very last minute decisions and they were accommodated. Highly recommend!
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Laura
a year ago
My now 10yr old attended from 10mths to 4yrs and he loved it. 7yrs on my youngest has also been attending from 10mths, and he loves it too! Some of the staff who looked after my eldest, are now also caring for my youngest. They both love all the minis staff. The room staff are all amazingly lovely and caring. Office and admin staff are too! Their communication is excellent and the facilities are lovely. They do lovely events like mothers day afternoon tea, summer party, Christmas carols with santa and the cutest graduation ceremony. The nursery really helped develop my childrens social skills, potty training, pre school skills and speech development. For us, an important factor was that they take them out twice a day. With two energetic boys this was a big tick for our criteria. We're lucky to have such a great nursery on our doorstep and can't thank the staff enough for all their love and hard work.
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Timea Dolan
a year ago
Our daughter has been at Minis for almost 2 years now and we have been very happy with the nursery. The teachers are caring, kind and respectful and there is consistency in the teaching pool (very low turnover), so children create lasting bonds. The children go outside twice a day, weather permitting, which we really like, and the management are very open and collaborative as well. Thank you Millenium Minis.
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Inspection history
Date: September 2017
- August 2025Good
- August 2019Good
- September 2017Good
Frequently asked about Millennium Minis Lakeside
About the setting
Millennium Minis Lakeside registered in 2015 and is located in Greenwich Peninsula, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The nursery operates each weekday, from 8am until 6pm, for 50 weeks of the year. The nursery employs 23 members of staff, 13 of whom hold relevant qualifications in childcare. Of these, 10 staff hold qualifications at level 3 and two at level 6.
- URN
- EY496151
- Registered person
- Minis Childcare Limited
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
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