Marmalade Caterpillar

Outstanding (previous framework) · 2025

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About Marmalade Caterpillar

Term-time nursery school based in St Jude's Church Hall on Heslop Road, a five-minute walk from Balham station, run by Marmalade Schools. It offers morning school (8:45am to 12pm), afternoon school (12:45pm to 4pm) and full days to 3:15pm, with optional breakfast club, lunch and extended pick-up. Children play and learn in mixed age groups, forty to a session. The 2026/27 fee sheet shows termly fees with and without the grant. The group's funding page covers a grant for eligible two-year-olds and the universal 15 hours, with a fully funded option in the afternoon only.

Summary written by LondonEY from the setting's own website, checked 22 October 2026. Confirm details with the setting.

Ofsted inspection

Ofsted overall effectiveness

Outstanding

Inspected under the previous framework, 4 March 2025. Ofsted replaced single-word grades with report cards for inspections from November 2025; this setting has not had a report-card inspection yet.

Fees and funded hours

2026/27 termly fees: five mornings £3,150 (£2,050 with grant), five full days 8:45–3:15 £5,350 (£4,250 with grant), five afternoons £2,600 (£1,500 with grant); £70 registration fee See their fees

Offers funded hours for 2-year-olds, 3 and 4-year-olds. See free childcare in London for who qualifies.

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