





Leo’s Den Nursery is in the heart of Southwark, and opened in 2009 in a converted public house very close to all major transport routes, with London Bridge and Borough high street stations close by.
Leo's Den Nursery prides itself on being a safe, caring and valued early education setting where children learn and thrive. They see parents returning to the nursery again and again, so that each of their children...
Funding & Fees
Leo’s Den Nursery Fees – April 2026
Cubs & Cheetahs Room from 4 months – 2 years
Weekly - £188.74
Monthly -£815.74
Weekly - £281.70
Monthly-£1217.67
Weekly - £372.69
Monthly- £1615.66
Weekly - £438.53
Monthly- £1828.85
Cheetahs Room from 2 years – 3 years
Weekly - £168.80
Monthly -£729.81
Weekly - £263.32
Monthly- £1089.47
Weekly - £346.72
Monthly- £1445.56
Weekly -£380.16
Monthly-£1580.42
Lions Room from 3 years – 5 years
Weekly -£169.03
Monthly-£701.24
Weekly- £242.18
Monthly-£1046.82
Weekly -£320.26
Monthly-£1388.85
Weekly -£362.20
Monthly-£1502.62
We are a private nursery, but look after our local and extended community by keeping our fees at a rate that is affordable for parents.
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Type of Service
- Day Nursery
Opening Schedule
Open all yearFull days available
YesHalf day sessions offered
NoOwner
- Tony Hailwood
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Rachel Hine (Nursery Director)
Number of Childcare Staff
- 32
Total Places for Children
- 65
Age Range
- from 0 years 4 months
- to 5 years 0 months
Meals Provided
NoConsumables provided
NoOpening Times
- Monday 07:30-18:45
- Tuesday 07:30-18:45
- Wednesday 07:30-18:45
- Thursday 07:30-18:45
- Friday 07:30-18:45
When Closed
- Bank Holidays , Three staff training days per year. [ Inset Days]
Leo's Den Nursery Reviews (78)
Leo's Den Nursery has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.854) out of 10, based on 35 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Leo's Den Nursery has 78 reviews.
Being able to log into the camera and see my daughter is amazing for me it helps massively with the anxiety and with missing her, just being able to see how her day is going means more to me than I can ever put in words, since starting at Leo den she's come along way I couldn’t have done it without your all support and that’s a statement of fact I don’t think I could have brought her to this point alone. She “grown” so much under Leo den’s nurturing and caring hand. The bond she has with the nursery staff and the others, I’m so grateful for. She does not just know she’s safe but feels safe. We are both extremely blessed and lucky that Aaliyah attended Leo's Den so I wanted to take a min to from the bottom of my heart and soul to express my thanks, it’s more like a debt I could never payback. So thank you all! From us both.
Our daughter attended Leo's Den between July 2017 and August 2020 and we had no hesitation in sending our son there too. He has been at Leo's Den since September 2021 (joined at one year old) and he has settled in so well and loves going to nursery.
Leo's Den provides a high quality of care and a variety of activities for children to partake in. The staff are warm, welcoming, and more than happy to talk about my child and his development. The app is incredibly useful in setting out what my son has been up to; I really appreciate the photos sent out from the day's activities.
Based on our experience with my daughter we are confident that Leo's Den will continue to provide a great nurturing environment that will ensure that my son continues to thrive and develop.
I highly recommend Leo's Den!
Truly outstanding! I believe I made one of the best decisions of my life since becoming a parent by sending my daughter to Leo's. She started in October 2020. The journey has been great from my very first call to the nursery. It was extremely easy to talk to staff. They were responsive explained all the ins and out of nursery life. I had an introductory video call and was shown inside the nursery rooms. I was an emotional wreck but they really helped me focus. You get daily photo updates from day one. The CCTV live feed of seeing your child interacting with others and eating all their lunch (only at nursery) is such a pleasure to watch. CCTV was a lifeline for a first-time mum like me who was finding it difficult to leave their child with strangers. The interactive Famly app is easy to use and the nursery definitely makes use of the notification function to parents. The garden space is huge, bright, and filled with playthings. The girls (Practitioners) in the rooms are top class!
Leo's Den is really fantastic, my daughter loves it here and waves us happily goodbye when ever we drop her off for the day. The team are very professional and friendly and constantly doing engaging, fun and educational activities with the children. Regular update is given and there is also a great web cam where you can watch your children having fun through out the day. I highly recommend Leos Den Nursery.
Simply brilliant. Cubs, Cheetahs and Lions - all have great facilities and activities in and out of the nursery including the visiting animals and trips to the park. Fabulous caring staff; excellent communication and updates through the app which shows all their exciting escapades through the day with photos, food summaries etc. Great support and progress monitoring on all aspects of development. Value is unparalleled in the area, love it.
My baby started at Leo’s Den at just 4 months old. She has been there for over four months. I love the nursery and I like the staff in the baby room and management are great.
The food and everything that they have is healthy and tasty. They are clean and have lots of indoor and outdoor space.
I love it, baby loves it. She is happy and safe.
Every day we see our child thrive under the loving and professional care of the practitioners and the staff.
In a time of uncertainty such as the last year with the pandemic, Leo's Den offered children a safe and loving place where to play and learn.
I highly recommend Leo's Den
All staff are lovely and very helpful and understanding. They have great communication with me and keep me up to date with my child's progress. Also being able to see my child throughout the day with the nursery cam they provide really help to put my mind at rest and know I can check on my child.
Leo's Den is a warm, welcoming nursery with excellent staff and facilities. Both of my boys love their time at nursery and I think that is a reflection of the support of the practitioners and the wide variety of activities on offer. We couldn't recommend it more highly.
The past 18 months have been hugely difficult for everybody but, in the face of a global pandemic, Leo’s Den has provided our son with a safe and caring environment where he has absolutely thrived. He is excited to leave the house in the mornings and joyfully agrees to say hello to all of the practitioners and his friends on our behalf. He is visibly happy when we drop him off, as well as when we pick him up. When he gets home we talk to him about his day and we can honestly say he has never shown signs of being anything other than an incredibly happy and stimulated little boy. When we take him to the playground at weekends he is a confident social butterfly. When we introduce him to new healthy foods he is welcoming of them. When we play games with him he picks up new skills without thinking. When we read to him he is fully engaged and enjoys learning new words. We don’t underestimate how much Leo’s Den, and our son's happiness there, has contributed to all of this! Thank you!
I can’t thank the staff of Leo’s Den enough for everything they have done for my daughter. She has been happy and excited to attend every morning, ever since her first day when she was 14 months old and we have been over the moon to send her to such a safe, secure and creative environment, full and love and happiness. The nursery has all its priorities in the right order and nothing is for show. I have complete trust in the team, not least because she eats and naps so much better for them than she does for me. Thank you Leo’s.
- supportive staff and who really help work with you on the child’s development and offer helpful tips;
- excellent communication - the app and the updates are great and there is always the opportunity to discuss in person on pick up;
- variety of activities. This has been curtailed slightly because of covid, but they have trusted partners who come in and expand the children’s horizons. Staff will take them to the local park, despite having a good-sized outdoor space for London. Pre-covid they used to take the children to the local library regularly.
- it may look shabby to some parents but it is very clean. I’ve been impressed at how few closures (touch wood) there have been because of covid. This is also partly down to the parents.
- children do like it, and staff clearly care deeply about the children and give a cheery wave and hello if you bump into them at the weekend - it’s a real family!
We have been delighted with the nursery since my then 1 year old started in Jan 2021 mid pandemic. The staff are incredibly caring and kind and I released very soon understood the characteristics of our son who is a really energetic, chatty little boy. Communication with parents is excellent, my son is always happy and willing to go to nursery and we are very impressed with the range of activities and inclusion of multi-cultural events and festivities. We could not ask for any more. It appears the staff are happy too, which is key and part of a wide, caring community that is Leo's Den Nursery!
My son has been with Leo's Den Nursery since he was 10 months old. He is 3 years and 7 months old now. Leo's Den have become a second family to my son. He has verbal language delays and the staff has continuously supported me and is going above and beyond to support myself and my son. I choose Leo's Den because my workplace was only 5 min away. Unfortunately I was made redundant last year and even though the nursery is 1 hour away from my home I never even considered to change nursery. Leo's Den cares for its children and parents and should I have another child in the future, he or she will attend Leo's Den 100%!
My daughter loves Leo's Den. She has been with them for 2 years and is always happy to go there. The staff are brilliant, very understanding and available for us. Every day they propose so many different activities, they spend time in the garden or even go to the park, which is really great. We have an app to follow their day and each day we have feedback and photos of the activities they have done. I strongly recommend Leo's Den!
We have loved this nursery since the first visit and we couldn't be more right about it.
The cosy, familiar environment, the lovely staff made it a perfect place for our son to thrive and feel loved and supported.
We felt like a part of a big family and they have been extraordinary in the past year, which was very hard for everyone. They managed the Covid-19 situation very professionally and we felt that our son was safe and well looked after.
We are amazed by the number of activities they provide to stimulate children's fantasy and develop their skills - every day there is some new, exciting activity and our son, who is bilingual and was struggling with English, is now fluent and confident.
They also keep parents up to date daily with thorough updates via web app and I feel I know in detail what my son has been up to during the day, his meals, his sleep patterns. Couldn't recommend this lovely place more!
It's a great nursery, we're very happy with it, both of my children had attended and my niece.
Their facilities are great, I think is the best one in the area with their opening hours and location. Very convenient for working parents like us.
They are really good with the children, we know they are safe and well cared for during the day. All the team are amazing and are really invested in the development of the children.
We really appreciate the regular updates on our daughter’s development as well as her day-to-day activities.
There is a real sense of community within the nursery which has held together even during Covid times due to a strong management approach with regular communication.
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Meet the Team (2)
Rachel is responsible for the overall direction of the nursery, dealing with parent's applications, the management of the nursery systems and dealing with parental accounts/fees.
Kemi is responsible for the day to day running of the nursery, including parent contacts, organisation of the staff and the planning of activities.
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