Full-day nursery in Lower Clapton, Hackney
Little Buds Day Nursery
Huddleston Centre, 30 Powell Road, LONDON, E5 8DJ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since December 2007Reference EY366810Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 14 December 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places22 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 21 March 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
Thanks. We count every request and show the nursery how many parents are asking.
Nurseries in Hackney that publish fees charge £52–£100 a day for under-2s (4 nurseries). This is the area's range, not this nursery's.
Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Huddleston Centre, 30 Powell Road, LONDON, E5 8DJ · More nurseries in E5
Stations
- Clapton8 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Rectory Road13 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Hackney Downs15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Lea Bridge Roundabout, Clapton Pond and Newick Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Clapton Pond2 min walk
- Hackney Downs4 min walk
- Millfields Park5 min walk
- Clapton Square10 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
© OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026 · Powered by TfL Open Data, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Hackney there are about 2.8 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Little Buds Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Huddleston Centre, 30 Powell Road, LONDON, E5 8DJ, in Lower Clapton, Hackney. It is registered for 22 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Buds Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Hill Top Daycare Nursery Ltd (Roof Top Nursery)Full-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Hackney Holiday SchemeFull-day nursery | Met | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Round Chapel Families Project (Nursery)Full-day nursery | Good | £53.36 | 08:30–16:30 | 2–5 yrs | 0.4 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
- All nurseries in Lower Clapton3
- All nurseries in Hackney111
- All nurseries in E522
- Nurseries near Clapton station
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Al-Falah Primary School ages 5–11 0.1 miles
- Nightingale Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.2 miles
- St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.3 miles
- Millfields Community School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.3 miles
- Benthal Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.4 miles
- Rushmore Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.4 miles
- Southwold Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.5 miles
- Northwold Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected December 2024 0.5 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Little Buds Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Buds Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 14 December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Buds Day Nursery take?
Little Buds Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 22 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Buds Day Nursery?
Clapton is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Buds Day Nursery?
You can call 020 8986 8307.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 11 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
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- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 11 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY366810 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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