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A creative, homely environment for your child in Brockley, London

About Cherryli Nursery

A Home-from-home setting for your child in Brockley, London

At Cherryli Nursery we believe that providing a safe and comfortable environment, a balanced structure of varied activities and dedicated, well-motivated staff is the best way to nurture your child’s individuality and facilitate his or her development.

We provide full or part time care for babies and children aged 6 months to 5 years. We also have a specially adapted baby room.

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Benefits of Cherryli nursery

From 6 months – 5 years

Full or part-time care

Safe and comfortable

Varied activities

Limited numbers to allow individual attention

Well-motivated, caring staff

Cherryli Nursery News

Cherryli Nursery open with change of registration status URN: 2843282

July 23, 2025 No Comments

In June 2025, Cherryli Nursery underwent a change of registration status. As a result the original registration (URN: EY286222) was closed, and a new registration…

Ofsted praises Cherryli Nursery’s diversity and learning

July 20, 2025 No Comments

“A nursery has been rated “good” following a visit from Ofsted inspectors.” “Cherryli Nursery in Tyrwhitt Road, New Cross, was given the good rating following the…

Cherryli is a small, independent nursery in Brockley,
run by an experienced and highly qualified teacher

The nursery is situated in a converted house with a beautifully hand crafted wooden interior, providing safe, attractive, warm surroundings for active minds to be at work in. We provide a structured day with a balance of free play and adult-led activities, many with a creative focus, and topics that aim to cover the full spectrum of Foundation Level requirements.

The number of children on roll is limited to allow individual attention, ensure effective social integration and to enable children to grow and develop to their full potential.

We provide varied, healthy food and can cater for special diets.
We employ staff who take a committed and caring approach. They are police (CRB) checked and either fully qualified or in training.

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What the parents say

Testimonials

Have had kids in cherryli for past 3 years. Great little nursery, amazing staff (and high staff-to-children ratios). Kids are happy and constantly learning and enjoying their activities. Highly recommend.

John

Cherryli has been a wonderful nursery for our two boys. A peaceful and clean environment, Cherryli seemed the perfect fit for us after viewing some of the bigger nurseries. It has a good focus on education including literacy (phonics) and numeracy. The children spend daily focus time learning and our three year old can sound out letters already. The staff are lovely, really engage with their kids old and new. Lionel (the manager) is an experienced teacher and does terrific story telling!

Paul

I have a child at the nursery and she has been settling over a year without any issues at all. Has been potty trained as well by one of the ladies who works there full-time. What more can you ask from such an establishment? 🙂
A lot of the staff takes great pride in looking after the children’s wellbeing

Miglena

Our daughter has loved her time at Cherryli since starting at 9 months old in the baby room. She has really blossomed and made great friends during her time there. We have seen the very great care Lionel and the team have taken over her development and learning in particular through detailed monthly plans and daily/weekly observations.

It is a small home-from-home setting which we love. It means that there is a strong sense of community amongst the children, staff and parents and where all staff are able to get to know all of the children individually.

James

My daughter Sadie is about to finish this summer at Cherryli to start at primary school. It’s a fantastic nursery, run with excellent attention to detail by Lionel and his team.
Every single day when we pick Sadie up, she has always been contented, happy and full of wonderful stories about her day.
Cherryli provides a really nurturing and loving environment for the children. Every time we drop her off, we are completely assured of how well she’s being looked after.
There’s an excellent focus on learning and a great range of activities full preparing her for the transition to school.
We will hugely miss Cherryli, and give Lionel and the team our heartfelt recommendation.

Tom

Cherryli is a really fantastic nursery. The staff create an amazing atmosphere for the children. There are strict boundaries so the children learn to follow rules and they have a well curated curriculum that fosters the children’s play and learning. What the nursery lacks on occasion with succinct and rapid communication it makes up for in the children’s learning, playing and general experiences. I got the distinct impression that the staff really do care for the children that they look after. Our daughter was certainly very happy to see the nursery teachers in the morning and reporting their day to day exploits in the evening.

Angela

My children attended Cherryli between 2016 and 2021 and they enjoyed going to this nursery. Lionel managed to keep key staff working for the nursery and this continuity really makes the difference. All staff are kind, lovely and seemed happy, our children always talked about them positively.

I think Cherryli provides a good balance of learning and fun and as parent we are happy how our children progressed into next phase of their learning.

Erdal

Both my children have spent their pre-school years in the caring community of Cherryli and both have benefited hugely from its familiar routines and small, family-like structure. My oldest was confident and well prepared to start school when she left and both children were really well socialised with children of different ages and abilities. They have sustained lasting friendships. I value the care and attention available to children in smaller nursery settings and this is what drove our choice initially, along with the low staff turnover, which meant that the children were able to form and develop bonds with their carers. We were all very sad to leave!

Agnes

I can’t thank Lionel and the team enough for all they have done for my 2 girls through their time at Cherryli.
We chose Cherryli initially because we really valued its cosy, individual approach. Being smaller than a lot of the other nurseries in the area, we appreciated the ratios of staff to children and the fact that the kids of all ages were able to interact in the same physical space for a period each day. The younger kids learn from their time with their older peers and the older kids foster a really caring approach to the youngsters!
We love the mix of creative play and learning. My youngest is a particular fan of Tuesdays dance time, and our walls are adorned with the reams of artwork. (Lionel was previously a qualified art teacher).

Laura

I cannot praise Cherryli enough. The care for each child’s safety and their dedication and creativity towards learning is second to none! We don’t live in Brockley but while on the waiting list for a Cherryli place our second, we tried two nurseries closer to home. Despite being considerably more convenient (walking distance rather than 20 min drive) it was incredibly clear that they didn’t compare to Cherryli. So much consideration goes into the settling-in process, to ensure that the child has the time they need to feel happy and secure in the new environment.
The setting is spotlessly clean, safe and they prepare the children very well for school. The staff are amazing, especially Syreeta, Fevon and Lionel.
Both of our kids have looked forward to nursery every day and grown in confidence despite being very shy to begin with.

Deborah

My daughter really enjoyed her time at the nursery. She was always well looked after and safe. The children have really clear boundaries which is important. She trusted the adults there which made us feel really happy.
The senior staff at the nursery are wonderful and were there the entire time we were there which supports consistency
Communication could be patchy at times but overall, we had a lovely experience at the nursery.

Nithra

A simply wonderful place, offering a combination of care, professionalism, education and fun in a secure, peaceful and loving environment. Lionel and his staff are so dedicated and thoughtful – we are sadly leaving only because we are moving home, but would otherwise have our little one happily here until Reception. Easily the best childcare option in the local area, and worth every penny.