Beckett House Montessori Nursery School
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A day nursery in London for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £100.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 1996, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
48 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £100.00Full-time day | £40.00Afternoon £60.00Morning | £500.00Full-time day care per week |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £75.00 Registration feedoes not apply to funded hours
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £3.00 a day Non-food consumables - All nappies, wipes, nappy cream, sunper funded day
- £8.10 a day Food - All meals, snacks and drinks consumed at the nurseryper funded day
- £20.00 a day Extra-curricular activities - All extra-curricularper funded day
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours funded hours for 2 year olds with an authorised code; 15 hours funded hours for 3&4 year olds.
Worth knowing. Additional charges apply only to the portion of your place covered by funded hours. Families receiving funding may choose to opt out of additional charges. If you are only taking the free funded hours then you would only be able to attend during the government 38weeks.
What childcare usually costs in Islington
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Islington from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
N1 0LLWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 29 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders and staff greet children with a warm welcome. Children enter the nursery with confidence. They take off their shoes and coats and put on their indoor shoes before they enter the main room. They demonstrate that they feel safe and secure.
Staff know children well. They follow children's interests and next steps in learning to plan interesting activities.
Children are keen to get involved in the activities on offer and show positive attitudes to their learning. For example, they copy pre-printed patterns to make their own structures from coloured blocks and proudly share these with staff.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop their teaching skills to challenge and extend children's learning consistently at all times n extend opportunities for children to develop their creativity and imaginations during adult-led activities.
- 29 January 2024Good
- 6 February 2018Outstanding
- 5 May 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Beckett House Montessori Nursery School
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £100.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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