Blossoms Montessori Children's House
OutstandingBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2008, with 20 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Southwark
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Southwark 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
SE22 0HJWhat 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, 27 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this exceptional nursery. They arrive excited and eager to learn.
Staff have high expectations for all children. They plan challenging activities across all areas of learning. They use Montessori teaching methods extremely successfully, so that children make excellent progress from their starting points.
Children display particularly high levels of confidence and self-assurance. They independently select activities and equipment from the shelves and return them when finished. Children are very sociable. They seek out their friends to play with and cooperate well together to achieve tasks. Children's awareness of numbers develops rapidly. They work together to gather a set of numbered cans and help each other to stack them in order. Children's fine motor skills are exceptional. They manipulate scissors accurately to snip strips of paper. They use pens and pencils with confidence to form recognisable letters.
- 27 March 2023Outstanding
- 31 March 2017Outstanding
- 21 January 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Blossoms Montessori Children's House
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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