Blue Butterfly Montessori
Good★ 3.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Middlesex for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2022. Open since 2011, with 86 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 Harrow
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Harrow 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
HA5 3HQWhat 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, 24 February 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show that they are very happy, safe and settled in this warm and welcoming nursery. For instance, babies happily put their arms up to staff to be cuddled. Older children seek out their key person to read a story with. Staff plan a curriculum which challenges children. They think carefully about the skills that they want children to learn. For example, staff organise activities to help children develop the physical skills they need for later writing. Babies enjoy experiencing different tastes and textures with watermelon. They play with their families with the sensory packs, blowing bubbles and squishing with water. Toddlers show their delight when digging outside with the mud, or carefully bathing their babies in the water tray. Older children begin to make meaningful marks using a range of writing implements. Many children can write their names and read simple words.
Staff encourage all children to behave well. Children happily share, take turns and play cooperatively together. When the nursery was closed due to the COVID-19
pandemic, staff made sure that they kept in touch with children and their families.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- explore a wider range of professional development opportunities for staff so that the quality of education is maximised n help older children to develop an understanding of online safety.
- 24 February 2022Good
- 25 February 2016Outstanding
- 5 March 2015Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Blue Butterfly Montessori
- 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.
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