Buds To Blossoms Day Nursery
Good★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Northolt for children from birth to 8+, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 July 2024. Open since 2011, with 30 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 Ealing
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Ealing 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
UB5 5HEWhat 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, 17 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and confident at the setting. Practitioners support this by greeting them warmly on arrival. This ensures that all children feel welcomed.
Children eagerly and independently self-select the activity that they would like to join in with. Practitioners are engaging and interactive. They smile and laugh as they share experiences. Children and practitioners happily engage in a variety of different learning opportunities together. For example, they spend time mark making on large rolls of paper, cutting a selection of different fruits and vegetables and playing in the sand tray.
Practitioners provide positive learning experiences. This supports children to make progress within all areas of their development. Children show that they are passionate about learning. They spend extended periods of time engaging in the opportunities that are available to them. If needed, practitioners will prompt children to remain focused. They do this by using children's names to regain their attention. This supports all children to participate in a selection of activities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further develop teaching approaches, to extend and develop communication to an even higher level.
- 17 July 2024Good
- 16 October 2018Good
- 3 March 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Buds To Blossoms Day Nursery
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.