Buttercups at Acton
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in London for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 2022. Open since 2011, with 41 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
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
W3 7HNWhat 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, 20 July 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are well cared for in a secure and welcoming environment by attentive staff, who know them well. This helps children to feel safe and settle in quickly on arrival. Children form positive relationships with staff and their friends. They are are respectful to one another. Children behave well, and share space and resources happily. Older children gain good problem-solving skills. They can deal with conflicts with minimal help from staff, who encourage them to think and agree on solutions on their own. Children know what is expected of them. They follow the rules, such as helping to tidy-up toys after activities. This helps then to gain a sense of responsibility.
Children benefit from a wide range of exciting play opportunities, which helps them to make good progress. They have easy access to high-quality resources that are well presented in the learning areas. This helps to support children's growing independence and motivate them to learn. Children show positive attitudes towards their learning and persist in activities based on their interests. For example, preschool children learn about planets, stars and space. They gain an understanding of why we have day and night, and engage in discussions about the work of astronauts. Leaders design a curriculum based on children's interests and what they want them to learn next. Staff have high expectations of all children.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- deploy staff, so that all children benefit from high-quality interactions n support all staff to develop their questioning techniques and give children time to respond, to maximise children's learning.
- 20 July 2022Good
- 30 March 2016Outstanding
- 30 November 2011Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Buttercups at Acton
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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