Holly Tree Montessori Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Stockport for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £80.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2003, with 42 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £80.00booked in advance | £41.50Half Day Morning or Half Day Afternoon, 5 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- 10% Late Payment Feeif bill is not paid in full by the 1st of each month
- £2.00 a session Early start 7.45-8ammust be booked in advance via the office
- £4.00 a session Early start 7.30-8ammust be booked in advance via the office
- £5.00 per 15 minutes Late Collection Fee (every 5 minutes after first 5)every 5 minutes after the first 5 minutes
- £10.00 Late Collection Fee (first 5 minutes)
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £12.50 a day Meals and snacks outside funded entitlementoutside the funded entitlement (nursery grant), includes meals and snacks
Discounts
- 5% Full time places discount
- 10% Sibling discountsiblings
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Free Early Years Education for 2 year olds; 30 hour and 15 hour grant from the term following their 3rd birthday.
Worth knowing. We offer the grant through full day bookings. The cost for services such as meals and snacks outside the funded entitlement (nursery grant) is £12.50 per day.
What childcare usually costs in Stockport
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Stockport 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
SK3 0TTWhat 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, 16 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The motto of 'time, respect and trust' is truly embedded across this inspirational nursery. Children's laughter fills the air and their eagerness to learn is truly palpable. The highly experienced and qualified staff team know children exceptionally well. They have a superb understanding of child development and use this to provide children with a highly ambitious curriculum. Children display the greatest levels of engagement when they immerse themselves in learning. For example, they cannot contain their excitement while creating artwork in the style of artists that they learn about. Children develop a deep curiosity about the world around them. For example, they explore how magnets work and know that some objects can melt.
Staff support children's personal, social and emotional development incredibly well.
They provide children with a bespoke settling-in process. Children settle extraordinarily well and have a strong sense of belonging. Staff are highly skilled in supporting children to manage their own behaviour. Staff use highly innovative ways to help children to understand the difference between feelings and emotions.
- 16 February 2024Outstanding
- 16 February 2018Outstanding
- 10 October 2013Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Holly Tree Montessori Nursery
- 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
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 £80.00 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.
- 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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