Kia Mena Montessori Pre School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Beckenham for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £10.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2001, with 43 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
43 weeks a year, price list dated 27.03.2026.
| Age | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 3birth to 3y | £10.50beyond the 13.25 funded hours £15.50beyond the 26.5 funded hours | £116.25hours beyond the 26.5 funded hours £170.50hours beyond the 26.5 funded hours | |
| 3 and over3y to 5y | £10.50beyond the 13.25 funded hours £15.00beyond the 26.5 funded hours | £116.25hours beyond the 26.5 funded hours £170.50hours beyond the 26.5 funded hours | |
| All ages | £10.50Non- Funded Children | – |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 a day Snack Charge
- £13.00 a session Breakfast Club
- £13.00 a session Afterschool Club
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours per week for 38 weeks per year, stretched across 43 weeks; Early Learning for Two Year Olds and Two-Year-Old Funding for Working Families for under 3s.
Worth knowing. Funding stretched across 43-week year: 570 hours per year allocated 13.25 hours per week; 1,140 hours per year allocated 26.5 hours per week. Additional hours beyond funded amount charged. Breakfast Club and Afterschool Club funding unavailable. If your child attends a session where the total hours exceed the funded amount, you will be charged for the additional hours, even if you choose to collect your child early.
What childcare usually costs in Bromley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bromley 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
BR3 5ASWhat 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, 31 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a breakfast club for children to support children's self-help skills with engaging, stimulating interactions. Children are welcomed on arrival by friendly and enthusiastic staff. Those children who are not in breakfast club eagerly play with carers and wait in the garden until it is time for them to arrive. The setting is well organised and children understand the routines. They are supported to be independent. For example, children place their book bags in the correctly coloured box, which matches their key person. Staff set high expectations for children, who join a circle time for registration. Children enjoy some songs and conversations, for example, about the weather and understanding their emotions and how they feel.
Staff follow a Montessori teaching approach to children's learning. They provide teacher-led group times and free-flow play to support children's development. Staff place a high importance on developing children's early literacy and mathematical skills when they play. Children have individual books, which go home with them to share with their families.
Children have strong attachments with all staff. This helps them to safely and confidently explore their environment, and help themselves to the resources available. Children benefit from a range of experiences that enhance their individual learning. For example, in the practical-life area, children feed some caterpillars. They observe them and hope that they will turn into butterflies soon.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve parents' understanding of child development so that all parents understand how their children learn and develop n plan group times to ensure that younger children's learning needs are met.
- 31 May 2022Good
- 4 October 2016Good
- 6 February 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kia Mena Montessori Pre School
- 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 £10.50 an hour 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.
- 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.
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