Ladbroke Square Montessori School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in London for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 16:30, 5 days a week. £550.00 a week, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 1992, with 70 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Holiday school – 8:30am – 4:30pm – check website for dates · £550 · per week
One published rate, dated 2026- 2027. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
15 hours of universal government funding for three- and four-year-olds for early learning sessions.
Worth knowing. The Nursery charges for the Montessori education provided, including the delivery of the Montessori enriched curriculum and materials, cooking, use of a private garden, extras and essentials. The UFH eligibility dates are set by the Government and provided to children in the term following their 3rd birthday. The Nursery undertakes the implementation of the UFH and applies this on the invoice.
What childcare usually costs in Kensington and Chelsea
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Kensington and Chelsea 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
W11 3NDWhat 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, 13 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff have a very clear, holistic and child-led approach to how they deliver the curriculum. They place a great emphasis on teaching children to be confident and independent learners. Staff involve children and their parents in their curriculum planning. Staff use children's starting points in development and observations to ensure that children meet their individual milestones and are ready for their next stages in learning.
The nursery prides itself on ensuring that all children develop a positive attitude towards their learning and feel valued and emotionally secure. Staff support children well by using their interests, passions and curiosity to extend and further encourage their chosen play and learning. Children show respect for each other as they play with, and alongside, their friends. Staff use stories and circle-time activities to teach children about empathy and the importance of kindness. Children engage in acts of kindness, such as as they deliver flowers to their neighbours to celebrate 'kindness day'.
Children enjoy the wide range of activities on offer to support them to strengthen their small-muscle skills. For example, staff encourage children to use scissors and glue to make collages, thread beads onto string and use large chalks to mark make in the garden. Staff praise children for their efforts and offer them support when they encounter difficulties.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to plan and deliver adult-led sessions that are consistently ageappropriate, timed and paced, to help all children to fully access the intended learning.
- 13 November 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 23 January 2019Good
- 21 March 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ladbroke Square Montessori School
- 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 £550.00 a week 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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