Lavendale Montessori
Good★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 May 2023. Open since 1998, with 58 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 Barnet
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Barnet 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
N12 7JGWhat 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.
- 4 July 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 6 February 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 10 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy when they arrive in nursery and settle into their day with ease.
They form warm and secure relationships with their familiar adults who respond to their needs well. Staff embed good behaviour expectations. Children are extremely well behaved. They share, take turns and play cooperatively with and alongside their peers. This provides a secure foundation from which children are eager to learn.
Staff plan and extend children's interests by providing a safe, enabling and stimulating environment for them to play in, either on their own or with peers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - review and organise group activity times even better to make sure all children engage and fully participate n strengthen arrangements for staff mentoring to further support staff with less experience to develop their practice to the highest levels.
- 10 May 2023Good
- 25 November 2022Inadequate
- 7 December 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Lavendale Montessori
- 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
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