Perfect Start Montessori School
GoodBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in London for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2025. Open since 2017, with 40 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
NW11 8HLWhat 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, 5 September 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children, including those who have recently started attending, demonstrate that they feel happy, safe and secure in the warm and welcoming nursery. Leaders and staff provide an inclusive environment for all children. An effective key-person system supports children's emotional development. This helps to foster children's early attachments and meet individual children's care needs from the start.
Children demonstrate a positive attitude to their learning and behave well. The dedicated leaders and staff have high expectations for children's behaviour and conduct. They act as positive role models. There are rules and boundaries in place to help children to understand what is expected of them.
Children make good progress from their starting points in development. Leaders establish effective partnerships with other professionals in children's care and learning. They regularly liaise with them and follow their advice. Leaders use this information to provide targeted support for individual children as part of the curriculum. Staff promote children's communication and language skills effectively.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen performance management so that all staff are supported to deliver consistently high-quality teaching, with particular focus on children who speak
English as an additional language.
- 5 September 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 12 November 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Perfect Start Montessori School
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.