Tara House Montessori Nursery School
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in London for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 8am to 6pm. £35.00 a session for 3 and 4 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2013, with 49 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 years2y to 3y | £20.00working family funded £43.00non funded | £13.00non funded | |
| 3 and 4 years3y to 4y | £35.00up to 15 hours £37.00after 15 hours (non funded session) | £16.00additional time attended per session |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £40.00 registration feenot refundable
- £400.00 to £500.00 depositsecond year of attendance, secures your place for the following
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- 10% LATE PAYMENTinvoice not settled by the due date
- £5.00 a day Lune and wild lunch
- £6.00 a day Early Drops
- £6.00 a day Late Pick Ups
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £13.50 to £27.00 a session Montessori teaching premium, specialist teaching andworking family funded
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
2 year funding (15 hours for families receiving additional support, 15 or 30 hours for working families) and EEE funding for 3 and 4 year olds (15 and 30 hours).
Worth knowing. Neither funding stream covers the entirety of the fees due and additional fees are allocated for time attended outside of the funded hours, Montessori premium teaching, specialist teaching and consumables.
What childcare usually costs in Hounslow
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hounslow 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
W4 1TPWhat 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, 11 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The nursery offers a curriculum that reflects the Montessori approach to education and learning. Children arrive at the nursery and are excited and eager to learn in this fun-filled nursery. They excitedly wave to their parents and happily greet staff and their friends. Staff ensure they listen to the children's voice. Children are at the centre of everything they do. They are extremely confident in their abilities.
Children know what they want to do and where to find the resources they need.
For example, younger children arrive in the afternoon and went straight to the practical life area, where they help themselves to trays of resources. They slowly and very carefully take the trays to a table and very successfully pour water into small glasses. They repeatedly practise this skill. Children are actively encouraged to make choices and direct the flow of their play. They are confident to put forward their ideas. For example, as they build a train in the garden, pretend they are doctors and says they are 'going to the Philippines'. Staff have a natural understanding of children's needs and successfully guide their individual learning.
- 11 July 2023Outstanding
- 31 October 2017Outstanding
- 20 May 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tara House Montessori Nursery School
- 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 £35.00 a session 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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