The Little Learners Montessori Northwood
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Northwood for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2014, 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 Hillingdon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hillingdon 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
HA6 3AAWhat 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, 30 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled at this welcoming nursery. They feel safe and secure and build positive relationships with their key person and other staff.
Children access a curriculum that promotes their independence and builds on their confidence in learning. They choose from and explore a wide range of educational resources. Children develop positive attitudes towards learning because staff have high expectations of what they want them to learn and achieve. They follow the
Montessori method of teaching.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- advance the planning and delivery of group activities to consider abilities and interests of individual children, to keep them fully engaged in learning n build on current opportunities for children who speak English as an additional language to hear and use their home language in their play and learning.
- 30 June 2022Good
- 16 August 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Little Learners Montessori Northwood
- 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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