Unique Child Montessori Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2019, with 51 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 & 30 hours accepted.
What childcare usually costs in Waltham Forest
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Waltham Forest 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
E17 5RYWhat 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, 19 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happily engaged in activities in this caring nursery. They have warm, secure relationships with staff, who greet them warmly when they arrive and take time to help them settle well. They use lots of eye contact and calm and soft tones with babies and toddlers. All children feel valued. Staff have high expectations for what children can achieve and support children's learning very well.
The curriculum is securely based on areas of learning. Children learn about the wider world effectively. For example, children are excited to learn about the continents of the world as they explore globes and world puzzles, learning new words such as 'Africa' and 'Antarctica'. Pre-school children learn about the different animals that they may find in each country. They make links in their learning as they read stories from around the world and celebrate differences and similarities.
Children are highly inquisitive learners.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- extend children's understanding of how healthy eating habits contribute to their overall health n strengthen staff training and professional development opportunities further to focus more precisely on helping all staff build on their knowledge, understanding and skills.
- 19 May 2023Good
- 22 July 2022Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Unique Child Montessori Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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