Unique Child Montessori Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Northolt 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 March 2024. Open since 2008, with 55 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 Ealing
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Ealing 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
UB5 4QQWhat 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, 6 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are keen to get involved in the activities on offer and show positive attitudes to their learning. For example, they proudly share their observational paintings of spring flowers with staff. Staff find out and plan for children's interests and learning needs. Staff provide opportunities for children to develop the skills required for the future. Children develop a keen interest in reading. They choose to look at books and enthusiastically listen to stories that staff read during the day.
All children progress from their starting points, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children show that they feel happy, relaxed and secure in the care of the staff, which ensures that all children are emotionally ready to learn.
The nursery follows the Montessori approach, and children thoroughly enjoy the experiences that staff provide for them. Staff support children's independence and self-help skills well. The curriculum is ambitious for all children. It has a clear focus on helping children to acquire the key skills they need for their future learning, such as communication and language, mathematical and literacy skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the monitoring of staff practice so that gaps in staff's knowledge and understanding are promptly identified and addressed n give children more time to think and respond to questions to support their thinking skills further.
- 6 March 2024Good
- 14 March 2023Needs improvement
- 12 May 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 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.
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