Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick

Warple Way, Corner of Warple Way and Cobbold, North Chiswick, London W3 7FW
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  • Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick, London
Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick is a purpose-built setting conveniently located within walking distance from station Turnham Green (District Line), Acton Central (Overground) or close proximity with frequent buses connecting Shephard Bush & Ealing (routes 207, 607, etc.). It comes with modern design & fitting so that children who attend can benefit from a free-flow learning environment.

All food is freshly prepared on site with NHS accredited menu to encourage children to develop a healthy taste and balanced diet.

Extra classes such as music classes & Spanish lessons are available. Early years skills, interests and creativity is allowed to flourish and there are age-specific rooms as well as a secure garden and play area to give children a holistic development based on the EYFS framework, blended with the Montessori concept of promoting independence and all round development for children.

The provider is highly regarded in London for its quality childcare settings.

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Care Provided by Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Siobhian Copeland-White (Centre Director)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 24
  • Total Places for Children
  • 110
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Funding & Fees Guide for Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick

  • 0-2 years Price: £77.50 per half day sessions; £126 per full day session; £425 full-time


    2-5 years Price: £72 per half day session; £120.50 per full day session; £381.50 full-time

  • We accept 9month+ working families funding & Tax-Free childcare. Sibling discounts also available.
    Minimum of 2 sessions per week is required.
    £100 registration fee payable to secure your space. £50 of this fee will be credited to the first invoice issued to you following your child's start date.

Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick Reviews (38)

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Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick has a Review Score of 8.7 (8.651) out of 10, based on 6 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick has 38 reviews.

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Review from Ben T (Father of Child) published on 17 November 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

The building and facilities are brand new. The staff is very friendly. Our son is very happy to go there. The toddlers are doing outdoor activities. We are missing some photos of the activities carried out, but this is about to change with the implementation of a new app to allow the staff to share
pictures with the parents. We recommend the nursery.

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Review from M B (Mother of Child) published on 10 November 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My child started in Jan 2020. The nursery communicated a lot over lockdown. My little girl is back and is really happy! The staff are lovely and kind. I like it there and think it is a lovely nursery.

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Review from Chloe N (Mother of Child) published on 1 September 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son started in Busy Bees North Chiswick in January 2020, the nursery is run by a professional team who understand the importance of building a strong relationship between me and my son. They have paid special attention to my requirements and met my child’s needs. The nursery is warm and welcoming
and are full of loving and caring staff, they have plenty of room of my son too develop and learn, they provide well-balanced meals. This is an all-round lovely nursery 5 stars from me and my son, would highly recommend to anyone who is looking too put their child in a nursery I’m a very happy mummy.

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Review from Sarah K (Mother of Child) published on 7 November 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has been attending the nursery since September 2018 and he has become the happiest and most confident boy. The staff is very caring, attentive to the children's individual needs, they plan fun and engaging activities every day, are so welcoming in the morning and evening. He has brought home
some beautiful paintings. The nursery has also been just refurbished and includes brand-new Montessori toys and design which is ideal for children's development. I love that nursery, my son feels safe there and am so glad he is attending it. Plus it's far from a high street so it's much less polluted than any nursery in West London which is the number one reason to send your baby there!

Reply from Kelly Burrows at Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick

I am so glad your son is happy and loves coming to nursery, we want the children to the most fun and stimulating time at nursery. The refurbishment and new Montessori equipment are lovely and the children love the new resources. Thank you for reviewing us.


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Review from Arnaud L (Father of Child) published on 6 November 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son started attending the Montessori by Busy Bees at North Chiswick Nursery in Oct-18. Despite the complaints of some other parents and staff turnover earlier this year, my son has always been very happy to attend. He always felt safe, looked after and developed very quickly into a young and fun
19-month old boy. I have to say that over the past 6 months, staff and management have made a lot of efforts to get the nursery and even more fun and welcoming place with a beautiful refurbishment and further entertainment and development initiatives. The staff is very caring and loving and they are truly dedicated to make the nursery a fantastic place for the kids. The garden lacks green but there are a couple of nice local parks around that the kids and staff attend from time to time. Very happy happy kid and very happy dad!

Reply from Kelly Burrows at Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick

I am very happy that your son has an amazing time at nursery, and is developing well. We always strive to provide the best start in life and making the nursery as fun and stimulating as we can. It's good to know the changes and improvements have been noticed by parents. Thank you for reviewing us.


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Review from Jenny J (Mother of Child) published on 17 October 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter absolutely loves going to nursery and this is down to the hard work, dedication and kindness of the staff and current management. My daughter feels secure and nurtured in her environment and she is stimulated by fantastic resources and engaging activities. My daughter's key worker ensures
that she is being challenged in a class where she is one of the oldest by doing literacy, numeracy and spoken language tasks with her every day. Communication between staff and parent has improved greatly and I feel that I am able to get a picture of everything the nursery is doing with my child and the measures they have put in place to ensure the development of the children.

Reply from Kelly Burrows, Nursery manager at Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick

Thank you so much for the feedback, it is lovely to hear that your daughter loves coming and that she is learning so much at nursery and most of that she feels secure in her environment. We always strive to provide every child with the best possible start in life.


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Review from E G (Mother of Child) published on 17 October 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Both my daughters have attended this nursery, and despite the complaints that many of the other parents raised, have always been very happy in the nursery, exceptionally well looked after, and nourished. My older one is in school now, while her little sister remains in the nursery, looking forward to
attending every morning. They are both thriving, and the caring and competent staff have surely contributed to that.
There have indeed been issues with rapidly changing management over a period around 2016-18, which unfortunately have also led to many changes in the staffing, but the effects on the children have been minimal. It is a reality that there are large fluctuations in teaching staff at nurseries, almost everywhere in London. I am very happy, though, that some of the teachers that had been looking after my older daughter since 2014 are still around and very happy to see her when she comes to pick up her sister with us. I would definitely recommend the nursery.

Reply from Kelly Burrows, Nursery manager at Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick

Thank you so much for the review, it is lovely to hear that both your children loved the nursery, and that both are doing well. It's lovely to see that some of the remaining staff from having your first child are still here with us, this shows that we are a happy staff team and trying the best to provide high-quality childcare, and making sure that each of our children that come here is provided with the best start in life.


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Review from Marg W (Mother of Child) published on 16 October 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My daughter attended this nursery, and I can say that to begin with things weren't great, but the nursery has made lots of improvements. The nursery is looking a lot better due to refurbishment and new resources. The communication has improved immensely. The only negative for me, and it's very minor,
is the garden is small but the children do go out and staff make the most of it. Management are helpful and friendly, and really show the vision for the nursery. My daughter left for school in August, I hope they continue to make progress. I would recommend.

Reply from Kelly Burrows, Nursery manager at Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick

Thank you so much for the review, we are always looking to improve and provide the best start in life for all our children. We aim to provide high-quality childcare. It's great that you have noticed the changes and improvements and the nursery is looking amazing, including the garden as we have had a makeover. Once again thank you for the feedback.


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Review from Maria (Mother of Child) published on 16 October 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My baby girl started this nursery on 23/09/19 and since then I have seen so much hard work from the baby room staff and all the management, in helping her to settle and feel at home.
We are very happy with everyone. When I leave her in the morning, she always gives a big smile to all the teachers and
makes me leave happy to go to work.
I would recommend this nursery that in the last six months has changed so much! (New toys, new furniture, an app for the parent to check development and activities for your baby/child, healthy foods, improvement for the new EYFS update). Well done to everyone and thanks!

Reply from Kelly Burrows, Nursery manager at Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick

Thank you for your feedback we are so happy that your child has settled well, and that she feels at home. We always want to make settling in for the children as easy and comfortable as possible and each child is unique and we take this into consideration when working with the parents to devise the best settles for the child. I am glad you love our new UP parent's app, it is totally amazing and the staff also love being able to support parents with ideas of extensions to learning at home.


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Review from Cahelmy C (Mother of Child) published on 25 September 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5

I am very satisfied with the staff in the baby room. We have very good communication - getting daily reports. I believe everyone is trying very hard to bring the nursery back to the best after changes in the management. For me, the most important thing is that my baby is happy and is enjoying every
day in the nursery so much.

Reply from Kelly Burrows, Nursery manager at Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick

Thank you for your review I am so happy that your child is having such a special time in the baby room, we always strive to make sure we are providing the high-quality childcare and giving every child the best start in life. The staff team have indeed worked very hard and this is what makes the nursery work well is teamwork.


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Review from Sara (Mother of Child) published on 28 March 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 1.0 out of 5

Do not even entertain this nursery, the nursery staff are trying their best, it's the leadership letting them down. It's unprofessional to the point that the person on reception (not the admin lady but part of the management team) letting in parents in the morning was on a personal call on her mobile
swearing away. This is a nursery with young children around. The staff have all been leaving hence there is no staff and the staff that is there are run to the floor. Feedback about my child is poor and at times I have no idea what my child has even eaten. I am looking for a new nursery to send my child to as this nursery is so poor. I wouldn't recommend to anyone.

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Review from Mr Norbert T (Father of Child) published on 31 December 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 1.0 out of 5

Please avoid this nursery. First of all, it wasn’t welcoming when my child started as they did not even prepare her individual peg with her photo. After many promises from the nursery practitioners, we decided to print out her photo at home and we stuck it on the wall above her peg as she was quite
upset about it and did not feel very welcomed. Small thing though but means a lot for a little child.
The nursery very unreliable and your child will feel very insecure as the staff and managers turnover is extremely high.
There is no CCTV in the rooms what I found strange nowadays in a nursery for security reasons and the feedbacks/observations of your child’s development is very poor. Staff are nice though but quite unprofessional as I would have expected more communication from them. Staff do not put enough effort on EYFS and found their “teaching” approach quite poor, below standards.
Also, it’s a nightmare to receive the deposit back once your child starts school and leaves the nursery.

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Review from Ramz (Mother of Child) published on 14 November 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 1.0 out of 5

Unfriendly, careless, unorganised, confused and unprofessional management members (not teachers). My child finished nursery and they did not prepare her folder and file to leave. She left nursery empty-handed. Two months later I asked them to give me her belongings and if she has any work done and folder.
I was told within a week we will ready her folder and call you to come and collect it but after waiting another two months I popped in and asked them. I was told again wait a few days because they didn’t remember to make her works ready.
She had never had a parents evening or a review in the one year she was attending the nursery. She never built up her confidence as they were maybe not more focused to make her improve.
I had recommended this nursery to so many families & friends since it was opened (whilst my oldest child was going to this nursery) until 2016-2017 but unfortunately after 2017 this nursery changed massively. I am extremely disappointed and will never recommend this nursery to anyone.

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Review from K SC (Father of Child) published on 17 July 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Thanks to the hard-working staff and excellent management we have seen our child becoming an extremely happy, well developed and educated individual who has been attending the nursery with great pleasure from day 1. Committed teachers and attentive management have been very accommodating both to our
child and us as parents, showing excellent customer service while fulfilling the purpose of a high-quality pre-school establishment to mention are also fantastic facilities) purpose built nursery and spacious garden), healthy kitchen and various extracurricular activities with no hesitation, it is our great pleasure to highly recommend this facility.

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Review from Tom C (Father of Child) published on 19 June 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 1.0 out of 5

I had both my children placed in this nursery over the last 3 years, my eldest left last year to go into a new pre-school whilst my youngest remained at the nursery.
During this time I can easily say the standards have become increasingly worrying, especially around the safeguarding of the children.
It seems the newer staff members are not providing the same level of care and have a blatant disregard to the nursery policies.
This is evident in the fact Mace Montessori Chiswick has been downgraded in their latest Ofsted report (March 2017) from Good to Requires Improvement.


This has prompted me to remove my youngest child immediately and take time off work while I am looking for a new nursery.
Other parents at the nursery are doing the same.


I do feel saddened by the sudden downturn and decline of this nursery as it used to be such a pleasant environment for my little ones to attend.


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Review from Jodi P (Mother of Child) published on 17 April 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5

Teachers are great, kind, caring and they have the children's best interests at heart. The children are learning and are happy but there is a high staff/teacher turnover and we felt that our son lacked stability as his teachers were constantly changing. I have no doubt that the children are cared for,
but management needs improving! We were there from October 2015 - February 2017 and we saw a huge decline in facilities/services in the time we were there.

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Review from T N (Father of Child) published on 31 March 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

This really is an exceptional nursery.


My daughter has been attending the nursery for 2 years since she was just 6 months old and she loves it!


The staff are friendly and you can tell that they really care for the kids. My daughter's always happy to see them every morning and they've really

encouraged her to develop her confidence. At the end of every day, the staff write up a daily sheet that details all the activities that the kids got up to that day. Also, the nursery provides a booklet every term that summarises my daughter's learning. It is an amazing book and it looks like a proper photo album!


The food is excellent and created from scratch every day. It's always very nutritious and there's a good variety which means my daughter is introduced to lots of interesting global cuisine.


The management is very committed and passionate. They are always prepared to go the extra mile to improve and develop the care for children, parents and staff.


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Review from K E (Mother of Child) published on 4 January 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My little boy has been going for almost 2 years, he enjoys every day. The carers/teachers are all lovely approachable and focused. My son received affection as well as schooling, he has built some great relationships.
The management team are supportive and answer any questions or concerns very quickly.
Daily routines are fun and varied. Food/menu is great.
A great nursery, from baby to school ages.

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Current Review Score: 8.7 (8.651)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 8.7 (8.651) out of 10 for Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 6 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.9 out of 5 from 6 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.778 for Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick is calculated as follows: ( (58 Excellents x 5) + (12 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 72 Ratings = 4.778

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 3.873 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Montessori by Busy Bees North Chiswick is based on 6 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 = 3.6

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 110 number of registered child places is 22. 6 Positive Reviews ÷ 22 = 0.273

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Meet the Team (2)

Siobhian

Siobhian Copeland White

Job Title: Centre Director

Joined: 2018

Hello, my name is Siobhian and I have been working in childcare for nearly 10 years working my way up from an unqualified practitioner to now a Centre Director. I started my Busy Bees journey in 2018 as a room manager for the baby room and then the toddler room and in 2019 I became an Assistant Centre director and held that post for 4 years.

I am very child-centred and believe every child is an individual and it is our job as educators to help their personalities, thrive by offering a vast range of experiences and enabling environments throughout their journey at the centres with us. I am very passionate about developing children's emotional literacy and think one of the most important things we can teach children is to identify and manage their feelings and expectations.

I like supporting my staff to understand how to deliver exceptional childcare daily and giving each child the best start in life by reminding everyone that you are never too old to learn something new or refresh what you already know. I also believe that parent partnerships form a key part of ensuring children thrive and develop.


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Zenia Remedios

Job Title: Assistant Centre Director

Joined: 2017

My name is Zeina Remedios, the Assistant Centre Director and Room Leader in Preschool.


I am a Level 3 qualified practitioner. I have worked in childcare for 12 years, and at Busy Bees for the last 5 years.
I love working with children and helping them reach their full potential from the start. I like coming up with challenging activities to help them develop and prepare them for school.


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