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Apple Tree Montessori Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2025)
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4.9(7 parent reviews) ·Harrow Cricket Club, Wood End Road, HARROW, HA1 3PP · Harrow
Number of places
20 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2025
Local authority
Harrow

About this day nursery

Apple Tree Montessori Nursery, founded in 2004, is a family-operated institution that prioritises children's well-being and development. With three highly-rated locations across Harrow, the nursery strives to create a "home from home" atmosphere for its young learners.

Each setting is carefully designed with naturally lit playrooms, a diverse range of engaging resources, and expansive outdoor areas to encourage physical activity and exploration. The nursery is committed to continuous learning, not only for the children but also for its dedicated team, whose knowledge and expertise are regularly developed.

The leadership team is highly qualified and experienced in providing exceptional care and education. Apple Tree Montessori Nursery fosters strong emotional bonds, enabling children to thrive and make significant progress in their learning journey.

The bespoke curriculum seamlessly integrates Montessori principles with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), offering children a broad spectrum of learning opportunities. The nursery values its partnership with parents, working collaboratively to ensure the best outcomes for each child, celebrating their unique strengths and fostering a lifelong love for learning.

Our ethos

We believe children need warm, nurturing relationships in a safe, secure and stimulating environment to reach their true potential. At Apple Tree every child is unique. Their growth and success comes from encouragement and developmentally appropriate challenges. Our teachers focus on providing rich and exciting learning opportunities for all children and instil within them a genuine joy for learning. We value our parents and work in partnership with you to ensure the best outcomes for Apple Tree chidren. Children's natural strengths are celebrated. Their confidence boosted and their next steps in learning developed. Apple Tree graduates see the world around them with awe and wonder and are ready to continue their life long learning journey!

What it's like

This setting offers a welcoming environment where children feel secure and valued. Warm interactions with staff help children to settle quickly. There is effective communication between staff and parents and carers, which ensures consistent care and support for children. Staff build strong relationships with children, understanding their individual needs and providing babies with care and reassurance, fostering their happiness and security.

Family-runMontessori approachEYFS curriculumOutdoor learning

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

8am to 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

full day, various sessions

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Apple Tree Montessori Nursery

Last inspected 30 April 2025 · Shahin Khan

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

This setting offers a welcoming environment where children feel secure and valued. Warm interactions with staff help children to settle quickly. There is effective communication between staff and parents and carers, which ensures consistent care and support for children. Staff build strong relationships with children, understanding their individual needs and providing babies with care and reassurance, fostering their happiness and security.

Inspector highlights

  • The provider's curriculum is clear and ambitious, promoting children's communication, confidence, creativity and curiosity.
  • Staff are effective at supporting children's communication and language development, fostering a love of reading and language.
  • Children learn life skills, such as setting out place mats and pouring their own milk, and take on responsibilities.
  • Staff promote children's physical development well, with younger children balancing and climbing in the outdoor area and older children skilfully digging.
  • The procedures for identifying and supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well established.

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance staff's capabilities to address the learning needs of children in mixed-age groups, in particular the youngest children
  • 2enhance feedback to staff, to help them to clearly understand the specific actions required to extend their practice and achieve better outcomes for all children.
Inspection #10376284 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The procedures for identifying and supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well established. Staff use their observations and assessments to spot when children may fall behind in their learning.

Outdoor space

Younger children learn to balance and climb confidently in the outdoor area. Older children skilfully dig using small hand tools and show resilience and determination as they carefully coordinate their arms to pick up and tip out leaves and twigs from the bucket to make their 'silly soup' in the garden.

Parent Reviews of Apple Tree Montessori Nursery

4.9
(7)
Tulsi
2 years ago

Our daughter has been attending Apple Tree Nursery for 7 months. She settled in amazingly and is always happily bobbing in in the mornings when we drop her off. We are very pleased with the progress she has made since starting and I have no doubt that this will continue. The staff go above and beyond to ensure our daughter is well cared for and they have all been extremely attentive from the get go! We will definitely sending our son there also.

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Harpal Bhogal
3 years ago

Absolutely fantastic Nursery both of my kids have been to Apple tree. My son came out of Apple tree prepared for reception and is over achieving academically, his behaviour as a child is also exceptional which has been a result of the great team in Apple tree. My Daughter is currently at Apple Tree who is really enjoying learning and developing and I am certain she will come out of Apple Tree the same as my Son The team in Apple tree are a great team polite, kind and always helpful would recommend Apple Tree to anybody looking for a Nursery for their child.

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Rio's Piri Piri Holloway
2 years ago

This Nursery has proven to be a great educational hub not only for my children by my relatives and friends children as well. I myself was recommended by a friend of mine and do not hesitate in doing so to others based on mind and my child’s experience. The level of interaction and care given by the teachers and carers is exceptional and also shows the development the child has achieved as they reach the end of the nursery session. I definitely recommend this nursery and thanks to the support shown by both Staff and Management collectively making our children’s journey comfortable.

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Danielle Lamont
4 years ago

My child has been going to Apple Tree Montessori Nursery for over a year and she loves going in. She has learnt so much and continues to surprise me everyday with what she has learnt. The staff at the nursery are very friendly and we are in constant communication on how well my little girl is developing. I highly recommend this nursery - located in Harrow by the golf club.

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Raza Husain
3 years ago

We sent our eldest to AppleTree around 2013 and had such a great experience that we sent out 2nd, and now our 3rd who is currently there. The staff are very attentive and I feel rest assured that my kids are well looked after as well as educated. Every week my 3yo comes home with something new she has learned. Thanks AppleTree.

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Inspection history

Date: October 2012

  • April 2025Good
  • May 2019Good
  • May 2016Good
  • October 2012Requires improvement

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