Food
In-house chef provides hearty and healthy home-cooked meals, with accommodations for dietary requirements and allergies.
Fruit Tree Day Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2025)
Number of places
53 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2025
Local authority
Southwark
About this day nursery
The Fruit Tree Day Nursery, with locations in Camberwell Green and Northover, provides a nurturing and stimulating environment for young children, focusing on the Montessori education curriculum integrated with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. The nursery prides itself on its passionate and highly skilled team who work to encourage children's natural curiosity and aid their development.
Testimonials from parents consistently highlight the nursery's commitment to children's growth, independence, and overall well-being, often praising the supportive staff, varied activities, and healthy meal options prepared by an in-house chef. The nursery aims to create a family-friendly atmosphere where children can thrive and reach their full potential through engaging learning experiences and dedicated care.
Our ethos
Fruit Tree Day Nursery integrates the Montessori education curriculum with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. They aim to foster children's natural curiosity, independence, and well-being through engaging learning experiences and dedicated care, creating a family-friendly atmosphere.
What it's like
Leaders work with the local authority to promote a good level of education for all children. Children have access to an exciting and meaningful curriculum and are well supported in their learning and development. They are eager to explore, show positive attitudes, and develop independence skills.
Montessori EducationEYFS CurriculumIn-house ChefFamily-friendly
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
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Opening hours
7.30am and 6pm for most of the year
Term time / All Year
Mixed
Established
2012
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Fruit Tree Day Nursery
Last inspected 29 April 2025 · Anja Eribake
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Leaders work with the local authority to promote a good level of education for all children. Children have access to an exciting and meaningful curriculum and are well supported in their learning and development. They are eager to explore, show positive attitudes, and develop independence skills.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders have a clear vision of what it is they want children to learn, with a focus on partnership with parents and the local community.
- Children learn about the diverse community and how to care for the environment by making compost and planting.
- The indoor and outdoor spaces are inviting and accessible, promoting positive attitudes towards learning, curiosity, and engagement.
- Staff ensure that children with SEND are well supported, encouraging participation and monitoring development.
- Parents report positive experiences with supportive leaders and staff, leading to children settling quickly and making fantastic progress.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to refine daily routines, so staff and younger children know what happens next and what is expected of them
- 2continue to develop staff's understanding of how to further support the individual learning needs for the youngest children's communication and language.
Inspection #10359526 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
"Parents say that leaders and staff are supportive and work in partnership with them."
"Parents comment on the fantastic progress their children make and attribute this to caring and attentive staff."
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
All children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), receive valuable support, individual encouragement and strategies to help them develop their skills. Staff ensure that children with SEND are well supported. They monitor children's development and are proactive in seeking advice and support from other professionals, ensuring next steps for learning are carefully sequenced for the best outcomes.
Outdoor space
Children have access to outdoor learning that is effectively implemented in the daily curriculum. The indoor and outdoor spaces are inviting and accessible for all children, promoting children's positive attitudes towards learning. Young children enjoy playing outside, choosing resources and sharing them with visitors.
Parent Reviews of Fruit Tree Day Nursery
4.6
(11)
A Collins
a year ago
So happy my daughter goes here, she’s loves it, my daughter has been going from when she was around a year and half old, she’s now 3 and half and has gained so much more confidence, speech, her learning everyday just amazes me! With her counting and writing really blows me away, I can’t take any credit for it, really it’s all the stuff here that’s done it! My daughter struggled with her eating and thanks to the staff that took time to sit down and help my daughter try new things really helped with us at home! Highly recommend such a reliable and reasonable priced nursery, I’ve recently just had another little girl and can’t wait to enroll her here soon. Thank you to all the fruit tree team for their Great work xx
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Diane Jordan
a year ago
My daughter has been attending Fruit Tree for a year. She is always happy and excited when she arrives at nursery. She has made great progress in all area's of development over the past year.
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Pascaline G
4 years ago
Unfortunately I would not recommend Fruit Tree at all after a year there. Montessori is an overstatement, their approach with kids is really not Montessori, a little of free flow but even this was limited. Some of the staff are delightful but there is a huge issue of communication between rooms, with management and with parents...our emails all through the year were repetitively ignored and important aspects of our son's development not followed on. They seemed to avoid most proper conversations with parents, which we realised after being in a new nursery was not right and it made us questioned the level of care and attention the kids get there. A lot of improvement to be considered...
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Helen Wade
2 years ago
Fantastic staff who are really committed to the children’s development and well-being. My daughter has attended for over 2 years and has loved it from the outset, forming great bonds with her wonderful key workers and other nursery staff.
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Slava Kremerman
5 years ago
Our son has attended the nursery for over a year, and he loves loves loves it there. Genuine delight to watch him eagerly go to nursery every day. It is only possible through the tireless efforts of the wonderful fruit tree team to make it a second home for the children there. Could not recommend the nursery more to fellow parents.
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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2025
Date: November 2012
- April 2025Good
- May 2024Requires improvement
- August 2018Good
- October 2014Good
- January 2014Inadequate
- October 2013Inadequate
- November 2012Good
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