Montessori Busy Bees Nursery in Finchley, located in London N12 8TP, is part of the Busy Bees childcare group, which prides itself on extensive experience in early years education. The nursery is dedicated to providing high-quality care and stimulating environments for children.
It offers a unique 'Busy Bees One' package that includes NHS-accredited, freshly prepared meals, snacks, and drinks, along with essential consumables like nappies, wipes, and sun cream, aiming to simplify life for parents while ensuring children receive optimal nutrition and care. This approach supports holistic child development, fostering independence, social skills, and adventurous eating habits within a safe and inclusive setting.
The nursery also emphasises fostering curiosity and independence through diverse menus and engaging routines. It aims to support parents by offering various government funding options, which can be stretched throughout the year to accommodate different family needs.
The nursery encourages transparent communication regarding fees, providing monthly invoices that clearly outline funded and non-funded hours.
What it's like
Staff build warm and reassuring relationships with children, who clearly feel safe and secure, enabling them to explore the environment and make choices about their play. Leaders develop a curriculum that prioritises individual children's needs and interests, with staff using this information to set up highly engaging and child-centred activities. Staff work together to model respectful relationships, encouraging younger children to take turns and be kind, which contributes to a calm and purposeful atmosphere.
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This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
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Three nutritious and balanced meals per day, NHS Startwell accredited menus, freshly prepared by on-site chef, and a range of snacks and drinks. Consumables like unlimited nappies, wipes, and sun cream are also included in the 'Busy Bees One' package.
Term time / All Year
All Year
Last inspected 14 October 2024
What it's like to attend
Staff build warm and reassuring relationships with children, who clearly feel safe and secure, enabling them to explore the environment and make choices about their play. Leaders develop a curriculum that prioritises individual children's needs and interests, with staff using this information to set up highly engaging and child-centred activities. Staff work together to model respectful relationships, encouraging younger children to take turns and be kind, which contributes to a calm and purposeful atmosphere.
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Parents comment that they are very happy with the nursery.
They praise the strong communication, the high levels of care that their children receive and the variety of engaging and creative activities on offer.
Inclusion & environment
Leaders are passionate about inclusion and proud of the support they offer for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They are quick to engage the support of other professionals to ensure that children get access to the right support as early as possible. Staff work closely with parents to offer reassurance and guidance and are committed to making reasonable adjustments to make sure that all children can be included in the nursery.
Honestly this is such a lovely nursery with wonderful people working there. My son really enjoys his time there and has learnt so much. They are so caring and kind even though half of the teachers that work there are super young. I don’t want to name anyone but it’s truly a lovely nursery which I would recommend to anyone within the area. Thank you
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Our daughter enjoys going to nursery and is always looking forward to get back. Staff is amazing too.
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Saddened to write this review but our family had a profoundly negative experience at Busy Bees North Finchley. There were a number of issues that I will not go into but I think the common denominator of them all was that the staff, especially the supervisors seemed to constantly want to find fault in us as parents. Countless interactions were riddled with a judgemental and sceptical tone that left us feeling inadequate and fearful to engage with them. Our child never really settled there but we’d put it down to attending nursery for the first time, always screaming at drop off. However we felt strongly we needed to find another arrangement for our child - the screaming entirely stopped at the new nursery within a coupe of weeks. Also Once we moved I spoke more freely with other parents about our experience and I was shocked to hear how many of them felt exactly the same. They felt judged and blamed for every little ‘mistake’ they did such as late pick ups and being called into the office and questioned about whether ‘things were ok at home?’. On the surface this kind of behaviour is masked as caring and that ‘the wellbeing of the child is their priority’ but all the parents is spoke to felt they were being emotionally bullied and manipulated - exactly as we felt. Most of them felt they had no other options and were afraid of retaliation to speak up. The only reason I am writing this public review is so that if other parents that feel this way read it, they can realise it’s not their fault.
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My son has been attending for the past two years, he is very happy here and the staff always share wonderful activies and learning experiences. Everyone is very professional and caring.
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This nursery has welcomed me and my son well. The staff are attentive and supportive and always kept me updated. I'll definitely bringing my second baby soon when she is born!
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Date: March 2012
Mace Montessori Nursery registered in 2011 and is located in the London Borough of Barnet. It is open Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm, throughout the year. The nursery provides government-funded childcare and employs 25 staff, including a chef. Of these, 14 staff hold early years qualifications at level 2 or above.
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