Waitlist
Mottingham Hall for Children has a waiting list for requested spaces. Spaces are offered on a date applied basis to the next aged appropriate child for the room we have a space for.
Mottingham Hall for Children
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Nov 2023)
Number of places
84 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2023
Local authority
Bromley
About this day nursery
Mottingham Hall for Children provides outstanding care and education from a unique setting that includes a forest school and a nursery farm, fostering a love of learning and curiosity in children aged 3 months to 5 years. The day nursery focuses on high-quality teaching, guided by the EYFS framework and their core values, to nurture individual emotional and developmental needs.
They emphasise strong family partnerships through open communication and are dedicated to providing an inspiring early years experience with compassion and understanding. The facility operates 51 weeks a year with extended daily hours, offering flexibility while children explore and learn in an engaging environment.
Mottingham Hall is committed to inclusive practices, ensuring all children have access to their services regardless of background and they actively support government-funded places for eligible children. Their approach encourages children to flourish through diverse opportunities and stimulating surroundings.
Our ethos
Mottingham Hall for Children fosters a love of learning and curiosity through a forest school and nursery farm setting. Their approach is guided by the EYFS framework and core values, emphasising high-quality teaching, nurturing individual needs, and building strong family partnerships. They are committed to providing an inspiring early years experience that encourages children to flourish through diverse opportunities and stimulating surroundings.
What it's like
Children are happy and excited to come into this welcoming nursery. Staff are well qualified and highly knowledgeable, with a passion for their ambitious curriculum. Children flourish and thrive due to the inspiring daily opportunities and enabling environments, which are organised and stimulating, promoting natural curiosity and exploration.
Forest SchoolNursery FarmOfsted OutstandingThe Curiosity Approach
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)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.
Key facts
Opening hours
7:30 AM to 6:30 PM, Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year
Age range
3 months to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Registered with Ofsted
2014
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Mottingham Hall for Children
Last inspected 22 November 2023
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
Children are happy and excited to come into this welcoming nursery. Staff are well qualified and highly knowledgeable, with a passion for their ambitious curriculum. Children flourish and thrive due to the inspiring daily opportunities and enabling environments, which are organised and stimulating, promoting natural curiosity and exploration.
Inspector highlights
- All staff demonstrate deep understanding on how to build children's development through stimulating activities and high-quality interactions, ensuring excellent progress in communication and language skills.
- The key-person approach is embedded, supporting strong emotional well-being and nurturing learning as children feel safe to explore and settle well.
- The leadership team is well established and supportive, continuously reflecting on how to support staff practice, the team, and families, providing unique opportunities and high levels of care and education.
- Children are enthusiastic learners, confidently speaking about their experiences, and are provided a wealth of opportunities to be active in the local community, including visits to an on-site farm and local home for older people.
- The needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and those with delays or potential delays in their development, are well met through the dedicated SENCo and multi-agency collaboration.
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Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and those with delays or potential delays in their development, are well met. The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) meets with families, multi- agencies and staff to ensure that targets are met and that children make good progress. Families speak highly about the additional support they have received and how open the setting is to supporting the needs of individual children.
Outdoor space
In the forest school, children understand boundaries, such as 'no lick, no pick', for any objects in the environment, engaging in play and speaking about their experiences, like making a fire. Staff complete daily risk assessments, both inside and outside. In the forest school, they are aware of the need to make constant risk assessments and involve children in this process.
Google Reviews of Mottingham Hall for Children
4.5
(10 Google reviews)
Harriet Kurylec
8 months ago
My son loves this nursery and has settled in so well. The staff are lovely and it makes such a difference having the core members of staff present there most days so they really get to know him, and him them. They do so many creative activities he wouldn’t get opportunity to do at home and almost daily exposure to the outdoors, the forest, animals etc. Not the cheapest option for childcare but worth every penny.
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Lottie Crossland
8 months ago
Our daughter absolutely loves it here. Great staff who really care. Loads of outside time, animals, music, climbing and creative messy play. Staff couldn't let us know about a place until April before September start as they prioritise siblings. We just got a back up just in case. Not a problem.
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Tom Herbert
a year ago
Our little one absolutely loves it there. The rooms are very engaging and there is a great outdoor space and some farm animals which he finds hilarious. The staff all seem to really care about the kids and he always seems to be having fun when we collect him.
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Helen Bonneville
2 years ago
We feel very lucky to have our daughter attend Mottingham Hall for Children. A very warm and caring environment. As added bonuses- the nursery building is recently refurbished, it is a forest school and has some lovely animals for the children to help care for. We can highly recommend.
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Curt Selley
a year ago
We went to visit Mottingham Hall with our 2 year old in April and really got a good feeling from the nursery. Our tour guide/teacher was incredibly nice, engaging and informative. However at the end of our tour, we met with the head administrator who gave us the impression that there was a good possibility for September admission, if not before. We paid the deposit and submitted our application form. After not hearing back for a week or two, we called to confirm; it was received and I was told they would be in touch. Then nearly four months passed and they called to ask if we still wanted to be on the waiting list ( no offer of admission) to which we replied no as we had to secure an alternative given the time that had passed. When asked re: deposit I was flatly told it was non refundable. I can’t help but feel misled into thinking we would have a slot and communication was severely lacking from start to finish. Just wanted to give a heads up to other parents of the false pretence clearly evident in the admission process.
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Inspection history
Date: September 2014
- November 2023Outstanding
- January 2018Outstanding
- September 2014Good
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