Montessori by Busy Bees | South Lambeth Wandsworth

My son has been attending Busy Bees Montessori Nursery for 1 year and I can state that my son is thriving. My son's communication skills and independence is advanced for his age, many people whom I do not know have provided me with compliments on my son's speech & language and manners. The teachers here are not just teachers they are my son's second parents and I uphold them to the highest standards as they treat my son exactly how I treat him. We love the daily updates of our son's progress and activities via the app. My son loves his nursery and loves all his teachers dearly, (Ms Allem, Ms Silvia, Ms Soraya, Ms Freida, Ms Marta & Mr Tom). I thank you all you for your continuous hard work with supporting our son.

We love Busy Bees in Vauxhall. My daughter has been going there since September 2023 starting in toddlers and has recently moved up to Pre-school. On our first visit to the nursery my daughter ran into the classroom and started exploring, the staff were all very friendly and made us feel comfortable in her joining them. We receive daily updates via the parent zone app, what she’s being doing, what she’s eating and how she’s progressing against the Montessori parameters. All the staff are friendly, engaging, comforting and supportive. They have a wide variety of activities throughout the year for the children and some where parents / family members can come along and be part of. The updates help me framework activities at home so I can support with her speech, learning and confidence development. The nursery has recently set up a WhatsApp group for the parents to share ideas / ask questions which brings a bigger focus and relationship for the parents and the nursery

We couldn't imagine a kinder, more caring, loving, safe and developmentally stimulating environment for these precious first few years of our children's lives. We count ourselves so so lucky to have places and be a part of this very special community. We will be grateful for the rest of our lives.

Teachers are passionate and the staff is stable over a year. Our daughter is happy there, and parents too.

my son loves attending his nursery and the staff are amazing the kids adore them

Senior staff ignore concerns (their excuse is they are too busy to get through emails but can send out emails, three days later no response) . Staff are not honest about what children are eating whilst under their care (my child is fussy and would never eat “all” of mackerel because she would not even touch it!) your left outside the main door waiting for staff members for 10 mins+ for them to finally answer the door and then take another 10 to bring your child out to you, again excuse is busy or staff on lunch. My daughter is suppose to attend 15 hours per week, just about gets 5 hours..this is partly due to they cannot accommodate the times due to lack if staff/children ratio (but yet new children have started since then..i guess funded children don't matter as much!) and also due to the fact every time my daughters attended, she comes home very sick and cannot attend her next session. However, they still get the funding for the whole 15 hours despite me telling them to let the council know and it reflect her true hours so i can find alternative childcare with the hours unused. Having also read the reviews (some concerning) i have also realised that some 5star reviews are actually posted from staff members. *update* i was in fact correct and the nursery was receiving the full 15 hours funding rather than the 10 she was doing as well as during any school holidays which ended up as 92 hours (from what i can remember the area manager telling me) over claimed once they investigated! They had to repay that back to the council :)

Do not trust them!!! Do not trust them!!! All the below people that they made a comment about children safeguarding are right! Think twice before you left your children here! Negative Responsiveness, Reliability, Quality, Professionalism, Value

Both my children have been at this nursery since they were 11 months old (now 2 and 4 years old) and have truly blossomed during their time there! All the staff are truly amazing – incredibly supportive, knowledgeable and place the well-being of the children at the core of everything they do. You can tell that they all really care about the children. Although my children have very different personalities, they have both thrived with the Montessori approach and absolutely love the nursery. We will be moving to a different part of London soon and I have reluctantly looked at other nurseries, all of which had very high Ofsted ratings, but none of which compared to the high quality of this nursery. We will be very sad to leave. I would highly recommend Montessori by Busy Bees South Lambeth to other parents. We just love it! Positive Responsiveness, Reliability, Quality, Professionalism, Value