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"Wetherby House Montessori Harrow is an outstanding nursery. I've had two daughters flourish in this EYFS setting and they've adored every second. The staff are second to none and the facilities are brilliant. Every activity is well planned and executed. Nursery outings are such fun for the children and they hold on to those memories always. Even better, the food! My fussy children ate everything they were offered and always returned home with full, happy tummy's. I highly recommend Wetherby House Montessori Harrow to any parent searching for the very best early years setting for their little ones."

- Alexa Lewis, 3 months ago

"Looks a bit manky from outside, but of all the nurseries my kids have been to, this is by the far the best."

- Dominic Batstone, 8 years ago

"It has taken me some time to write this review due to the undue trauma and stress that Rajan ( manager) and his mother Tina ( owner) caused my family, but I felt it only right and important to share our horrendous experience with parents who are considering this nursery or those that are currently attending and are unaware of the scandalous way in which they operate. My Daughter started attending Eilmar in 2019 when she 14 months old and we were relatively happy with the care provided by Trisha and her team. I would question the claim that they are a Montessori considering that only one member of the entire team are trained in Montessori, but regardless of this my daughter seemed happy. The problems arose with Rajan and Tina (nursery management) when our daughter was approaching 3 years and was starting to ‘benefit’ from the government funded 30 hours free child care scheme. I applied for the government scheme and reached out to Rajan to ask how financially this would affect our payments. My daughter attended 3 days a week costing around £900 a month and I was surprised that despite receiving ‘30 free hours’ a week our monthly payments were only reducing by roughly £300 a month. When I questioned Rajan on how this worked out he refused to give me an adequate explanation. However after seeking advice from friends whose children were attending other local settings I became more confused as to why I was still paying over £580 a month when for the same hours some where spending just £150-£200 with government funding. In order to make sense of the payments requested I questioned Rajan on what the 30 hours funding meant in monetary terms to him. He told me that he only received £2.50 per hour, per child on funding when his rate £6.60 per hour. That didn’t make sense to me why would the government claim to provide free hours if they are only providing the nursery a third of their hourly rate. So I reached out to the FIS team at Hillingdon council to seek further clarity, they informed me that Eilmar were actually receiving £5.80 per child. This meant that Eilmar were in fact profiteering from the scheme earning significantly over their standard daily rate when combining our payments with the funding received . The council intervened and tried to help us come to an arrangement that meant Rajan and Tina were abiding to the terms of a setting that accepted government funding. We worked out with the funding they were receiving we were happy to pay as a maximum of roughly £300 a month ( which we later were informed was still too much) this was accepted by Rajan and Tina and our daughter continued to attend, but word had got out amongst the other parents and quickly Rajan and Tina realised if they accepted they had to reduce our payments they would have to reduce others. So they went back on the agreement and also demanded back payments from the previous months. We of course refused and that’s when the threatening letters and fines began. I was 9 months pregnant at the time and I can’t describe the stress it caused me. Intervention from Hillingdon council didn’t seem to work so an investigation from their counter fraud team commenced but despite this, the threats of retaining our £600 deposit, throwing our daughter out of the nursery and daily fines continued. Once the fraud investigation concluded and the outcome was in our favour we expected at the very least our deposit to be returned but we never received it back as many others have not. Hillingdon however were fantastic and assisted with moving us to another setting with little notice but we are still very much out of pocket.This is an honest account of our treatment and just an attempt to help any others avoid this place. * in response to your response - if you weren’t found guilty of such fraud then why did the council reimburse us the money owed, I also have the letters to prove it. I’m a member of the Ruislip Mums Facebook group happy to provide evidence on there to any one who has questions."

- Ciara Harris, 2 years ago

"Amazing nursery with amazing staff"

- Ebony, a year ago

"Can't praise it enough. Amazing staff and a wonderful environment for children to learn and play."

- Annie Bryan, 3 years ago

"When my daughter is 2 years she start this nursery and she improve very first.i think this nursery is the best nursery in this area.Excellent place to send your child Super active staff.Very cooperative . Very satisfied with everything.and thanks All teachers for take care my daughter very well."

- Khadija Ahmed, 4 years ago

"Best nursery so far in west london Take your child and let them learn and grown in a safe environment staff are so good . Thanks so much for looking after my son. A spcial thanks to the owner. She's absolutely fantastic."

- F Ham, 3 years ago

"We are extremely pleased with this nursery. All the staff are attentive to my daughter’s needs and have provided so much care and love. She is always excited to go to nursery and we are so grateful for the amazing staff that look after her. Definitely recommend!!!"

- Shyqo Breganaku, 3 weeks ago