Registration form can be downloaded from here in pdf format. Please email admissions at unitymontessori.com should a word-format be preferred. To organize visits during school hours (mornings), please do contact us. Visits normally take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
We are registered as a tax-free childcare provider. Do ask for details on this scheme.
We are also registered to receive childcare vouchers. Please find further information by visiting this link.
Fees academic year 2024 / 2025
Fees are calculated on the basis of the 36 weeks of the year that we are open, and divided into 3 terms (Autumn, Spring and Summer). Fees referred below are per term (12 weeks), payable in advance by bank transfer at start of term.
For children of eligible age, the Nursery Education Grant (NEG) is applied to fees, and so the fee payable by parents is lower.
No refunds are given in event of sickness or family holidays. Full fees are due from your child’s first settling in day.
When your child is offered a place at Unity Montessori Nursery a deposit of £500 becomes payable.
Fees are inclusive of all care provision, books, stationery, art and craft materials, freshly prepared snack and drinks (including milk and fresh fruits), and local outings (with the exclusion of exceptional trips). Priority is given to full time places and this is reflected in the fee structure.
Term fees are as follow:
FULL DAY (8:45AM – 3:00PM)
5 days £4,500
PART TIME (Either 8:45AM to 12:00PM, or 12:00PM to 3:00PM)
5 mornings / afternoons £2,600
Extra session £45
Swap days, additional hours, and emergency days cover are only organised when possible, provided enough notice has been given.
*Late collection and early arrival is charged at £5 per every 10 minutes of delay outside the child’s allocated times. This will be reflected in following term’s invoice.
The nursery requires written notice, three months in advance at the beginning of term, whenever parents decide to withdraw their child. Failure to do so incurs payment of a full term fees.
Childcare vouchers are accepted. Fees are subject to revision on an annual basis (January), and written notice will be given of any changes.
15 free hours scheme.
This scheme is a non means-tested “free” nursery hours for 3 and 4 year olds, which can start the term after their third birthday. This is NOT childcare vouchers. This scheme is available at Unity from the term after the child’s third birthday. Details of this and its requirements can be discussed during visit.
Unity Montessori is a privately run school. We only offer a limited amount of places for the 15 “free hours” scheme for 2 years old of working parents (new scheme started 1 April 2024). These places are allocated on a first come first served basis, and we only offer these places in the afternoon, unless the child attends on a full-time basis.
Why Unity is not participating in the “30-hours free” scheme.
The reason we are not offering the 30 “free hours” is that the rate we receive from the local authority (Barnet Council) is much lower than what it costs us to operate and provide care. This means that we would be losing money by providing “free” 30 hour places.