Admissions

To join our schools, we encourage families to chat through it with us on the phone, or to come and visit us. Tours are from the outside of the school looking through the garden gates and each of the windows, so that we do not disturb the children. Please dress up warm if needed and bring an umbrella if it is raining! To book a visit to our Chiswick school, please email laura@rockslane.co.uk. For our Ravenscourt Park school, please email laura@ravenscourtmontessori.co.uk. Please note that children must be two or older to join our school, and children normally start with us each September.
Please be aware, our mornings can become full several years in advance. For sessions where we are full, you can complete a registration form and transfer a Registration Fee to join a waiting list, and we will be in contact as soon as a space becomes available.

We offer either morning, afternoon or full day sessions for older children, with children asked to stay for longer days to prepare for the longer school day after they turn 3. Morning sessions are from 8.30 or 9am - 12pm or 12.30pm Monday to Friday, and afternoon sessions are from 12.30pm - 3.15pm Monday to Thursday. We close at 12.30pm on Fridays.

Children can join us for Early Birds from 8.30am – 9am, and for Lunch Bunch from 12pm – 12.30pm.

We require a minimum of 4 sessions per week to be able to provide and track progress against the holistic Montessori curriculum, and we require at least 5 sessions a week, including stretching to longer days, after a child turns 3. We are unable to support children who also attend other nursery schools.

Child Care Vouchers: We are registered to take Child Care Vouchers from all providers, as well as Tax Free Childcare and the Enjoy Benefits scheme.
Notice Period: One full term’s notice is required, in writing, to withdraw your child from school or not to take up his/her place in order for us to plan and support our teaching ratio. Without this notice, we require one term’s fees in lieu of such notice. This will be the full termly fees if we cannot claim the Universal Entitlement on your behalf. One full term’s notice is also required, in writing, to reduce sessions that you have already registered.
Fees: Please contact us for full information on our fees, which are reviewed annually. Fees are payable on or before the first day of term, and are non-refundable.

We are registered for applicable Government childcare grants:

• The Universal Entitlement, which provides 15 hours of free education per week from the term after children turn three (cut-off dates being 31/08, 31/12, 31/03). You will not be charged for the 15 free hours, but, we charge a fee / session which covers all additional cost items, extra-curricular sessions, and the activities associated with the provision of a specialist Montessori education.
• The Extended Entitlement for working parents, which provides an additional 15 hours per week (30 hours in total) . This grant is means-tested and information about it, including how to apply, can be seen here
• Government Tax Free Childcare scheme. For every £8 you pay in, the government will add an extra £2, up to £2,000 per child per year

The fees per session are detailed below. If you are not able to support these additional costs, please get in contact with us to discuss further.

• Universal Entitlement service fee: £30 / session
• Working Entitlement (3+ years) service fee: £24 / session
• Working Entitlement (2+ years) service fee: £21 / session
• Any additional hours outside the entitlement hours: £14 / hour
• This fee per session of £30 (£24, £21) can be split into 2 elements.
  - £20 (£16, £14) / session for voluntary extra-curricular activities, which include sports sessions, outings, baking, forest school and science.
  - £10 (£8, £7) / session for voluntary consumables including snacks, arts and crafts supplies, forest school supplies, notebooks, school library materials and baby changing materials.

If you need any clarification of any matters relating to fees, free entitlement and childcare vouchers, please feel free to get in touch.