Welcome to Buttercups

Buttercups is a family-run group of nurseries that has been providing outstanding care to children for over 40 years. Our award-winning settings in Acton, Ealing, Chiswick, Brentford, Isleworth, Teddington and Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire are all individually and personally managed. At Buttercups, we see every child as a one-of-a-kind little explorer. We fuel their natural curiosity and give them the brightest, happiest start to their learning journey.

Outstanding Childcare

We are recognised by parents as the 'childcare provider of choice' for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Every Ofsted inspection we have had has been Good or better. Currently, over 85% of our nurseries are thrilled to have been graded 'Outstanding' by OFSTED. Parents place their children in our care, comfortable in the knowledge that they are in a secure and caring learning environment.

Success - the Buttercups Philosophy

The success of Buttercups is founded upon a fundamental commitment to quality education combined with fun – and plenty of time outdoors. Our philosophy is:

Quality Education – child-led learning incorporating Montessori and HighScope approaches;

Fun – a huge range of activities and specialist clubs including languages, sports and cookery clubs;

Time outdoors – our fantastic nursery gardens give children plenty of time outdoors and include Forest School activities.

At the end of their time with us, Buttercups children leave with confidence, curiosity and a zest for learning.

Buttercups isn’t just a nursery — it’s the start of a wonderful adventure.

Let’s grow together!

     

Our Nurseries

Ofsted 

Outstanding

Over 85% of our nurseries are currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted and all others are Good

Montessori


Find out more about the Montessori method and how it is implemented throughout our nurseries

Forest School


Some of our nurseries have completely enclosed Forest School areas


Clubs


We offer a wide range of specialist clubs



Nursery News

Raising money for Macmillan

The children in Buttercups Ealing have been busy baking to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. They took part in the annual Macmillan Coffee Morning and raised a fabulous £352 - thank you to all the parents, carers and team members that contributed.

September 2025

We're so proud of our team - raising over £1,500 for the British Heart Foundation!

Team members from Buttercups Chiswick and Isleworth walked 25km on Saturday 23rd August, raising in excess of their £1,500 target for the British Heart Foundation. 

This cause is especially meaningful to us as we have personal experience of losing loved-ones due to heart conditions, so it is great to be able to give something back to this wonderful charity.

There's still time to support us - if you'd like to make a donation please follow the link below:

Buttercup's Just Giving page

August 2025

More awards for Buttercups!

We are delighted to have been awarded the 2025 Daynurseries award for Top 20 Medium-sized Nursery Group - for the 8th year in a row! And on top of this, special mention goes to our wonderful Teddington Nursery which was awarded Top 20 Nursery in London.

We would like to thank all of the parents and carers for your lovely reviews and of course, all of our team members, who work so hard to make Buttercups the award-winning nursery it is.

Read more about the awards here: Daynurseries Awards 2025

July 2025

New Nursery opening later this year

We are currently hard at work building a fabulous new bespoke nursery in North Road, Kew. The nursery will include a soft play room and a dance studio as well as a fully-equipped Montessori room.

Kew Nursery webpage

March 2025

For previous news click here