Where Montessori meets Forest School

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. Under the old Ofsted grading we were proud to consistently have a very high number of Outstanding grades. The new Ofsted system does not give a one-word grading, so where we have received inspections under this new system you will see a QR code linking to the full inspection report.

We are still very proud of our very high standards of education and care and strive to be outstanding in all we do. 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

Proud of our history of a consistently high number of Outstanding grades

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

Our In-house Montessori Trainer

Miss Kirti, a longstanding member of the Buttercups team, is now qualified to train our teams in Infant and Toddler Montessori Teaching. The Montessori Centre International course, Integrating Montessori Practice Infant and Toddler Specialism (Birth to 3 years), extends her previous Montessori Teacher Training qualification to younger children, meaning our children can reap the benefits of Montessori from the very beginning. 

We will now be able to roll-out a Montessori training programme to all the team members in our baby and toddler rooms.

A massive well-done to Kirti for all her hard work and thank for enabling us to continue to develop and grow at Buttercups.

May 2025

Buttercups Voted Top 20 Nursery for 9th Year!

We are thrilled to have been voted one of the Top 20 mid-sized nursery groups for 2026 in the Daynurseries Annual Awards. This award is especially precious to us as it is determined by parents' reviews - we are so pleased that our parents rate us so highly!

A huge thank you to everyone who sent is a review and to all of our wonderful team members.

Daynurseries.co.uk

April 2025

Raising Money for Macmillan

Our very own Mr Brandon from Buttercups Chiswick has Braved the Shave to raise money for Macmillan's Cancer Support work. Brandon smashed his £400 target! We are so proud of you Brandon!

If you would like to donate, click the link below:

Brandon's Fundraising Page

April 2025

New Nursery opening 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