News & Events

Dear Parents & Carers

 

We are now accepting advance bookings for:

 

• Summer term (April 2026)

 

• Autumn term (September 2026)

 

Many local families are making The Fruit Tree their First Choice to educated, develop and care for their child/ren in the “Montessori Way” – We are no longer Camberwell’s best kept secret and we are chuffed, very proud and honoured to see that all our hard work over the years is being acknowledged by our parents who have also crossed referred our nursery on a plethora of occasions to neighbours friends and family, the great sense of community and partnership is ever so palpable and we really do cherish this and thank all our current parents.

 

Hence, we are so delighted to announce that from January 2026, The Fruit Tree Nursery will be launching our “world-first” - “Montessori Free For All” initiative.

 

This means:

 

• Free Montessori education for all government-funded preschool children (on all funded days)

 

• Montessori sensory & Firm foundation sessions introduced in our baby and toddler rooms, at no additional cost to families

 

Montessori education can be typically from £120.00 per day locally & up to £140.00 per day in other areas such as Hammersmith, Dulwich, Chelsea etc.

 

Our charge of £85.00 per day on non-funded days is a landmark attempt to offer Montessori at affordable rates as our foundational investment in our MONTESSORI equipment has already been made OVER THE LAST 1-3 YEARS IN BOTH NURSERIES, and the government has finally decided to offer fairer rates that are now correct funded rates for babies & toddlers to nurseries NATIONALLY as they also admit and concede that the sector has been grossly underfunded by the government.

 

Hence, we are now in a position to make pre-school Montessori rates more affordable for local families in comparison to other local nurseries as well as have a non-charge Montessori policy, for 2026 for all funded hours in the Pre-school and also extend this to the baby rooms & Toddler rooms.

 

We will now be operating at a full capacity level from 1/1/2026 due to the ever-growing popularity of the nurseries Montessori ethos and curriculum.

 

This cost reduction has also been achievable, courtesy of our philanthropic arm (we have run our own separate charity since 1989), and our desire to make Montessori a mainstream provision for all funded children in 2026 and possible beyond this.

 

We are also carrying out in-depth research on the impact of Montessori on children's learning, social development, intellectual development and overall development as well as school readiness.

 

Currents results/feedback is proving to be extremely impactful according to parental feedback from the children that graduated in July/Aug 2026 & started their new “BIG SCHOOL” journey this September, these children have made a 95% (Secured attainment) cohort developmental target in Montessori education and we are amazed by this success.

 

This research work is being carried out in earnest by our management team alongside a highly skilled support team and steering group of educational specialists lead by a Doctor of International Education and a Masters Of Educational Research Fellow, from a main Swedish ~University, all contributors are from within our associates’ circles, giving their services on a part voluntary basis.

 

we are so blessed and extremely fortunate to have them on board this incredible journey with our highly skilled and qualified team with many on graduate level to master’s tier also.

 

We will keep you up to date with all these very interesting developments and thank you once again for all your support and kind comments on our services.

 

Warm regards,

 

The Fruit Tree Management Team and Directors

 

David & Doreen Wade

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Montessori free for All – Growing Bright Futures Together