Partou Merchant Square Day Nursery & Pre-school

13 Harbet Road, Paddington, London W2 1AJ
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7.9 110 Reviews
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Welcome to Partou Merchant Square Day Nursery and Preschool – a nurturing home away from home where every child is celebrated as a unique individual with unlimited potential.

The nursery offers an enriching, open-ended environment that encourages children to explore, create, and grow in a space that truly feels like their own. They believe in the power of child-led learning, and the bespoke curriculum is thoughtfully designed around each child’s interests—supporting, enhancing, and scaffolding their development through meaningful, purposeful experiences.

The team are proud to have a beautiful indoor garden space, fresh meals cooked on-site daily, and a calm, welcoming atmosphere that places children at the heart of everything they do. Their ethos centres around authenticity—children are exposed to real-life materials and open-ended resources that inspire curiosity and imagination. They truly believe the environment is the third teacher, and they carefully curate learning opportunities that support children’s holistic development.

At Partou Merchant Square, they are more than just a nursery—they are a community, a haven, and a vibrant start to your child’s journey.


Partou Merchant Square Day Nursery & Pre-school opened in September 2014 as a brand-new purpose-built nursery in the newly developed Paddington Basin area. The nursery intends to quickly earn itself a reputation as the leading provider of childcare in Paddington, offering outstanding care to children

Aged 3 months to 5 years and will be open from 8:00 am to 6.00pm Monday - Friday, for 51 weeks of the year (closed during Christmas week).
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 16

Total Places for Children

  • 60

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:30-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Partou Merchant Square Day Nursery & Pre-school Reviews (110)

7.9

Partou Merchant Square Day Nursery & Pre-school has a Review Score of 7.9 (7.857) out of 10, based on 2 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Partou Merchant Square Day Nursery & Pre-school has 110 reviews.

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Review from Alina P (Mother of Child) published on 4 September 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Great progress with developing our child. Very happy as all staff are very friendly and very experienced.
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Review from Tanya A (Mother of Child) published on 4 September 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We have been extremely pleased with our son's development from 10 months when he started to 21 months. The nursery has been able to teach him many things we might not have done at home, such as communal eating, art and messy play, playtime with his friends, free playtime in a safe secure environment.
Allowing him to explore different foods and normalise a lot of new activities for him e.g. tidying up.
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Review from Daniela P (Mother of Child) published on 12 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son started preschool in January 2019. The girls and the manager have been great. When I come there is a warm feeling, all the staff are friendly. I always feel comfortable and safe leaving my son. Thank you very much, Merchant Square for helping my son!
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Review from A P (Mother of Child) published on 1 February 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Our baby has settled very well in this nursery where the staff is extremely kind and caring. There are many activities available to keep babies busy and encourage their development. The only downsides are the lack of outside space of a dedicated and isolated sleeping area in the baby room, and an important
staff turnover.
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Review from N M (Mother of Child) published on 22 November 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This nursery is excellent and has really helped my son come along with speech, emotional wellbeing and being aware of his learning. The staff are very knowledgeable and loving towards everyone.
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Review from A F (Mother of Child) published on 29 October 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My elder daughter goes to nursery preschool more than 2 years now. She is extremely happy and looks forward to going there every day. I decided to send my younger daughter to your nursery form 4 months old and so far she enjoys being there and grows up safely and steadily. I really want to thank all
the staff for taking care of them so well. I cannot thank them enough.
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Review from K M (Mother of Child) published on 5 October 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are very happy with Merchant Square Day Nursery. We have found the staff to be caring and patient, important attributes given our child has only recently started nursery for the first time. A big thank you to all of them.
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Review from Einnas E (Mother of Child) published on 3 October 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery has a wonderful and caring staff. I feel confident leaving my son there every morning. He has been attending it for nearly two years now and loves it. The staff are very professional and he learnt a lot in his time there. I would recommend this nursery to anyone.
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Review from Kathryn S (Mother of Child) published on 1 October 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
I am very impressed with the progress my daughter has made in recent months. Merchant Square Day Nursery is helping her with her development.
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Review from Zubin K (Father of Child) published on 20 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Staff are very friendly and attentive to the children's needs. Variety of indoor and outdoor play facilities for babies to explore. Online 'tapestry' to monitor a child's development. No parking facility for drop off/pickups.
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Review from Nina F (Mother of Child) published on 20 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter is extremely happy and well looked after at Merchant Square Day Nursery. The staff are wonderful with her and she enjoys all of the activities and learning opportunities they provide. I have been very impressed!
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Review from Lea N (Mother of Child) published on 14 August 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are extremely happy with our choice and decision to send our son to Merchant Square day Nursery. He developed in various areas to our full satisfaction and we are impressed by how much positive stimulation he gets from the nursery staff and other babies, everyone. We experienced up to now great continuity
of the staff who is incredible, caring and loving with the babies. They encourage the babies to learn every day something new and offer a relaxed and positive social environment.
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Review from Maria N (Mother of Child) published on 14 August 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
We have always been very happy with your care of both of our children. Most staff are excellent. Positive and caring and both kids have always been very happy. The management is very accommodating and flexible.
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Review from Lydie S (Mother of Child) published on 14 August 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My experience here has been very good with the staff members and other parents. My child is able to learn more and enjoy himself with other children.
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Review from Selin A (Mother of Child) published on 14 August 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have been overall very satisfied with this nursery. The staff is caring and easy going regarding parent requests. The kids seem to be very close to their caregivers and this is very important. The management has been so far very flexible, good at communicating and no surprises on anything - good consistent
care of our kids. The main drawback is the lack of outdoor space but kids are often taken out for walks. If I could think of one area of improvement that would be the food as even if plenty of fruit is provided, it is a bit carb heavy - toast, pasta, sandwich, wraps etc.
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Review from Adrian Y (Father of Child) published on 14 August 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Merchant Square was excellent for our son. Staff did a great job communicating what he did in school at the end of each day.
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Review from Ashley A (Mother of Child) published on 11 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Merchant Square Day Nursery is the best. They have taken amazing care of our baby girl. I always know I'm leaving her in a caring, clean, happy environment. Her teachers are so attentive and knowledgeable. They have helped my daughter stay on track with all of her milestones and grow into a thriving
toddler! I can't recommend this nursery enough!
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Review from Sophie P (Mother of Child) published on 13 June 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
When your child asks if they can go to nursery today (like mine does!) it fills you with the confidence of their experiences.
Merchant Square Day Nursery is warm and friendly has a relaxed feel and the staff actively ensure alignment of learning between home and nursery.
There are children from all
different backgrounds which makes it a great place to grow and learn.
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Review from Amira S (Mother of Child) published on 13 June 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Great nursery with really friendly staff.
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Review from Vanja P (Mother of Child) published on 21 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter loved this nursery and was very obviously happy whenever I came to pick her up. She was also learning a lot. We were very happy about all aspects of her development at the nursery. Would highly recommend this place to anyone!
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Current Review Score: 7.9 (7.857)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 7.9 (7.857) out of 10 for Partou Merchant Square Day Nursery & Pre-school is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.6 out of 5 from 2 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.3 out of 5 from 2 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.565 for Partou Merchant Square Day Nursery & Pre-school is calculated as follows: ( (14 Excellents x 5) + (8 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 23 Ratings = 4.565
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 3.292 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Partou Merchant Square Day Nursery & Pre-school is based on 2 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 = 3.125
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 60 number of registered child places is 12. 2 Positive Reviews ÷ 12 = 0.167
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Bozena

Bozena Herbut

Job Title: Nursery Manager

I hold a level 4 qualification in Childcare and Education, and I have had the privilege of working with children of all ages during my childcare experience since 2005. I am very proud to be able to work with children in their Early Years; being an educator at the most crucial stage in children’s lives. I believe that the first five years of a child’s life are the foundations that support happiness, health, social skills, and emotional intelligence. I am lucky enough to be in a position where I can inspire, support and provide training to driven and dedicated team members who share our vision.

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