Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham

1 Alderwood Road, Eltham, London SE9 2JY
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  • Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham, London
Monkey Puzzle Eltham is a brand new children's day nursery offering full day care and half day care sessions, to children aged 3 months up to 5 years.

The nursery is part of an award-winning nursery group and proud to provide high-quality childcare and excellent facilities.

Some of the brand new nursery facilities include...

- Highly qualified and well-motivated staff

- Beautifully appointed, bright open plan rooms

- Amazing outdoor play areas, which include a woodland forest school, mud kitchen and large walk-in sandpit

- Wide ranges of educational toys, resources and equipment

- Fantastic learning opportunities

Open times: Monday - Friday from 7.30 am - 6.30 pm, 51 weeks of the year. (Closed on Bank holidays and 1 week at Christmas)

Offering full daycare from 7.30 am - 6.30 pm as well as half day sessions. The morning session is from 7.30 am - 1.00 pm and the afternoon session is from 1.00pm - 6.30pm.

Funded sessions are also available.

Nursery fees include the following......nappies, wipes, formula milk, meals and snacks.

Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Emily Quee (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 30

Total Places for Children

  • 65

Age Range

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

Funding & Fees

  • £53.00 Half day sessions (Per Day)
    £90.00 Full day Sessions (Per Day)

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week over Christmas

Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham Reviews (95)

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Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.855) out of 10, based on 23 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham has 95 reviews.

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Review from Kerri D (Mother of Child) published on 14 January 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has recently joined Monkey Puzzle Eltham and is settling in very well. He isn't always keen on going to nursery, but as soon as he arrives he loves it and comes home full of what fun he has had there. The staff are very supportive, kind and friendly and have helped my son in many ways. His
potty training and eating habits have come on leaps and bounds since being at Monkey Puzzle and he is more confident in himself.
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Review from Karen S (Mother of Child) published on 11 January 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are so pleased we chose this nursery for our son. He has been attending for almost a year and when we drop him off in the morning he runs into his room with a big smile on his face which tells us everything.
The staff are all lovely and friendly and very helpful. The nursery is clean and bright
and there is a good menu selection.
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Review from Lana H (Mother of Child) published on 21 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I love my son's nursery as he enjoys it every day he attends. The staff are extremely friendly, reliable and helpful and have helped my son progress with his potty training extremely well.
My son has already made so many friends and always tells me what he has done in the day.
He's learning more and
more while attending Monkey Puzzle.
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Review from Lisa B (Mother of Child) published on 21 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has settled in extremely well at Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham all the staff have been fantastic, very helpful and accommodating to all our needs. The nursery is beautiful and all the facilities are at a high standard. I would recommend Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham to any family with
young children as I can honestly we are over the moon and my daughter loves it here.
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Review from Natasha G (Mother of Child) published on 21 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our son has attending Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham for the last 4 months. The nursery has great indoor and outdoor facilities. Plenty of interactive areas as well as toys. Our son has thrived in the nursery, he enjoys the variety of learning and the ability to explore. We are very comfortable leaving
our son in the care of the staff who are caring, approachable and friendly.
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Review from R S (Mother of Child) published on 21 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are delighted we found this amazing nursery. Our little boy has settled in so well and has made some lovely friends already. The staff and facilities are so amazing and worries about my little boy being unhappy have been squashed. I couldn't recommend this nursery enough.
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Review from A S (Father of Child) published on 20 September 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Really supportive and friendly staff. They have really helped my son come out of his shell and compared to his previous nursery, Monkey Puzzle Eltham is far more supportive to his needs. They seem to really care about the well-being of the children in their care, which is extremely important in such
a setting. Our son is now always eager to attend nursery and happy at the end of the nursery day.
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Review from Andra L (Mother of Child) published on 17 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son really loves this nursery. Staff are caring, it is really clean and spacious. I highly recommend it.
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Review from Chris W (Mother of Child) published on 17 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are really pleased with the nursery and our little girl is really happy there. Staff are all really friendly and helped our daughter to settle quickly.
The children are engaged in activities that are structured to a theme and the nursery gives us "home learning" to support this at home too.
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approach is flexible and accommodating of the fact that this is our childcare whilst we are working (ie they appreciate we rely on them taking our daughter to enable us to both work). They also take a pragmatic approach to accepting children who are, for example, teething and maybe just need distracting or to moving children up to the next age group in line with their developmental progress.
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Review from Stevie L (Mother of Child) published on 15 August 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff at Monkey Puzzle have worked really hard helping my son settle into nursery on my return to work. He has been attending nursery for 4 weeks now and we can already see an improvement in his speech and confidence to mix with others. The staff take pictures of activities he's been doing which
we really appreciate as we know our son's had a good day.
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Review from L O (Mother of Child) published on 1 August 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter started here at 12 months old and settled in so well. The staff are lovely and my little girl now excitedly runs in when I drop her off. The rooms are bright and modern with lots of lovely resources. I would definitely recommend this nursery.
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Review from Kerrie C (Mother of Child) published on 31 July 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Great nursery with very friendly & caring staff.
I feel confident leaving my child in their care and know she is being well looked after. Little one loves it too!
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Review from Sandra F (Mother of Child) published on 31 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff at Monkey Puzzles Eltham are very friendly and professional. My son has enjoyed his time at the nursery. I like the way the staff communicated with parents, telling us about his day and also the home learning activities. The outdoor area is very nice!
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Review from Melanie A (Mother of Child) published on 20 July 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son started with Monkey Puzzle from day one of opening and I can't say how happy I am with this nursery setting. The staff are friendly, very flexible and accommodating and overall it's like one big family. I've seen the growth of the nursery over the past few months and its wonderful to see each
day there is something new which enhances both the facilities and development of the children.
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Review from Alison H (Grandmother of Child) published on 29 June 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am very impressed by this branch of Monkey Puzzle. I found all the staff to be welcoming and friendly showing great professionalism and enthusiasm with the children.
The rooms are bright and cheerful, and from my experience here, it is impeccably clean. My grandson loves it there and when I collect
him, he cannot wait to return!
Thank you, ladies, for making my grandson such a happy little boy!
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.855)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.855) out of 10 for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 23 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 23 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 4.855 for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham is calculated as follows: ( (241 Excellents x 5) + (30 Goods x 4) + (5 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 276 Ratings = 4.855
  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 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Eltham is based on 23 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 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    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 65 number of registered child places is 13, which has been reached with 23 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  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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Meet the Team (2)

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Vikki Aarons

Job Title: Nursery Owner and DIrector Joined: 2017

I have a BTEC National Diploma in childcare and education and have worked within the childcare industry for the past 16 years.


I have a vast amount of experience when it comes to running a nursery setting and I am extremely passionate about providing high standards of care and education to children.
I am also a mother myself to two young children, both of whom attended nursery settings during their earlier years. I therefore appreciate first hand, from a parent’s perspective, the importance of meeting children’s needs through providing a nurturing, high quality setting full of unique and wonderful learning opportunities.


I will also be a hands-on manager at Eltham and am very keen to work in partnership with parents as well as build relationships within the local community.

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Lesley Chesterton

Job Title: Nursery Owner and Director Joined: 2017

I have worked alongside my husband, in the Health and Safety industry, running our own Fire Protection company for the last 25 years.


Alongside offering a high standard of care and education to all children, high standards of health and safety within the nursery setting will always be our main objectives.
I have a huge amount of experience in accounts and HR and I am looking forward to working closely with the nursery staff and in partnership with parents and visitors to the nursery.

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