The Butterfly Patch South Norwood

21B South Norwood Hill, London SE25 6AA
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9.8 56 Reviews
  • The Butterfly Patch South Norwood, London
The Butterfly Patch in South Norwood provides excellent childcare to little ones aged 3 months to 5 years over 51 weeks of the year. Their long hours are suited to all families as it is open from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm, offering full days, AM and PM sessions.

They strive to provide outstanding care and education for your little ones in their precious early years with the support from carefully selected trained and passionate staff.

The Butterfly Patch consists of four rooms:

Glittering Glow Bugs for children aged 3 months to 2 years (with a separate sleep room)

Creative Caterpillars for children 2 to 3.5 years

Bouncing Butterflies for pre-school children

The Snug: a sensory room for all children to experience.

This is a fantastic learning opportunity for children of all ages to explore using their senses. They also offer extracurricular activities such as music classes, hairdressers, baby massage and more.

They have a free-flow garden for toddlers and a free-flow garden for preschoolers.

Finally, a good grub programme ensures fresh, healthy brain food is offered to children each day.
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Type of Service

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

Person in Charge

  • Sonia Bennett (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 5

Total Places for Children

  • 32

Age Range

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

Funding & Fees

  • Fees vary depending on age, days at nursery and funding. Here is a rough guide:


    Children attending 5 days a week vary between £1986.98 and £1929.81 per month (no funding).


    Children attending 4 days a week vary between £1596.54 and £1539.29 per month (no funding).


    Children attending 3 days a week vary between £1205.93 and £1148.76pm per month (no funding).


    Children attending 2 days a week vary between £803.95 and £758.24 per month (no funding).


    Adhoc days - £96.58 - £58.35

  • You can view our full fee structure on our brochure. Visit our website to download.

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 at Christmas

Parking

  • Two car driveway for use at drop off and collection times only. Street parking in the area is available.

The Butterfly Patch South Norwood Reviews (56)

9.8

The Butterfly Patch South Norwood has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.824) out of 10, based on 18 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time The Butterfly Patch South Norwood has 56 reviews.

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Review from Nicholas K (Father of Child) published on 21 March 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our little girl has attended since she was twelve months old for three days a week. We are over the moon with how quickly she has settled and how much she looks forward to her days at 'school'. She is constantly babbling the names of all her new friends and her practitioners and is genuinely excited
every time we drop her off for the day! The communication from the nursery has been excellent and they have coped extremely well through these challenging times. I have recommended friends.
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Review from Dilia S (Mother of Child) published on 21 March 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been at The Butterfly Patch South Norwood for about eighteen months now and he couldn't be happier! He runs into the nursery in the mornings and at pick up time, still has a smile on his face! We've seen a huge development with our little boy's learning. The staff are lovely and attentive
to our needs and work well together with us parents. Very happy overall with the nursery, the staff and would definitely recommend this nursery to others.
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Review from Lisa M (Mother of Child) published on 20 March 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our son started at The Butterfly Patch South Norwood last July, aged two and he loves it there. The staff have always been really friendly and caring, they were super helpful with his potty training journey too. There is always a good range of activities for the children using lots of natural resources,
which parents get to see via photos and updates on a nursery app. The Butterfly Patch South Norwood have extended opening ours which is handy too. We're really happy with our choice of nursery and would definitely recommend them.
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Review from Joanna K (Mother of Child) published on 20 March 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am so happy with the nursery. The staff are kind, fun and always make my son feel welcome and cared for. I am always so impressed with the effort they put into the activities they do, I love seeing the work he produces. I would definitely recommend this nursery to anyone, it has been such a happy
place for my son to be!
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Review from Emily P (Mother of Child) published on 20 March 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We cannot recommend The Butterfly Patch South Norwood enough! Our son started in the baby room when he was one. The staff were incredibly kind and supportive during his settling in. Naturally as parents we were wary of leaving our little one with strangers but they made us feel reassured and provided
extra updates during this time, so that we could see that he was okay. After only a few weeks he was happy to arrive and had clearly formed some strong attachments to the staff in his room. Some things we love about The Butterfly Patch South Norwood is that its a very small setting, so we know that our son is always with people that he knows and trusts. They have a great menu provided by an external specialist caterer, they focus on the children and not on sending hourly updates to parents. They have a huge range of different activities, the staff are really empathetic towards us as parents and they share our concerns and try to reassure wherever possible. They also have convenient long opening hours.
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Review from Hannah R (Mother of Child) published on 6 August 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our son joined the nursery full time at the start of the year, aged one. The staff are extremely friendly, communicative and caring towards the children and made the settling in period very easy. Each day there are different activities to do and the children are encouraged to explore and play in their
own ways (with lots of outside play). After a couple of months at home during the lockdown, our son was really happy to return to the nursery at the start of June. They have provided a safe, welcoming environment for the children to return to which has made us feel very comfortable with him being back. He is always happy to go to nursery each morning and exhausted following the days' activities each evening. We receive updates during the day showing us what he has been up to and the staff always fills us in at pickup time with his daily achievements and adventures. The Butterfly Patch is great and we never worry about our little man when he's there.
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Review from Natasha (Mother of Child) published on 18 March 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff are great- warm and fun. Our little one has come on so far since attending, especially her language.


Activities are varied and creative, frequent trips out to the local community (parks, shops, to the café for babychinno..!)


Staff seem engaged and knowledgeable, and give good feedback


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nursery itself is lovely and we'll maintained
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Review from Kersha C (Mother of Child) published on 25 February 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff at The Butterfly Patch created a stimulating and nurturing environment for my son’s educational and emotional development. He was one of the oldest in the class and in spite of this continued to thrive amongst the mixed ages in his room. The social interaction with children was really nice
and he developed strong connections with the staff. Staff were friendly courteous and professional and offered effective communication. The early years log was a particularly nice touch to see what he was getting up to throughout the day and know what he had eaten and how well. I would definitely recommend this nursery to other parents. I’m really grateful that my son was so nicely looked after whilst I couldn’t be with him and genuinely never had any complaints.
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Review from Susana M (Mother of Child) published on 12 December 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My daughter is always happy to go to nursery. The staff are friendly and helpful. Activities seem engaging and interesting. We love the eco-friendly ethos and the fact that all the children have the opportunity to enjoy themselves in outdoor activities. These take place either in the garden (they extend
the space available by using the car park and closing the front gate) or in the surrounding parks. We are very satisfied with our daughter's progress and we highly recommend The Butterfly Patch staff.
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Review from Lauren C (Mother of Child) published on 14 November 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our family is extremely happy with the care provided for our daughter. The management/leadership team are doing a fantastic job, creating a warm, friendly environment that is welcoming daily. She loves coming to nursery and settled in perfectly within the short time she has been attending. We would
recommend The Butterfly Patch to all local families.
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Review from Maggie W (Mother of Child) published on 14 November 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has settled in very well at The Butterfly Patch and is always really happy when we drop her off. The staff are so friendly and helpful and I feel she is in very good hands. They provide a great range of activities and the facilities are really good. We were lucky to find The Butterfly Patch
and I would recommend it.
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Review from Zalika F (Mother of Child) published on 6 November 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter attended here from the moment the nursery opened when she was ten months old, and she loved it once she was settled in. The staff at this nursery are lovely, and I always felt confident that my daughter was in safe hands. A nice cosy environment for little ones, I would definitely recommend.
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Review from Sepiso M (Mother of Child) published on 30 September 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The staff in the building have been really supportive after I recently sustained an injury. My son missed 3 weeks of nursery but was welcomed back in a really heartfelt way. My son has improved majorly with his speech and his independence since starting 4 months ago.
Also, the staff continue to be
very professional and polite consistently.
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Review from E P (Mother of Child) published on 19 September 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our sons development has been rapid, learning lots of new words. The staff are attentive and supportive, always ready to help and create activities that engage the childrens imagination. Great atmosphere.
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Review from Agnieszka N (Mother of Child) published on 6 August 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My boy loves being here so much, he runs to the nursery with excitement every day.
He has a speech delay and receives great support from all the staff. They all put a lot of effort in to make sure children are happy and learn something new every day.
A great, homely approach makes this nursery stand
out from all the other nurseries in the area by far. We feel lucky to have found it.
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Review from Andrea S (Mother of Child) published on 5 July 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Since attending Butterfly Patch Nursery our little boy's language has increased at an impressive rate. The staff are friendly and the management deal with all your requests. Our little one literally doesn’t want to leave when we come and pick him up. They update us when we pick up and use detailed description
via their online app. We have been extremely impressed and was just saying over dinner last night at how happy we are with the nursery. They have lots on offer and we have been inspired by what they are doing throughout the day. He has regular trips out and has made great friends.
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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.824)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.824) out of 10 for The Butterfly Patch South Norwood is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 18 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 18 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 4.824 for The Butterfly Patch South Norwood is calculated as follows: ( (182 Excellents x 5) + (30 Goods x 4) + (4 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 216 Ratings = 4.824
  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 The Butterfly Patch South Norwood is based on 18 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 32 number of registered child places is 6.4, which has been reached with 18 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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Paige Pinder

Job Title: Area Manager Joined: 2018

Started my child care career when I finished school in 2009. I studied for two years at college whilst obtaining experience in a day nursery as part of my qualification I completed my experience and they offered me a permanent role.


Throughout my time I was given may different role which allowed my growth within the company including becoming the SENCO, Behaviour officer, room leader and third in charge. I worked with a range of children who had extremely complex needs giving me the experience of working closely with parents/carers and outside agencies.
During this time I also completed my Level 5 leadership and management in children and young people's services. I completed this course to help me further my career to management in child care.


In March 2015 I moved to Egypt for 12 months to work in a nursery. During this time I worked with a range of different families of cultures from around the world. I implemented the Early Years Foundation Stage ethos into the setting and was amazed to see how the children excelled and how much our families responded to the approach.


I returned back to the UK in April 2016 I became a manager of a brand new nursery. I was finally able to put all of my experience and knowledge into full practice. In this setting I achieved a "Good" Ofsted grade and continues to support the nursery and to staff to their full potential. I thrived of seeing not only the staff learn new things but the children excelling and being supported by such loving, caring and nurturing staff.


In November 2017 I decided that it was time to spread my wings, I had worked for the same company for my whole child care career in the UK and it was time to move on. This is when I found The Butterfly Patch.


I joined The Butterfly Patch in February 2018 at our Croydon setting. Our doors weren't even open. I took pride in helping to set up what is now a beautiful, inspiring and nurturing nursery and company.
Children are at the heart of everything we do, children’s welfare and safeguarding is central to all of our decision making. Our staff feel valued and supported from management.
In April 2019 I then transferred to the South Norwood setting to help launch and support the setting in the opening weeks. During this time I was also given a promotion to Area manager and now over see 5 Butterfly Patches

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Sonia Bennett

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Sonia is the manager of our amazing South Norwood nursery! At that location, we are certified in The Curiosity Approach and love to follow it! Using free and found items in learning and play.

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