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Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

15-17 Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2DU
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Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells
Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells
Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells

Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells is a beautiful purpose built building that opened in October 2023, it offers care for children aged from three months to five years.

The setting is individually owned and operated, with an experienced management team leading the day to day operations. They ensure that excellent, talented and highly committed staff provide a safe and loving environment for children to grow and build solid foundations...  

Funding & Fees

Our Childcare Fees

Half-Day Sessions
(Morning: 7:30am – 1:00pm or Afternoon: 1:00pm – 6:30pm)

£48.00 per session

Full-Day Session
(7:30am – 6:30pm)

£83.00 per day

Standard Weekly Fees

Half-Day Sessions
1 day: £48.00
2 days: £96.00
3 days: £144.00
4 days: £192.00

5 days (full time): £240.00

Full-Day Sessions
1 day: £83.00
2 days: £166.00
3 days: £249.00
4 days: £332.00

5 days (full time): £415.00

Our fees are inclusive of all meals and snacks.
The minimum attendance we offer is 2 full days per week.

Funding: We offer 15 and 30 hours funded childcare for eligible families from 9 months old. We have a separate funding price list. For more information, please visit our website.

Why not visit the nursery to see our beautiful setting for yourself? Our nursery manager will be happy to discuss your requirements and answer any questions you may have.

Contact Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells to get a personalised quote:

Type of Service

  • Day Nursery

Opening Schedule

Open all year

Full days available

Yes

Half day sessions offered

Yes

Group/Owner

Person in charge

  • Leanne Smith (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 14

Total Places for Children

  • 64

Age Range

  • from 0 years 7 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Meals Provided

No

Consumables provided

No

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

  • Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells has a car park directly outside their nursery so it is very easy to access their building.

Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells Reviews (36)

9.4

Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells has a Review Score of 9.4 (9.429) out of 10, based on 27 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells has 36 reviews.

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Review from Senjuti R (Mother of Child) published on 16 June 2026 Submitted via Website
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My daughter enjoys the nursery. She learned a lot of things. Staff are very caring and cordial. They love my daughter and take care of her, my daughter is very happy with the nursery. Mostly I like the diary, I can see most of the day activities and information via the diary and can see the photos as well. I'm very pleased with that.

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells
Thankyou for your review and kind words.

we are so glad that our live app is a favourite!

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Review from Ewa S (Mother of Child) published on 16 June 2026 Submitted via Website
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My son had trouble stayed with a stranger, but the preschool teachers quickly convinced him and now he loves preschool. He's learning new skills and having fun. We recommend it.

Teachers help with my kid daily routin and stop using the pacifier.

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells
Thankyou for your kind words and positive review!

We are so pleased that you are happy with our service

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Review from R S (Father of Child) published on 16 June 2026 Submitted via Website
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Very clean and nice environment for children. Staffs are very friendly and helpful. My daughter loves to spend time there. She enjoy playing with the keepers. They're very friendly. Definitely recommend to others.

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou for your kind words and review!We are so pleased that you are happy with our service provided.

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Review from M A (Father of Child) published on 19 May 2026 Submitted via Website
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Our daughter loves coming to this nursery. The staff have created strong, positive bonds with her. It's clear they know her well and go out of their way to make sure she has a positive day. We've noticed a significant improvement in her development from the regular interaction with other children. The menu has variety and the food is high quality. The onsite garden means she gets regular outside time within nursery grounds.

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou for your kind words and review. It is highly appreciated

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Review from F K (Father of Child) published on 1 May 2026 Submitted via Website
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I am happy to see the nursery is having a positive progression on my son learning and communication skills. Staff there are lovely and great with my son. The staff is also very approachable and easy to deal with issues arise.

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou. We are so thrilled that your child is thriving at our setting!

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Review from Lisa S (Mother of Child) published on 29 April 2026 Submitted via Website
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The Nursery have been amazing my Daughter has been there for 2 years and will sadly be leaving for school this year. I cannot fault the Nursery from the Management team to the lovely room staff who strive every session to make it a great and happy learning experience for my girly. Love you guys

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou so much for your kind words and appreciation. We wish your daughter all the best at school this year!

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Review from N T (Father of Child) published on 16 April 2026 Submitted via Website
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Our daughter has been attending Banana Moon for the last two years, and it has truly been a wonderful experience for our family. The nursery creates such a caring and friendly atmosphere, with thoughtfully planned activities and toys that are perfect for each age group.
She comes home smiling every day, and we always look forward to hearing about the fun and happy moments she's had.

A special mention to the staff as well - they are incredibly kind, supportive, and professional, which gives us great peace of mind as parents. Highly recommend!

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou for your kind words and we are so pleased your daughter is having a truly positive experience!

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Review from r i (Father of Child) published on 13 April 2026 Submitted via Website
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We are so happy with our experience at Banana Moon Tunbridge Wells. Our daughter is very well cared for, and it truly feels like a second home for her. Since starting at the nursery, she has become so engaged with her peers, and it's been wonderful to see her confidence and social skills grow.

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou for your kind words. We are so pleased that you are happy with our service!

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Review from Jess M (Mother of Child) published on 13 April 2026 Submitted via Website
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We have both our girls in the nursery, and our eldest has been there for 2 years. This year they have had a big change in staff, including the management. There has been a notable (positive) change at the nursery and I complete feel at ease sending my daughter's there. The staff are lovely and the girls love going.

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou so much for your kind words and noticing the impact that these changes have had on the nursery. We are thrilled!

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Review from Irina S (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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Banana Moon is a great nursery! The staff and management are really good now, considering the hard time they had during the Christmas period and before, but they managed to pull through very well. My daughter is very happy and enjoys every day in the nursery. The food is good, the activities they are doing are great and very engaging! Thank you, all and well done!

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou for your kind words and review of Banana Moon Tunbridge wells. We are so glad you are happy with our service.

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Review from H W (Mother of Child) published on 27 March 2026 Submitted via Website
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My daughter loves this nursery and always comes home happy. She's currently in baby moons.
Despite some challenges the nursery has overcome them and is now better than ever!
The team are amazing and the facilities are great - she absolutely loves the garden and the arts and crafts.
Only improvement I would suggest is more challenging activities - counting, alphabet, music and behaviour/manners lessons would be amazing for my daughter for sure!

I would highly recommend this nursery!

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou so much for your kind words and reflection of improvement over the last months. We are so pleased that you are happy with our service!

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Review from S M (Father of Child) published on 20 March 2026 Submitted via Website
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My daughter has been attending for over a year now. There have been a lot of changes since December, and my daughter is happier than ever being there. All the staff are attentive and welcoming, supporting her with her development. Loads of activities throughout the day and yoga! My daughter looks forward to going every time.

I'm happy my daughter attends this nursery and recommend others to try it out.

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou so much for taking the time for reviewing us and you can see the positive impact that the changes have made. We are so pleased you are happy with our service.

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Review from B F (Mother of Child) published on 18 February 2026 Submitted via Website
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STAY CLEAR OF THIS SO CALLED NURSERY

Alway short of staff , staff never know what and how you child has been, This nursery has not form early year's education they do not teach the basics that a child requires for primary school. They have no healthy meal options or proper meals at all my child would come home and go through the whole fridge eating everything she could see. This nursery is HIGHLY UNSAFE AND PRESENTS EMOTIONALLY ABUSE ON KIDS BY TELLING THEM NOT TO TELL KEY INFORMATION TO THEIR OWN PARENTS( when they have been hurt) IN WAYS SUCH AS DONT TELL MUMMY AND DADDY YOU WILL MAKE THEM UPSET AND CRY as they have been doing to mine. My child would always come home with unexplained bruises all my child body. This so called nursry habe cause massive trauma to my child with which we are still trying to deal with now. PARENTS, IF YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN STAY AWAY FROM THIS NURSERY. ALSO OFSTED, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE ALL OUR REVIEWS WE ASK YOU TO CLOSE THIS HELLHOLE OF A NURSERY DOWN

Reply from Amy Carter, Area Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells
Providing a well-run, supportive and safe nursery environment that caters to the needs of all the children in our care is extremely important to us, and we want to ensure all parents that these points have been taken seriously and thoroughly investigated.

We did experience a temporary period where...  

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Review from L J (Mother of Child) published on 19 January 2026 Submitted via Website
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My daughter had been going to Banana Moon since the beginning and we were happy up until a few months ago. However the nursery has become extremely unreliable. Myself and other parents have recently taken our children out and gone to other nurseries. There have been staff shortages resulting in last minute closures for the majority of December. I had also found out that they had been putting my daughter in nappies despite being potty trained in order to make their lives easier to manage the limited staff. None of the original team are there and the last few months there seemed to be an influx of staff leaving and the nursery have officially declared staff shortage issues. We were promised a new manager in January who is no longer joining. The nursery has gone downhill and I would not recommend this nursery.

Reply from Amy Carter, Area Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells
We’re very sorry to hear this and appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us. Providing a well-run, supportive nursery environment that caters to the needs of all the children in our care is extremely important to us.

Regarding the closures in December, these measures were...  

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Review from C H (Father of Child) published on 10 December 2025 Submitted via Website
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Not impressed with this nursery at all. It's shameful how poorly its run. My daughter currently still attends this place and we considering other alternatives. First about the first term(year) of her being there they never told us that was days that are cheaper or free days for those with low income instead for nearly a whole year they charged us £180 a month after us saying we don't think they could afford the increase they later then told us about Wednesday and Fridays being free days. Why on earth this is something your not telling parents beforehand is outrageous. But then again its a franchise and they care more about money then your children. Then on November 19th they was closed for staff training this wouldn't normally be a problem but they told us less then 24 hours before closing. They have also denied our child coming in because of lack of staff but allowed some children in how do you decide who comes in and who doesn't. Very poorly run very expensive stay clear

Reply from Amy Carter, Area Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

We're very sorry to hear this and appreciate you taking the time to share your concerns with us. Providing a well-run, supportive nursery environment is extremely important to us. We're committed to working closely with parents, and we value feedback to help maintain high standards at Banana Moon...  

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Review from M S (Mother of Child) published on 20 November 2025 Submitted via Postal Card
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I'm very satisfied with the nursery. My daughter like going there. She has an excelent relationship with her key person and other carers in her group.

Reply from Leanne Smith, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou for your kind words. It is a great pleasure to hear your review

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Review from S S (Mother of Child) published on 26 March 2025 Submitted via Website
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The staff at Banana moon are always welcoming to both my child and us as a family. There's never a day that my little one doesn't come home, smiling.
The team are really brilliant at building relationships with the children, as well as always discussing what's been done that day, what the children have been up, eaten and the interactions they have.
I really enjoy receiving the updates about the day with pictures, so I can see what my little one gets up to.

The rooms are filled with lots of toys and engaging activities for them to do. And they go out into the garden almost daily, which my child loves. I like that the children get time to socially engage with their own age group, but also those in other rooms, building on those crucial skills of multi interaction levels.

Reply from ElleMae Wheeler, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou for your own going support and review! She is a pleasure to watch and grow :)!

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Review from C B (Mother of Child) published on 26 March 2025 Submitted via Website
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My child goes to this nursery and I am very happy with it. The staff are very friendly, the place is clean, they cook good meals and my child loves being there!
Love the fact you can get updates and photos of your child through the nursery app too! Gives me piece of mind and is lovely to see what they get up too when I am working!
Very happy with the nursery, so is my child.

No complaints & thank you all

Reply from ElleMae Wheeler, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou so much for your on going support, it is a pleasure to watch her grow everyday with us :)

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Review from Elizabeth W (Mother of Child) published on 19 March 2025 Submitted via Website
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Banana Moon is a lovely nursery with staff who go above and beyond to make sure my little boy is happy and feels comforted and safe. The staff are so attentive and communication is great, we are updated throughout the day with a snapshot of how his day has been and the activities he has been up to. They are supportive and encouraging and continuously helping my little one to achieve different milestones. A fantastic place that is also very flexible and accommodating.

Reply from ElleMae Wheeler, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou for your on going support, it is a pleasure to look after your little one and watch him develop and grow!

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Review from Georgia B (Mother of Child) published on 17 March 2025 Submitted via Website
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Banana Moon is an excellent nursery. My daughter has settled in really well there and always enjoys her sessions there. They've been amazing with her. The communication with the staff is always really good and I love getting the updates I receive during the day. I couldn't recommend them enough!

Reply from ElleMae Wheeler, Manager at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

Thankyou so much for your review, it is a pleasure to watch her grow here with us!

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Meet the Team (4)

Leanne Smith Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2026
Leanne Smith

Leanne is our Nursery Manager and holds a Level 3 qualification in Childcare, bringing a wealth of experience and dedication to her role. She is a highly valued member of our team and plays a key part in creating a positive and nurturing environment for everyone.

In her role as Nursery Manager, Leanne oversees the day-to-day running of the nursery, supporting staff, children, and families to ensure a safe, welcoming, and stimulating environment where children can thrive. Her friendly and approachable nature helps build strong relationships with families, while her leadership supports and inspires the team.

Leanne is passionate about providing high-quality care and education, guiding the team to deliver engaging learning experiences. She is committed to maintaining high standards across the nursery and is always looking for ways to improve and enhance the experience for children and families.

Kind, organised, and dedicated, Leanne is a trusted leader who ensures the nursery is a happy, safe, and inspiring place for children to grow and develop.

Lisa Job Title: Nursery Deputy Manager Joined: 2025
Lisa

Lisa is our Deputy Manager and Wellbeing Champion, with over 15 years of experience in early years and a Level 3 qualification in Childcare. She is a much-loved and valued member of our team.

In her role as Deputy Manager, Lisa supports the day-to-day running of the nursery and works closely with children, families, and staff to help create a warm, safe, and happy environment where children can thrive. Her calm and friendly nature helps children feel settled and confident, and she is always on hand to support both families and the team.

As our Wellbeing Champion, Lisa is passionate about supporting emotional wellbeing across the nursery. From checking in with staff to supporting children’s emotional development and creating a positive atmosphere, Lisa always goes the extra mile.

Kind, approachable, and dedicated, Lisa is a reassuring presence for families and a fantastic role model for our team.

Amy Carter Job Title: Area Manager Joined: 2020
Amy Carter

Amy has over 19 years of experience in the early years sector and over 11 years of management experience. She holds the Early Years Teacher Status and a BA Honours Early Childhood Studies Degree at Level 6. Amy also holds Level 2 & 3 qualifications in early years education, as well as many other vital courses and training, i.e.

Pediatric First Aid, Food Hygiene, and Safeguarding. She has a passion for working with children and has done so since a very young age. She thrives on leading a team to create a high-quality and outstanding learning environment for children to flourish.

Vishnu Thatishety Job Title: Director
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As a parent of young children, choosing a nursery is one of the most important and hardest decisions you face – and, as a parent myself, I have gone through it.

That’s why, at Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells, the reassurance you feel when leaving your child in our capable hands is of utmost importance to us. We take care to provide them with the best education during their early years, in a safe and fun environment. As the Director, I ensure that our talented and highly committed staff provide a safe and loving environment in which your child can grow. We know that if our children are happy, our parents are happy, and we are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement, creating a happy, well-qualified and motivated team.

Frequently Asked Questions about Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells

What is the Age Range of Children that Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells accepts?

Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells accepts Children aged from 0 years 7 months to 5 years 0 months.

What Days & Hours is Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells Open?

Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells is open: 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.

How many Children does Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells have capacity for?

Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells has capacity for a total of 64 Children.

How far is Banana Moon Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells to the centre of Tunbridge Wells?

0.2 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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