Full-day nursery in Union Mews, Lambeth
Mace Montessori Nursery
69 Thorparch Road, LONDON, SW8 4RH · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Nurseries in Lambeth that publish fees charge £85–£130 a day for under-2s (8 nurseries). This is the area's range, not this nursery's.
Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
69 Thorparch Road, LONDON, SW8 4RH · More nurseries in SW8
Stations
- Nine Elms8 min walk · 0.3 miles
- StockwellNo step-free access11 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Wandsworth Road13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Lansdowne Green, Larkhall Park and Blore Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Thorparch Road Pocket Park2 min walk
- Larkhall Park Community Garden3 min walk
- Larkhall Park3 min walk
- Lansdowne Gardens6 min walk
- Stockwell Memorial Gardens11 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
© OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026 · Powered by TfL Open Data, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Lambeth there are about 2.6 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Mace Montessori Nursery is a full-day nursery at 69 Thorparch Road, LONDON, SW8 4RH, in Union Mews, Lambeth. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 300 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mace Montessori NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| The Battersea Nursery And Pre-School AcademyFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
- All nurseries in Union Mews9
- All nurseries in Lambeth112
- All nurseries in SW88
- Nurseries near Nine Elms tram stop
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Allen Edwards Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- Herbert Morrison Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected May 2023 0.3 miles
- Griffin Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected November 2023 0.3 miles
- St George's CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- Larkhall Primary Campus Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.4 miles
- Wyvil Primary School and Resource Bases for Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and Autism Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.5 miles
- Newton Preparatory School ages 3–13has a nursery class 0.6 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Mace Montessori Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Mace Montessori Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 2 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Mace Montessori Nursery take?
Mace Montessori Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
Who runs Mace Montessori Nursery?
Mace Montessori Nursery is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Mace Montessori Nursery?
Nine Elms is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
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- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY395978 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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