Best Public Nurseries In Budapest Near Me

4worldlovers: At Apple Tree Kindergarten and Nursery, we have been providing high quality English-language education and care for children aged 16 months to 6 years since 2012.


Our native English speaking and qualified Hungarian teachers follow a carefully designed curriculum developed by our own international research; covering practices used in Great Britain, the US and Hungary. We prepare our children to enter any school system, let it be International or Hungarian.


Love of nature and an awareness of our environment are emphasized and integral parts of the curriculum at Apple Tree Kindergarten and Nursery. Children are actively involved in maintaining our fruit trees, our vegetable patch and our flowerbeds. We teach children about recycling and composting. We re-use materials and dispose of organic waste by feeding it to our compost.


We are located in an elegant villa with safe, secure and suitable facilities in the heart of Buda with easy access from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 12th districts by car and by public transportation.

Our facilities include spacious classrooms with lots of natural sunlight, a very well equipped gymnasium, a children's library, a piano room and a speech therapy room.

We have a beautiful, grassy garden with fruit trees and a small vegetable patch for the children to use. The playground includes swings, two sand boxes, a barefoot exploration area, a climbing wall, a running track, a bike riding area, four play houses, a jungle gym and a slide. There is a separate outdoor play area adjoining the young nursery classroom exclusively for the littlest children.

Apple Tree provides English language childcare and education. There are two teachers in each classroom at all times – a native English speaker and a Hungarian qualified kindergarten teacher who is fluent in English.

Please learn more about the concept and principles of our classroom program by reading the Philosophy and Curriculum of Apple Tree.

Arts & crafts, stories, poems & drama, role play, singing & music, mathematics & science, outdoor play, celebrations

Field trips (3-5 times a year in the Nursery, Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten groups)

Speech therapy for Hungarian speaking and English speaking children as needed (aged 4 and above).

We offer a wide range of Extra Curricular activities every day until 5.30 pm. Find out more information about our providers and the schedule of these sessions on this link.

We provide a healthy, balanced menu of four meals each day. Breakfast is available between 8.30 am and 9.30 am. Around 10.30 am we serve fresh fruit or vegetables. Apple Tree provides a healthy 2-course catered hot lunch every day. In the afternoon, we offer a snack.

Filtered drinking water is available for the children throughout the day and we provide other healthy drinks as well, such as herbal/fruit tea, etc.

4worldlovers:
The English Garden Nursery School and Pre-school provides high quality, British-style education to children from local and expatriate communities living in and around Budapest. We were established in 2008 as the first international kindergarten located on the Pest side of the city. We are situated in the “Garden City,” otherwise known as Tisztviselõ Telep, which is found in the 8th District.

The English Garden is a fully licensed International English Language kindergarten and nursery, established in accordance with the Hungarian Ministry of Education and the Ministry for Children’s Welfare. Additionally, we are a member of the Preschool Learning Alliance, which is one of the largest organisations for providers of early years education in the United Kingdom. We have been recognised as a Cambridge International School.

The English Garden is spread throughout three large adjacent houses with beautiful gardens connecting them at the rear. Our facilities are designed to provide the children with a safe and secure, child-friendly environment. The English Garden is surrounded by trees and is neighbours with one of Budapest’s largest parks. Furthermore, we are easily accessible by car, public transport and using the English Garden Minibus Service.

The curriculum is based on the firm belief that children learn best from first-hand experiences – from doing rather than from being told. Our curriculum follows the guidelines established by the British National Curriculum. For children up to the age of five, we follow the standards set by the Early Years Foundation Stage for learning, development and care. For the education of children aged between five and seven years, we use the National Curriculum for Key Stage One.

The Nursery School and Pre-school occupy two large adjoining houses that have a large garden with trees, mini houses and castles, a climbing wall and a playground area. It is designed so that the children can enjoy it in most weather conditions. Inside there are a dozen spacious and bright classrooms, changing areas and several child friendly bathrooms.

The English Garden aims to provide a balanced and enjoyable child friendly diet. We offer breakfast for children arriving before 8:30 a.m., morning snack, hot lunch, an afternoon snack, as well as a late snack for children staying after 5.00pm.