Montessori Day Nursery

My son has been at this nursery for 1 year now and he maybe on the autism spectrum however awaiting to be assessed. The nursery have supported me and my son with any challenges he faces and give me regular communication/updates and with a SEN plan individual to his needs and abilities. He is speech delayed so the nursery staff work with me to help support him the best way we can. I would recommend this nursery. Staff are supportive and aim to get my son to achieve his targets. His key worker is a Senco which is a plus!

If I could, I would give no star. As a new parent, avoid this nursery - I wish someone had advised me hence why I’m here. Absolutely poor nursery. My son used to attend this nursery and he has needs and is non verbal. The manager had said “they cannot cater towards needs”. I understand children with additional needs can be difficult. However, as a professional nursery, it states every child is an individual and needs should be catered to. This ridiculous nursery used to make any excuse to send him home. They would say he hasn’t eaten lunch therefore we’d send him home. They have been explained to that he doesn’t always sit and eat in one spot as he has needs. However, this was an excuse to just send him home rather than having patience with him.

I sent my twin girls to this nursery last year they absolutely loved going to nursery everyday. I had removed them from a previous nursery because it wasn't meeting my SEN daughters needs and applied to the montessori day nursery. From the very first day my daughter was thriving I never received any calls and when I'd pick her up she'd be so happy and the teachers were happy too. They'd give me updates on everything the girls got up to during the day including what they played with and what they ate. The girls never cried going in. Even now when we drive past the nursery they both want to go back inside. I feel like the staff really looked after both of them as they both had some developmental delay. I sat with their key workers and the nursery manager who was amazing and we made sen plans. The nursery even met with my daughters PT and OT to really meet her needs whilst she's at nursery. They really cared for them both and it never felt like I'm leaving my twins at nursery it actually felt like I'm leaving them with family...I'd definitely recommend this nursery 100%

100% satisfied and happy with their services for kids specially for special needs kids recommend to other parents

I didn’t want to put a negative review however moving my child to another nursery and seeing a big difference in her development I feel this would benefit other parents who has a child like mines. My child has always struggled with eating and drinking and is now on a SEN plan due to her needs. My child does not eat anywhere else other than at home as she is simply ‘different to other children’. I made this very clear when I picked up an application form and also made it clear when my child went in for settle in day that it is normal for my child not to eat or drink all day in a different setting.’this is her normal’ I was reassured by the nursery it shouldn’t be a problem and to see how she gets on, on her first day I’m getting a phone call ‘mom she isn’t eating or drinking’ etc. this continued for almost 3 weeks in till the nursery said she will not be able to stay for a full day even tho she has 30 hours free funding from the government as I work full time. My child was there from 9am till 1pm, when my husband would pick our child up they would make rules on the go stating she cannot stay till 1pm now we would need to pick her up at 11.30 as she isn’t drinking or eating anything and the days are getting hotter, we pushed this to 12pm and to be honest me and my husband were exhausted as we both work full time and did struggle to balance this. The nursery started to apply for further funding for my daughter (even though they didn’t take her on for a full day) as they can clearly see my child is different and she may have autism. (Her behaviour affects what she eats and drinks and the nursery were fully aware of this). They put my child on a SEN plan and put targets in place which now that I think of, she would have never met in that nursery as they didn’t want to keep her full day and I know my child well enough those targets would take a whole year to meet. They went on to say even if my child drinks a little bit they can keep her. When we would ask pick up time they would say she drank a little bit but still not enough. I had no terms and conditions for these rulings in writing stating any of this and I generally believe they started to make up rules on the go to not keep my daughter. They took full funding from my daughter and took the advantage stating if children do not eat or drink more than 4 hours in any child care settings they would need to go home? Even thought this was not told when I made it clear my daughter won’t eat in nursery. My daughter had to follow the nursery rules and none of her needs were met, to simply put it, it’s like telling a child to catch a ball with no arms with the rest of the children who have arms’. My daughter had to follow rules like other children even though she was clearly different. When I started to look at other nurseries for my daughter, 3 different nurseries were shocked to hear she wasn’t allowed to stay full day in a nursery, and being a first time mom I made it clear about her eating and drinking. All the nurseries I went to said the same thing, children who are on a SEN plan, normal nursery rules shouldn’t apply to them as they are different. My daughter wasted 6 months in this nursery and nothing changed in her development. Long story short, within the first 2 weeks of her new nursery my daughter became more vocal and is now playing along with other children which was a shock, my daughter is in nursery from 9am till 4.30pm and does not eat or drink anything as the nursery are aware of her eating and drinking issue and know this is her ‘normal behaviour regarding intake of food and fluids’ and to top that all up, my daughter now has one to one support’ I’m not saying this nursery is completely rubbish however when it comes to children like mine I feel they do not meet their needs, I feel they take on children who will follow their rules and won’t need attention like my daughter does. This nursery made me question why my daughter is the way she is and that upsets me. Please ask for full terms and conditions for this nursery especially if they are on a SEN plan

My Daughter has settled in very well in this nursery. The staff are really welcoming and I’ve seen a major change in my daughters development in the matter of a few months. Amazing nursery.

My son started here a few months ago and he has settled in lovely. He really enjoys attending here and always comes out with a smile on his face, the staff are very welcoming and friendly. I would definitely recommend