Charnwood Nursery & Pre-School (Thurmaston)

Brilliant staff team, caring and compassionate. Individuality promoted. Homely feel. The staff are really supportive and accommodating. Handovers are very thorough. Large setting with lots of outdoor space.

This is the only nursery I came across that take children to parks, care homes and do forest school. My son loves the outdoors and messy play and he gets all of these in this nursery. The staff are very welcoming and genuinely care for the children. Management also look after parents, as much as they can, with social distancing and treating us to hot drinks and snacks.

My daughter goes 4 times a week and absolutely loves it. The staff are amazing and make you feel reassured your child is being looked after. Especially the past year, with the current circumstances. I can’t thank them enough.

It’s hard to know where to start when reviewing this nursery. Put simply, it’s amazing. We stumbled on it when our previous one closed with no notice during the pandemic and we urgently needed an alternative. From the minute we got in touch to see if they could offer us a place, they’ve been brilliant. The luckiest change in the world! My daughter (then 3, now 4) is thriving in their care. And boy do they care! The staff are really focused on my little girl’s needs and encourage her individuality. We get great communications in person at drop off/pick up and through the app. The trips they go on and the things they help the children experience are fantastic. The nursery feels very much part of the local community – from taking the children to sing to care home residents through the window at the height of pandemic, to chatting to shop owners on the way to the nearby park. I can’t thank all the staff enough for what they do. They’re brilliant!

Changing nursery to Charnwood Nursery & Pre-School was the best decision we made for our sons with special education needs. Thank you Charnwood, you do an amazing job.

This is a phenomenal nursery! I cried tears of joy when I visited before enrolling my firstborn, as I knew in my heart that the team would nurture and support her better than I could do myself, and I don’t say that lightly! Apart from this team, there is no one who can cater for my 4-year-old and 12-month-old children’s needs better than myself and my husband. My daughter has been thriving here for over 3 years, and my son for 2 weeks. In his case, I am gob-smacked by the measures the nursery have put in place to adapt their policies in order to support a generation of anti-social lockdown babies. My son has only seen a handful of people in the flesh in his lifetime, and like most lockdown babies, he’s missed out on baby sensory/playgroups. The thought of leaving him at the nursery after only 1 hour of socially distanced settling in, terrified me. Recently, Charnwood Nursery & Pre-School intuitively changed their policy to allow multiple short settling-in sessions with an accompanying parent, which I am grateful for.

My son has been going here for a few months now. We are so impressed with how much he has developed since joining the nursery. The staff have gone above and beyond to help him settle. They are always taking the kids out. They really make an effort to learn the kids’ interests and include them in their play and activities at the nursery. Management are also really helpful and flexible. Dropping off and picking up is really easy and smooth. The interaction between staff and parents is great and I feel reassured with all the pictures and wow moment updates.

Sending my son to Charnwood Nursery & Pre-School has been one of the best decisions I’ve made. The staff genuinely care about the well being of my son (one time, my son was ill and unable to go to the nursery and his key worker called me everyday to find out how he was). They also do a variety of activities and teach so many life skills to the children. My son is thriving at the nursery. I would highly recommend it.

Excellent staff and facilities. Great communication between staff and parents. Multiple learning activities throughout the week which change every week that my children thoroughly enjoy and develop from. Outdoor trips to shops and into nature to really give the children the best experience to learn. Couldn’t recommend them any more. Highly rate them and I will be sad when they have to leave.

We were recommended this nursery by few parents and when we went to visit (while pregnant) we knew this was the right nursery for our child. We have been extremely pleased with the nursery and always recommend it, to new parents. Our child loves going to nursery and the staff look after her very well. The staff are always happy and willing to help.