Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Orpington

My 1-year-old son has had a very positive experience of settling in at Monkey Puzzle Orpington. The staff are really friendly, the building has just been refurbished and feels really nice and modern and I like the fact that there is a garden at the back. He gets to do lots of creative things which are more difficult to do at home and loves being with other children. We get a full update on how he’s got on at the end of every day. Highly recommended.

My 2-year-old son hadn’t previously attended a nursery or a childminder and had only been looked after by either myself, my husband or my mum. I was very anxious for him to start in a nursery setting, but after looking around at the friendly, modern and creative environment at Monkey Puzzle we decided to try it and started a 2 week settling in session. There were of course, the classic parental guilt moments during this time, but the staff were so friendly and helpful (and even obliged my phone calls after half an hour of dropping him off to update and reassure me!) He settled by December and before I knew it instead of clinging onto me and crying during drop-offs, he was letting go of my hand and running into nursery! The staff really strive to create a true partnership with us and help towards any developmental issues we may have. Any issues we have they do their utmost towards helping us (i.e. speech development) they say it takes a village to raise a child after all!

My sons have been at Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Orpington for over six months now and I have found it to be an outstanding nursery. I work in education myself and have found the standards at Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Orpington to be so high in terms of everything from safeguarding to encouraging the children to thrive in any way they can. My two are so loved, cared for and are lucky to have such an incredible team supporting them. The manager is an exceptional leader with such great attention to detail and care for the children. We were previously with a childminder and it is the best thing we ever did moving them to this environment. A huge thank you to everyone who supports my sons, too many amazing staff to mention individually.

My daughter started at Monkey Puzzle around 6 months ago, and she absolutely loves it, she settled in amazingly and feels completely at home with all the staff. I have been so impressed with how the nursery is run, all the staff are so friendly and easy to talk to, and whenever I pick my daughter up she’s engaged in something different, she’s not once looked bored or upset, the food offered is varied and healthy, and they really put an emphasis on getting the kids out to the garden space which is great! I love how involved I feel in my daughter’s time there, with detailed updates throughout the day about how she’s eating and sleeping, as well as regular uploads of photos of what she’s been doing. Overall I really recommended this nursery, and will be very sad to leave when my daughter moves on to school!

This is an excellent nursery. Wonderful and friendly staff, very professional, clean and modern and always striving to improve for the children they care for. As a mum I feel well informed on my sons days and development and I can really see how much he gets from being there. Highly recommend!