Olney Nursery

Both of our children have attended this nursery and both have thoroughly enjoyed their experience and flourished under the care of the team here. The activities offered to the children are thoughtful and varied, but with a careful amount of education thrown in, which comes from the owner being a trained teacher. The owner and her team give lots of time to each child, getting to know them well so activities can often be adjusted according to the individual needs of the child. The nursery allows the children to play freely as well as in a more structured fashion and they also offer extra activities including cookery, french and music. We always enjoy hearing our son’s account of how he kneaded the dough when they made pizzas, or jumped into shapes in time to the music. Our children have always been excited about attending this nursery and we are delighted with both their academic progress and their social and personal development as a result of them coming to the Olney Nursery.

Lovely nursery school. Lovely staff, lots of activities. Both of my sons have loved attending this nursery school.

Olney Nursery is a fantastic nursery. They combine play with learning and as a result, my daughter has already come one leaps and bounds. The nursery was recommended to us and all the positive comments were right!
She loves it, we love it!

The nursery is brilliant for encouraging the children to really push on with developing their strengths and weaknesses. They choose activities which match the children’s interests and work with them to get them to try things they find hard. The extra activities such as French, Music and PE are wonderful and thoroughly enjoyed by the children. There are also lots of specially planned activities to encourage parental involvement.

The owner and nursery staff there are extremely professional and friendly. My son loves spending time playing and learning new things. Children feel loved and safe. My son loves baking activities.

The nursery is brilliant and I would recommend to any mother/father. Every day my son comes home happy and is always happy to go back to nursery the next morning. He also comes home with activities, food that he’s baked or a picture he has creatively made. The staff never fail to update me on how much progress my son is making etc. and they are always happy to help and answer questions.

My daughter attends two different settings and absolutely loves her time at “yellow sunshine school”. The staff are warm and friendly and the range of activities are great. It is a very free flowing space. My daughter also loves playing outside and the space is used creatively. I like the plans they have for each week and the fact that there are regular things, such as baking and PE. Despite having been at home for a number of months due to the pandemic, when she did start at Olney Nursery she loved it straight away and we have never had any challenges getting her there. In fact, she’s usually quite disappointed when it’s the weekend!

My little girl is always happy when she finishes nursery and doesn’t have anything bad to say when she’s been at nursery – I’m happy with her being there.
She doesn’t get upset now when I leave her now, and that has changed her being dropped off at the gate, which is really nice as it was upsetting seeing her upset when I left, but now she is happy to go off and play with her friends which is really lovely to see.

My youngest daughter absolutely loves Olney Nursery. The staff are wonderful and provide plenty of engaging and fun activities to help the children learn and prepare them for school. They are also really flexible and have accommodated the extra hours that I have requested. It’s a really happy and welcoming place to be, and we never have any tears going in. Some of the weekly activities include cooking, show and tell, PE and music and there are plenty of opportunities to get creative in the art department!
My eldest also went to Olney Nursery and was really well prepared for school when the time came. She quickly adapted to the structure of the school day because she was used to concepts such as carpet time and fun, age-appropriate bookwork. By the time she left the nursery, she knew and could form most of her letters, and she picked up reading and writing really quickly as a result. Great nursery – really happy with it! Would highly recommend.

Olney Nursery has been the most wonderful place to send my daughter. The teachers are lovely and so kind, and the lessons and activities with the children are always fun and educational! My daughter has made wonderful friendships at the school.