RAFA Kidz Odiham

Our daughter has been attending this setting for nearly 3 years. We couldn’t be happier with it. The staff are compassionate, friendly and full of energy. My child has developed a great bond with all of the staff and regularly talks about them and the nursery when she is at home. The food provided is a huge positive. It is all freshly cooked on-site and so varied. The nursery are extremely accommodating and when needed have been willing to try and amend our session times due to work commitments. When the setting briefly closed for COVID, my daughter was pestering multiple times a day asking when it would be open again. This is a testament to how much she loves it! In the last year, the whole nursery was fully redecorated, and they are currently doing a full revamp of the wonderful outdoor space too. As parents, we could not be happier, and I know my child would prefer to be nowhere else. A truly wonderful setting, with lovely caring staff.

My son attends RAFA Kidz and loves it. The staff are amazing, kind and extremely considerate towards children and parents. They are always informative to parents and very attentive towards any issues that you need to resolve or ask for support on. His development is closely monitored and praised, a lovely nursery for all.

RAFA Kidz is a lovely nursery, run by fantastic people. My son loves going to nursery and has recently been planting flowers following on from his obsession with the wild poppies which have sprouted outside the nursery. Throughout our time with RAFA Kidz my son has been happy and has come on leaps and bounds. I’ll be sad to see him move onto primary school in September.
Every morning we are greater with smiles and enthusiasm and every afternoon my son comes out full of giggles! The children have freshly-prepared hot lunches every day, my son especially loves it when he gets to help with the menu.
Overall a lovely nursery with fantastic staff and a great environment.

I would recommend this nursery to anyone since my child started here she has learned so much. My child has additional needs and the nursery is so well equipped to handle any additional needs and they are very experienced, so helpful and friendly. When my child first started here she couldn’t even say more than 5 words now she can speak sentences and has come so far with the help and support of the staff here at this nursery. My child loves coming here.

During the COVID-19 lockdown, our nursery closed, just as our 10-month-old daughter was due to start, and I was due to return to work in the local hospital. As both my husband and I were key workers, we needed to find a place for our daughter to ensure that we could both work through the lockdown. I phoned RAFA Kidz and the manager was extremely helpful. They took out all the stress of a very stressful situation and with ease and professionalism introduced our daughter into their nursery. From that day on, and for the three months that she has been at RAFA we have been so happy with the care and support they have shown and our daughter has loved her days there. It truly feels like she is going to an extension of our family, even in these strange times where we could not go in and see her in the nursery setting. Overall, we have found our experience with RAFA Kidz fantastic and we would not hesitate to recommend them.

2020, the year of the pandemic! Thank you RAFA Kidz Odiham! After the first lockdown, my childminder was unable to continue having our son and his nursery at the time was only open term time. We loved the nursery but had to make the hard decision to move our son to fit in with both of us working full time. In July 2020 I had a fantastic conversation with one member of staff, followed by inductions with another. My son and I were made to feel so welcome. He settled in so well, meeting new friends, being cared for by lovely staff, eating gorgeous food, continually learning and being able to play in such a fantastic garden. The staff have been truly amazing throughout. They have all had to deal with so much, both at the nursery and their personal lives during Covid-19 but their care of the children could not have been better throughout such a challenging time for everyone. I am so grateful to all of them for being such a fun and positive part of my little man’s day.

Our little one has been at RAFA Kidz Odiham since 9 months old. Although there has been many changes over our time, what I can say is the management are amazing. They go above and beyond for the families and more importantly the children. The children are at the heart of everything planned and it’s been particularly nice to see outer agencies and organised events coming into the setting, which our little one has really enjoyed. Our little one is now more than ready for school and will miss friends and staff. He is always running in and out with a big smile which makes me very happy. Thank you for making his time memorable, he definitely will not forget the staff.

My children have been attending RAFA Kidz for years. Sadly my youngest has just finished as she gets ready for school. The staff were so kind to give up their Saturday morning to put on a fantastic graduation party for the children and families.
The staff at RAFA Kidz are wonderful. So kind and helpful. Always going out of their way to help and provide a wonderful experience for the children. I am sad that our RAFA Kidz journey has come to an end but will look back on it with a smile.