Ashmoor Private Day Nursery and Pre-school, Shipley

Ashmoor Private Day Nursery and Pre-school, Shipley is a friendly, welcoming environment set in a lovely building with a super garden. It retains the family home feel even though it’s a business, which has always been important to us. Both our daughters attended or currently attend Ashmoor Private Day Nursery and Pre-school, Shipley and have loved it. We find the staff are brilliant, they clearly care about the children a great deal and are professional in every approach. I’ve often said that I’d like my daughter’s keyworker to actually be my keyworker too. Although we can’t enter the building currently due to restrictions, I enjoy the interaction with my daughter’s carers at pick up and drop off. They have handled new restrictions and guidelines so well in my opinion. It feels like, with the manager at the helm, the place is doing really well, she always makes time for parents and I can only imagine it’s been really hard of late but that has never come across. Really looking forward to a time when hopefully we can venture into the garden or nursery again for pickups.

Fantastic nursery, all the practitioners are so lovely and caring towards my little one. Wouldn’t trust anyone else with him. Excellent value for money for the care and attention he receives. Home cooked meals three times a day. What more could any child want.

My little boy has attended this nursery since he was nine months old and loved every minute of it, as have we as parents. He is now three years old and still loving nursery life. The staff are very welcoming and great at what they do, thank you for taking such good care of our little boy. I would definitely recommend.

Most importantly, I genuinely believe the staff love my children. I have one toddler and one baby at Ashmoor, my toddler loves his staff and time in preschool and my baby beams when I mention his baby room staff names. There are many positives to this nursery, the staff being the stars, the garden, the food and the creativity of some staff with activities. There’s the occasional bit of chaos but with so many children around it’s bound to happen. My toddler had some speech delay issues this time last year and the deputy (along with the 2-3 room team) made small changes to the room setup to help with his – and the confidence of the other younger children in the room. Within 3 weeks he’d started talking. They understand our children and they take the time to make a big impact. In the baby room they do a massive amount of activities! So lucky!

Ashmoor Private Day Nursery and Pre-school, Shipley is a lovely nursery and has a home from home feel. The garden is a great outdoor area for all children. My three boys have all attended this nursery and have been happy whilst there and progressed well into school.

My son has been at Ashmoor since he was 10 months old, and it’s such a lovely nursery. The staff are amazing and really care for the children. They do lots of activities and encourage development! My son’s two now and loves his days at nursery.

I have two children at Ashmoor Nursery. One who stuns me with her confidence most days and has become a very lively and happy preschooler from the shy isolated Covid baby that she was and another in the baby room. The baby room is exceptional. I feel like they love my baby like their own, from the things she learns from them, to how they tell me about her day and the tiny little moments where her personality made an impact on theirs. My older daughter also has an amazing bond with her key worker. All of the staff make an effort with the children from the very beginning of the day to the very end.
I love the homely setting and huge garden, rather than the purpose-built setup you find in so many nurseries. It just adds to the family feel of the place. The food, whilst it sometimes strays from the set menu, is decent. I feel like whilst the pressure is on, they always have the children at the centre of what they do, and I am very happy to have sent my children here.

Really lovely staff and a beautiful space. My child has been very happy here. Lots of communication from the staff so we always know what’s going on both around the nursery and with our child specifically.

Most of the staff are wonderful and supportive and always eager to make sure my child is happy. Odd members of staff I feel are unsatisfactory in their approach to me as the parent. The facilities are inviting and fun, the resources are the same. The manager is an amazing person as are the assistant managers.

Our child has a great time at nursery, the staff in the Cheery Chestnut room always fuss over him and make him feel special. I enjoy that they always have tasks set out for them and allow them to play outside often.
My child always seems to enjoy the food based on what they advise us and they always have a range of different things on offer.
We enjoy the regular updates and parent’s evenings however would like more upfront information for example we only received information on the price increase a month prior to this coming, which I don’t think is enough time for people to consider their options.
There could be improvement on the process of moving rooms on their ages as it seems slightly unorganised and based on whenever they could arrange for him to visit and not a structured handover. I would also like more flexibility on days.
The front door of Cherry Chestnuts is very inconvenient and sticky, could do with replacing.