Chestnuts Longlevens

I have been bringing my children to the nursery since 2017. I have noticed since the change in ownership that the nursery has hugely gone downhill. The levels of cleanliness have decreased and the turnover of staff is huge. I used to love the consistency of staff but now this is non-existent.
Last week on the 5th May I had to go into the nursery to stay when I dropped off as there was not enough staff to children. This is unacceptable and quite frankly outrageous given the amount of money I pay for my daughter to attend. This is not the fault of the poor girls who have to pass the message, but the management! If it were not for my daughter starting preschool soon in another setting I would would pull her out and seek an alternative nursery.

My three children have all been to Chestnuts Longlevens Day Nursery over the last eleven years. The older two (now 12 and 9 years old) went from the baby room all the way through to the preschool. They loved every minute of their time at Chestnuts. They were well cared for by all the staff and made lovely friends with the other children. When we were lucky enough to finally have baby number three, we went to look around again. Although eight years later, we were reassured to see that a lot of the same staff were still working at the nursery and remembered our older children. That to me demonstrates a great working environment. My youngest has just moved from the baby room into the 1-2 years’ room. She has lots of opportunities to play outside, do craft activities and be supported to develop her gross motor skills. She is happy, eats well, sleeps well and loves her time at nursery.

Lovely staff and my daughter always seems happy going in and coming out of nursery.
I think the outside of pre-school could do with a bit of updating, it looks very tired and I think parents would benefit from the app being updated more often with what our children have been up to that day/new things they learn.

Excellent nursery, nothing negative to say. The staff are brilliant and my son is already improving in different areas of his development by only being here for a few months and he loves going and is always so excited.

All the staff members are very polite and professional. My son has been learning a lot in the nursery, he’s always engaged in activities which he loves showing off coming home. They are very helpful with the transition and now the nursery feels like a daily routine for our little one. He loves his time and has adapted well as the staff are very accommodating.

I cannot talk highly enough about this nursery and the staff within it. My child was a lockdown baby so his social skills were very limited during the first nine months of his life. When I enrolled him, both myself and my little boy were very nervous as this was a very new experience to us. The girls could have not made us feel more comfortable or reassured they are brilliant. My son has come on leaps and bounds since being here, at the nursery they take a huge interest in everything about him, they know what he likes, what he dislikes and how he likes to be comforted. They are his little family, he absolutely adores the girls there. He had a little difficulty with his speech and language and the girls were quick to pick it up and address it so he would get the help he needs which, to me, shows me how involved they are in your child’s development and that they actually care. I cannot fault this nursery, highly, highly recommended.