Little Acorns Day Nursery

All 3 of my children have attended this nursery and they have loved (and continue to) their time there. There is a vast outdoor space which is used every day that the weather allows. The children get to explore the natural world around them – looking for squirrels and rabbits, trips to the pond, collecting pine cones and conkers etc. There are lots of activities on offer each day, which the children consider as play and don’t realise the number of new skills they are learning. Resources are renewed and updated regularly. The staff are very caring, and the key workers build up a very close relationship which each child. Communication is good – I get an update each evening. There is a notice that is updated daily listing all of the activities that were on offer that day, and there is a newsletter sent out regularly. The manager is very responsive to queries or feedback. On the occasion that I have had an issue, it was dealt with quickly and satisfactorily. I would not hesitate to recommend this nursery.

This is a fantastic nursery with caring, supportive staff, a wonderful manager and a lovely fun environment for the children. Brilliant outdoor space too. All three of our kids have been through it and loved their time there, made great friends and grew very attached to their wonderful teachers. We’ll be sad not to be regular visitors once our youngest starts school this year! Highly recommended.

Such a great nursery, my daughter has never hesitated going in and loved every moment. She’s so happy there which speaks volumes. The staff are lovely, they make the children feel very special and they all know the children very well. I’d highly recommend it.

Our son has attended Little Acorns for a year now. We fell in love with the nursery at the first viewing. The staff are attentive, professional, supportive and great with their daily communication. The staff are great at promoting independence too.
The facilities at the nursery are wonderful. The outdoor space is excellent and all the children get to spend time outside exploring and playing.
We love Little Acorns and would highly recommend it to any prospective parents.

Little Acorns is a warm and safe place for our daughter to grow and thrive. She has been going since she was one and she is now three. All through her time there, the staff have been wonderful, supporting her development and creating a fun and dynamic place that we are happy to send her to. They have been absolute troopers throughout the pandemic. They have never had to shut due to covid (apart from national lockdowns) and that is quite amazing. They also are great with our daughter’s vegan diet, and really listen to us about her needs. We always have a chat at the end of each day to find out how she’s been doing, and I just really appreciate the care they take in everything they do. It is also reasonably priced compared to others and has provision for the free 30 hours which not all nurseries do. Absolutely invaluable!

We enrolled our son into Little Acorns in the summer of 2020. From day one they have provided exceptional pastoral support. It is clear that they care about the individual needs of all the children that attend, and this is clear when observing the daily updates provided to each parent as they pick their son or daughter up.

For our own son, the transition to an early years setting has been tough. He has quite particular learning needs, and in his first year, both his key worker and the SENCO went above and beyond to make sure he was both progressing and happy, even attending specific CPD training to further their skills when working with his specific needs.

The level of insight they have provided in observational material and informal feedback has been spot on. It shows attentional to detail and understanding and has always been communicated in a way that is empathetic of the feelings of parents that are emotionally invested in the lives of their children.

My kids have attended three nurseries now, but this one is a keeper! I love it. The staff and manager go above and beyond to make the experience wonderful, varied and interesting for the kids. As well as all the usual activities you’d expect, they have different professionals come in every day of the week to teach the children things like yoga, Spanish and drama. They also take them to forest school and organise lovely trips too. It’s really reasonably priced, I recommend it to everyone looking for preschool childcare.

Both our children went to Little Acorns and had a fantastic experience (our youngest still goes there). All the carers build genuine bonds with our children, it’s like a second home to them. My eldest frequently complains that he wants to go back (he’s year 1 at junior school now!) Seems like lots of activities, kids always coming back with art and craft stuff, and they have trainers come in to do sports and exercise sessions. Plus there’s forest school. Food is well balanced, our kids tend to eat far wider variety of things at nursery than they do at home (fussy and moany at home). When we’ve had issues with potty training and behaviour, they’ve sat and brainstormed ideas with us, then assisted with any action plans we decide upon. Extremely supportive, not sure what we would do without them!

Lovely caring staff. Every day updates what my child has been up to. They try hard to make sure your child eats, try different tactics. Same when child is naughty, they keep you posted and try different tactics to teach your child. The staff, as well as manager, know all the kids by name. The groups are not too big. They are teaching as preparation for school. They are really nice people. My child was interested in a certain topic and they created a corner with that topic with posters and books. They also encourage kids to be independent.

We are so happy with Little Acorns, the staff and manager are so caring and have been really helpful, we really feel they’ve gone above and beyond to meet our child’s needs. It’s a wonderful environment and we’ve felt very supported as a family since our daughter started there.