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Contact Information
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Phone Number01923 253715
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Details
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Group/OwnerLongwood School & Nursery
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Person in ChargeClaire May and Alison Lapihuska (Head Teacher & Nursery Manager)
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Number of Staff92
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When ClosedBank Holidays
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Type of ServiceDay Nursery – Privately Owned Open all year Full Day Care
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Total Places for children246
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Age rangefrom 0 years 3 months to 11 years 9 months
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ParkingPlease park in the nursery car park or on Bushey Hall Drive
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VisitingNursery viewings at 11am or 2.15pm - please telephone for an appointment
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DirectionsClose to Junction 5 of M1
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Opening DaysMon-Fri
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Opening Hours0700-1900
Sawyer Finch
December 15, 2024 at 12:20 pmThe childcare centre are excellent at providing updates and I get regular photos of her doing activities. I’ve noticed that my daughter is able to do far more academically than my son could who attended a different childcare centre.
The transparency on price is also another plus and it offers excellent value for money. My daughter attends this childcare centre currently and she absolutely loves it.
Elliot Hayden
January 3, 2025 at 8:24 pmThe team are welcoming yet expert. Both of our kids have settled in very well. The setting has the perfect mix of education and outdoor activities whilst the kids learn and playtime through a structured day. We are so cheerful our kids attend Longwood. Wish we had found Longwood before! Our son currently attends the pre-school at Longwood whilst our daughter has joined the childcare centre.
Avery Norris
January 7, 2025 at 1:50 amIt is a remarkable setting that is nurturing and attentive. They offer excellent facilities and keep you updated every day with how your kid is getting on. My kids loved going there. Both my kids now go to the main school and are continuing to delight in the Longwood journey! Both my kids have attended Longwood Childcare centre.
Charlie Grant
January 8, 2025 at 10:41 pmBoth my kids have been attending from 10 months. The childcare centre team to school team are all excellent and consistently supportive. The team are consistently cheerful to help and approachable to discuss any concerns you wish to discuss. The educators are very supportive with any needs the kids require and also cheerful to assistance the parents along the way. The school is set up with excellent facilities for the kids with excellent outdoor space. The school also offers excellent wrap-around care and my kids absolutely adore it. The school is definitely like a ‘family’ and I would highly suggest it. Longwood School & Childcare centre is a excellent establishment from childcare centre to school.
Carter Hunter
January 18, 2025 at 2:24 pmThe boys adore it, the setting is really bright and colourful and more than anything we are comfortable sending the boys there. I’ve recommended Longwood to friends of mine for their kids too. Both our sons attend Longwood, our eldest started in October 2020 and ever since then we have been so impressed with the care and dedication the team have to the kids.
Quinn Holland
January 31, 2025 at 12:56 amI looked at 3 other nurseries around the area and found that Longwood had the perfect balance of open and green areas, indoor spaces for playing/eating/sleeping, and discovering facilities that suited all age groups. All childcare centre and school team are so inviting and welcoming and provide really fantastic nurturing care. My little one has truly blossomed under their very capable and attentive hands. The school is like a huge family, everyone knows everyone! During the pandemic, despite the challenges, the school team gave exceptional education and near-to-normal journey to the kids, for which I am eternally grateful. The headmistress is consistently looking for ways to make the childcare centre/school life as exciting as possible for the kids, bringing in the much-needed element of enjoyable in discovering. I would highly suggest this place to anyone who would like their kid to learn in a nurturing, inviting and exciting setting! Our little one has been at this childcare centre since 11 months old.
London Sharpe
March 1, 2025 at 2:47 pmThere are updates about what they do on a daily basis and you can reach the teacher at all times.
Longwood has also long opening hours and wrap-around care all year round which is a huge plus for us. The school is like our family and we highly suggest it. My son started at Longwood School & Childcare centre at 9 months old and we opted to stay at school as we were very cheerful in every aspect, at school, they have small classes and the lesson is customised so as to suit the needs and abilities of every kid.
Gray Mayer
March 2, 2025 at 10:44 amLongwood has been an setting where our older kid has thrived, the team are genuinely attentive and compassionate. Its been really reassuring knowing that our kids are well cared for, stimulated and given inviting nutritious meals throughout the day.
We’re very grateful for everything the team has done for our kids and highly suggest them. We have been with Longwood for over 2 years now and have just enrolled our second kid, who has just started.
Arden Hayes
March 4, 2025 at 7:28 pmI was desperate for a place for my son. The school was very compassionate and supportive to have us. School is incredible and really involved with the kids and family. As a new school and area, my son has had some difficulties with school trying to help me as a parent and my son to adapt with the matter. Definitely excellent and attentive team. They work hard to bring in families at all levels in harmony and tonality with the system. They listen carefully to us and give us a solution. Would highly suggest. I moved to Longwood School & Childcare centre in August 2018.
Casey Brooks
March 20, 2025 at 3:51 pmMy daughter has benefitted from plenty of attention and assistance throughout the childcare centre years and I consistently felt confident that she is in great hands. She is currently enjoying her preschool first term.
Special mention and thanks to team across the school for being expert, easy to talk to and consistently cheerful to help! Longwood School & Childcare centre is a excellent school with a cheerful, structured and balanced setting for my four-year-old daughter to develop her early year’s skills and strengthen her self‑assurance.
Alex Sharpe
April 4, 2025 at 1:43 pmBoth have had an absolutely fantastic journey, and I can’t remember a day when either was sad arriving or leaving. Despite there being five years age difference between my kids, many of the team who cared for my son remain at Longwood now my daughter is there. The kids are so well cared for and the facilities are excellent quality. They do a massive range of activities including now in preschool the opportunity to learn french! The hours are excellent for working parents and there’s a range of flexible fee structures. It is a fantastic place and I’ll be very sad when it’s time for my daughter to move on! Highly suggest. Both of my kids started at Longwood School & Childcare centre at 10 months old, and have been through all of the stages at the childcare centre.
Elliot Randall
April 5, 2025 at 7:11 amMy son has attended since he was six months old (he is now two and a half). The team are welcoming and remarkable with the kids and keep parents updated. My son is consistently talking about what he has been up to, and he is super confident which I believe is down to his time at childcare centre and he consistently goes in and comes out cheerful. I can’t suggest it highly enough. I could not be any happier with Longwood Childcare centre.
Gray Rowe
April 6, 2025 at 2:02 pmThe team work hard to create a inviting and nurturing discovering setting for the kids. We also have a second kid who attended the childcare centre and then the school until moving up to secondary school. Longwood provided outstanding academic and personal development – an outstanding platform in general – for continuing education. Both kids have blossomed from the highly individual kid-centred approach and the team are welcoming and supportive. Having been close to the school/childcare centre for close to 15 years we really couldn’t suggest it highly enough! Our youngest kid started attending the childcare centre and we have opted to stay on at the school as we have been extremely cheerful in every respect.
Dakota Griffin
April 15, 2025 at 3:27 amTeam are really welcoming and very supportive. Despite my daughter’s personal challenges, Longwood has been helping her in every possible way including SENCO assistance. The headteacher, in particular, has been very understanding and super supportive, because of which we have committed to keeping our daughter at Longwood throughout till Year 6. Preschool and Reception class educators have been the best. Also, the school’s long opening hours is a bonus for working parents like us.
During the Covid outbreak, Longwood has been following strict guidelines and has been keeping us parents well informed which helps to keep our minds at rest. We know our kids are secure at school.
Our daughter loves the varieties of nutritional diets being served at school.
The daily activities for kids are phenomenal including academic coursework and feedback to parents via the app. Longwood has been the best decision for our daughter who attended Preschool in 2019 and is currently attending Reception.
Kendall Turner
May 1, 2025 at 4:45 amThe team at longwood childcare centre are incredibly inviting and nurturing. It is well run and very organised. Updates is outstanding. We are very pleased with the overall care and development our daughter has made at longwood.
London Ellis
May 7, 2025 at 6:07 amIn the short time, he has attended the childcare centre, we have seen a huge difference in his development. He thoroughly enjoys going to childcare centre and this must be attributed to the all team and the various activities they have. Can’t suggest this childcare centre enough! Our son recently joined in September 2022 and he settled in wonderfully.
Jesse Randall
May 16, 2025 at 6:47 pmThe educators, teaching assistants and childcare centre carers are remarkable – cheerful, attentive, attentive, knowledgable and genuinely care about the kids.
It’s fantastic that each kid is seen for who they are, rather than merely part of a general population – this has helped assistance and/or challenge my kids since starting at Longwood.
Having moved back to the UK from Europe, we were lucky enough to get into Longwood and have seen our kids thrive.
It’s an absolute pleasure and peace of mind knowing that my kids adore going to childcare centre and school and that they are in secure hands! I have 2 kids who attend Longwood and we couldn’t be happier!
Billie Quinn
May 19, 2025 at 1:24 pmI am so glad that we discovered Longwood. It’s a small private setting with a family sense and it’s done wonders for my kids. The childcare centre team were fantastic for both the kids, particularly my very shy son (who is no longer as shy as he was, thanks to Longwood). The incredible team and small class sizes have nurtured the kids from childcare centre through to school. They adore going in and are thriving. Both are extremely cheerful and constantly surprising us with all that they learn. The team go out of their way to make kids and parents sense welcome, secure and involved. They settled in very quickly and as a working parent, I have complete peace of mind and am continually amazed at the strong bond the kids have with each other and with their educators/carers. I’d highly suggest the childcare centre and school. My son and daughter both attended Longwood childcare centre and are now in Longwood school and pre-school.
Marley Grant
May 21, 2025 at 1:49 pmOur little one has attended here for coming up to a year and the development we have seen has been exceptional and the independence they try to teach the kids.
So would highly suggest it. We visited nine other nurseries within the local area and this offered everything we were looking for from the team who you can see have fantastic connections with the kids and are also very welcoming even when you are picking the kids up in the evenings. The on-site food there is a great selection. All the activities and toys they have to keep the kids busy, and the outside space for the kids to delight in is really something else they even have a greenhouse for the kids to look after plants and veg. There really is so much space and the gardens are split between different classes, on-site parking so you don’t have the morning stress or pickups. The opening hours of 7am – 7pm.
I hope you will be pleased with your decision to choose Longwood Childcare centre like we are. Very pleased we decided to choose Longwood.
Phoenix Keane
June 9, 2025 at 3:59 amIt’s a very nurturing place to be. The team were so reassuring as I was anxious to leave her so young. I’m so impressed with the development my kid has made and look forward to seeing her skills improve. Would highly suggest it. My daughter and I adore Longwood, she started at 3 months old and now in reception, we couldn’t be happier, all the team are expert welcoming and polite.