The Little Green Frog Day Nursery

My little boy attended The Little Green Frog Day Nursery for two and a half years until he went to school. From my first initial phone call to the nursery to enquire, I knew it was the right nursery for us as a family. I had concerns about how my son would settle in after a previously difficult experience elsewhere. The owner was so generous with her time to talk to me and reassure me and come up with a great plan to settle my son into the nursery, based on his individual personality. Every member of staff I came into contact with at the nursery were so patient and caring. I was always very impressed with the communication among the staff and the feedback and support I received as a parent. I love that the nursery encourages the children to be really independent and take risks. The food is excellent and my son tries and eats lots of things that I’d never be able to get him to eat at home! I cannot wait for my daughter to start later on this year! I know she will love it.

My daughter recently started here as we moved to the area from Lincolnshire. She loved her old nursery and I was somewhat apprehensive about starting somewhere completely new. I quickly realised there was no need to be concerned, coming from a farm we are used to seeing animals and the nursery backs on to sheep grazing! The staff are excellent with her, the perfect balance between comforting her and egging her on to be more independent. Her eating habits have improved, her home routine is being followed perfectly, like with her naps and she’s getting valuable and precious interactions with other children! She also gets to play outside which is her favourite thing of all time. I cannot thank the staff enough for helping her to settle in so well. We will be coming here for many years to come.

Lovely nursery, all the girls try their best to make our son feel happy and loved. They have a great time, and he has settled after a month there no probs, thank you all the staff. Appreciate everything you do for him and for making him enjoy daycare!

My daughter has been attending Little Green Frog since October 2021 and she has changed so much in a great way! She has grown up so much, developed into her own personality and she absolutely adores the girls at nursery. The carebear system is brilliant and my daughter idolises her carebear; it’s so lovely to see her grow and develop each day. I would highly recommend this nursery to any new families – they are very communicable, always on hand if you need anything and listen to any requests also from the parents. Keep up the fabulous work!

My little boy has been going Little Green Frog for 18 months now and we couldn’t be happier. The love and care provided by the whole team, and especially each child’s carebear is outstanding as is their commitment to providing fun and engaging ways of learning. My sons social and academic development had been amazing since he started and he literally runs in every morning with a big smile and doesn’t look back. The ethos of learning through play is evident everywhere and the activities the team facilitate are fabulous as is the range of resources and toys there are to play with and learn through. I looked around other nurseries in the area but none had the same child-centred, relaxed, safe feeling that Little Green Frog Day Nursery did immediately. I also love that the whole team including the management and admin team know all the children which goes to show how involved everyone is in making it a welcoming environment for children, parents and carers.

Our daughter has been at Little Green Frog since she was 9 months old (she’s now 2 years old)! We feel so confident in the nursery and our daughter loves it, so much so she doesn’t want to leave at pick up! The nursery have supported her at every development stage and her confidence and speech has grown so much. I love the fact they do a range of outdoor activities as well as messy play indoors. Fantastic nursery in Otley – I would highly recommend it.

Our daughter started at Little Green Frog shortly after we moved to the area. We were a little worried about how she would find nursery on her own but the team at The Little Green Frog are amazing and immediately made her welcome and like family. They really supported and helped us prepare her for starting school, always available for updates and feedback about what she had been up to that day when picking up. Incredibly friendly. The team do so much with the children. Activities and play have been chosen to help every stage of development and build confidence. I simply cannot recommend this nursery enough.

Cannot say I’m surprised by what I read in the Ofsted report regarding safeguarding and poor leadership and management but I was deeply disappointed. The key workers do their best and are absolutely lovely and my son had a great bond with one in particular before his recent move to his new nursery. However, witnessing the running of his new nursery alongside my observations at Little Green Frog and the Ofsted report, it is clear intensive professional development is required to get this nursery to an acceptable standard.

Firstly, to say that we are so, so happy with our son’s nursery experience. I have to admit it threw us a little bit as the Ofsted report came out a day or two before he was due to start but honestly we couldn’t be happier. I think the only feedback we would have, is as first-time parents when they first start (and I’m just returning to full-time work) it would be helpful to have more updates in the app and more photos, even if just extra effort could be made for that first week or so as we know how busy you all are! Also, to note that obviously we’d rather have the staff being with him rather than updating an app, but in the early days it’s hard, especially when calling isn’t easy when working! In general, it’s great to know what’s happening, especially with sleep which we were quite worried about before he started. He absolutely loves his ‘care bear’ and we think she’s fantastic, as are the other members of the team we deal with, everyone is so friendly and helpful and get him!

My son started at the nursery at 10 months old and has formed the most amazing bond with all the staff. The difference in how sociable and confident he is since starting is incredible. The staff are always lovely and smiley and always make sure he’s comfortable and cared for on his off days, you can be sure they genuinely care about your child here.