Unanimous 5 Star Reviews
Laura M
Our son Harry has been in Childcare at The Laurel’s care since he was 6 months old. Louise and her whole team are absolutely outstanding. The level of care, development and love he receives is second to none and he is essentially a part of their family and Louise a part of ours. His speech and general development have progressed extremely rapidly; largely as a result of his time with Louise and the team.
Before we selected Childcare at The Laurels we viewed over a dozen local nurseries and it wasn’t until we found them that we felt comfortable with the idea of leaving him in childcare. We have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending her and her team. They’ve genuinely created a nursery environment which is home-from-home, truly unique and gives outstanding care for all of their children.
As Harry approaches school in September our hearts are somewhat heavy in the sense that we will all miss Louise and her team so much, but at the same time so grateful for the start she has given him.
Sarah K.
Louise and her team go above and beyond their duties. They are kind, loving and patient. They do something different everyday. They include constructive play, learning new skills, always making it fun for the children to learn.
Chris S
Our Son Oliver started going to The Laurels at 8 months of age. Within a few weeks we noticed his confidence growing. He loves it so much that we have increased the number of days he does. Louise and the girls there are amazing and have really helped us with Oliver, and provided support and advice to us as first time parents. I honestly can't recommend The Laurels enough!
Phillipa G
Both my sons started age 9 months at the setting and they are now 2 & 3 years old. During that time, the endless support, nurturing and guidance the Childcare at The Laurels team have given them and us as a family has allowed my children to go from strength to strength. The community and family feel the setting has is just wonderful and unique. You and your children are treated as if they were all the staffs very own family. Louise and all her staff are not only welcoming, caring, supportive and understanding; they are true professionals at their jobs, they fulfil above and beyond the children’s educational needs as well as emotional/physical needs, and they all exude a genuine passion for looking after the welfare of all the children they come across. I know a lot of people with children in nursery/childcare facilities and none of them compare to Childcare at the Laurels!!
Mike S
I would like to express our appreciation in the outstanding services you have offered to us.
Chris A
My daughter has been going for 2 1/2 years and loves it. A great mix of nursery and preschool environment with the care and personal touch of a childminder. All the staff are friendly and professional.
Melvina O.
Our daughter, Keren started at Childcare at The Laurels about 2 years ago when she was just six months old - we haven't looked back since!
Keren is the youngest of our three girls and so we have experienced our fair share of nurseries and childminders. I can honestly say that Louise and her team provided the highest standard of care that we have ever received – by a huge margin and we have always selected Outstanding settings for our girls.
Childcare at the Laurels is a very unique set up, combining the love, flexibility and relaxed environment of traditional childminder with the structured and education focused setting of a day nursery.
The Laurels is extremely clean, spacious and well organised for the children to enjoy. Louise and her team are always welcoming when we arrive and drop off, listen attentively to updates about our daughter’s night, changes to milk patterns or any special interests she is expressing. We have also opted into daily photo updates so we get to see Keren enjoying herself and playing. This is priceless for us as parents and Keren’s grandma, as nothing can be reassuring to parents at work than to see their smiling baby/toddler being well cared for and happy.
Most notable though is that when we collect Keren, the verbal feedback from the team is filled with anecdotes about Keren’s day which shows us that the ladies have genuinely enjoyed playing with our child and noticed what she has been engaged in.
Keren also loves playing in the garden which is huge and child friendly. They even have a forest school area which is just such a lovely touch and shows Louise’s commitment to her childcare.
We love that Keren gets to mix with different aged children here, enjoy a weekly phonics lesson and that she gets to go on trips too, like the Buffy library bus, fruit farm, and the nurture barn. She really does have the most amazing time and we, as parents are completely happy at work knowing that our daughter is being loved and cared for so well.
My only regret is that we didn’t move to the area sooner so that all our children could have gone to The Laurels!
It is a real pleasure to offer a testimonial for Louise and her team and I’m happy to be contacted if anyone would like to know anything more specific but for now will offer my highest possible recommendation for Louise and Childcare at The Laurels.
Thank you team!
Dr Melvina & Mr Eugene Owusu – melvinaqwoode@yahoo.co.uk
Marie A
I could not have wished for someone to take better care of my son.
Steph and Ben M
Our daughter had a bad experience at her first nursery which really knocked her confidence and ours as first-time parents.
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We decided to take a leap and change her nursery and that’s when we fortunately discovered Louise and The Laurels. From the very first time we visited we could see how carefully thought out the facilities were, the personal touches for each child and just generally what a warm and caring environment it was. Louise had already put us at ease in our initial conversations but continued to be so incredibly supportive and understanding of our situation. She single handedly made the whole process of transitioning from one nursery to another a complete breeze, she helped with every single aspect all the while making sure we were happy, and our daughter would have the opportunity to transition quickly.
We were able to settle our daughter in to the Laurels at her own pace and in a way that would suit our daughter’s needs. She is very shy and very sensitive, but Louise and her amazing team made sure that our daughter was completely comfortable.
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Lous team are all equally lovely, our daughter has a Key worker who has worked hard to build back her trust and who she adores but she is equally comfortable with all the nursery teachers who have each built a relationship with her. Our daughter clearly gets one to one time with the staff and is treated like an individual not just another child.
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The Laurels is the perfect combination of pre-school, nursery and family. They are so loving and kind but have a clear structure that offers fantastic learning opportunities built into fun activities. Our daughter has come on leaps and bounds since joining, her confidence has increased, her behaviour has improved, she socialises so much better and most importability she is happy – she quite literally runs to nursery, chats about it all evening and genuinely looks forward to the next day!
Amy O
My son started here at 8months old and he/we adore the intelligent & hard working team. It’s creative environment , fantastic field trips and a great balance of structure but also free time explore/build friendship. 3weeks ago he started school and feedback is he’s settling in wonderfully. He was very prepared!
Keith C
Our daughter has progressed so much since starting Childcare at The Laurels. She has created some wonderful friendships and we couldn't be more thankful to all of the amazing staff as they go above and beyond. We recently enjoyed a graduation party which all families were invited to, this gave us the opportunity to see all the children playing together whilst we met other parents and got to know the staff more. We couldn't be happier!!
