Day Nurseries Owned by Queen's Crescent Community Association

We highly recommend it to any parents!

and crafts to nature experiences and lots of games. My daughter runs in each day, excited to see everyone. She loves her friends and the staff too. Once, my neighbour saw them all at the park together and said it was lovely to see my daughter so happy in such a nice group. We need to move and are only looking at places I can get to Holly Lodge from! They also have a range of hours you can choose from and the food sounds healthy and varied.

The nursery is warm, welcoming, and full of genuinely caring staff. The team feels connected, everyone seems fully involved, and it's clear that they do their work with love and dedication. Many of the staff have been there for years! which is reassuring and shows they are valued and well-treated. The manager has been incredibly flexible and supportive during our daughter's settling-in, making the transition smooth and enjoyable.

We've also been impressed by the quality of the food and the way the nursery includes parents in fun activities. It's been wonderful to see our daughter engaging with her peers and sharing these experiences with us.

We couldn't recommend Holly Lodge more!

stands out most is how well the team listens to us as parents. They actively engage with our concerns and suggestions, and it's clear that they deeply care about creating a safe, emotionally supportive, and stimulating environment for every child. It's such a comfort knowing that our children are in a place where they are not only cared for, but genuinely understood and encouraged to thrive.

We feel incredibly lucky to be part of this nursery community and are so grateful for the dedication and warmth of the entire team.

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with daily outdoor activities that allow our girls to experience nature and try new things.
The entire team's dedication to child development and their passion for encouraging independence and curiosity is ever-present.
We're kept informed about our girls' weekly activities and progress, which gives us peace of mind knowing they are happy and well cared for. We are so grateful to have found Caversham Nursery!

their achievements and progress.
Since the nursery is small, with one room for babies and another for older toddlers/preschoolers, it has a cosy and homely feel. All the children know each other and they form bonds with staff across both rooms.
There is a chef on site who prepares lovely home-cooked food - my children have often eaten far better at nursery than they do at home!
The nursery is located in a green, peaceful area on the Holly Lodge Estate, and it feels like a safe haven away from the bustle of the city.
We are very grateful for all the love and care the staff and managers have given our children over the years, and would highly recommend Holly Lodge Nursery to anyone.

and our kids absolutely love and admire their teachers. The team's flexibility and attentiveness to our children's needs (and, honestly, our own) made all the difference in helping us find our way in a new country.

We couldn't be more grateful-thank you!

in the afternoon is no easy task! The team has been wonderfully flexible and accommodating-not just to our children's needs but, if we're honest, to ours as well-making the settling-in process smooth and reassuring.

A heartfelt thank you from us!

forward to our future at Holly Lodge Nursery.

they can to help if I contact them with a question or request! I couldn't be happier with the nursery :)

brother goes here). Little brother has gone from April 2024 through now. He loves going, runs out the door in the morning excited to go. The nursery feels very inviting, is flexible (oats with my breastmilk!), supporting of gentle parenting techniques, and will try to observe the process instead of overly praise. They invite you to join at nursery once a term. The new manager, since March 2023, has kept the home from home ethos but added structure while improving the overall vibe. Much of the staff there today were there for my older son too; nursery feel like part of our family. Hopefully when the weather improves they will go to the estate gardens more!

with a smile on her face. A big thanks to everyone. Holly Lodge Nursery is a very welcoming and calm environment, and regularly hosts events where you can meet other parents and their kids.

very helpful and flexible when I decided to postpone his start date. The staff there make it so special- all are calm, so sweet with the children and really invested in getting to know them. They give a nice handover one to one each pick up so I know how his day has been. They have run a number of parents events which I havent been able to make yet but I hope to soon. It shows their investment in creating community at the nursery.

have made it possible for us to balance work and nursery fees - something we understand is rare in a nursery setting. We always feel our children are safe. The setting of the nursery is lovely, tucked away under trees and we love all the outdoor activities they do. We don't have a garden at home, so in the summer it is lovely to know the children get to play outside. We also have loved the nursery for the amount of art they do with the children, the lack of screen time and the flexibility towards the identity of individual children (allowing our children to keep bringing in their comfort toy/ respecting our sons enjoyment of clothes and decoration).

children, as well as events for family member to participate in. My little boy has been at the nursery since he was just under 12 months and continues to love it there.

in these formative times of her life, and are very grateful to the staff for always going above and beyond and showing her such love.
Our older daughter, who is now 7 and in year 2 at school, had wonderful years at Holly Lodge Nursery too, and it's in no small part due to them that she was so ready to go to school and out into the world; she is always pleased to come back and pick up her little sister after school and see her old nursery. Thank you so much.

encourage his development and have treated him (and us) with so much kindness and love. Sending him to Holly Lodge was one of the best decisions that we made and we will be sad when it's time for our son to leave.