Northcote Montessori Independent Nursery School

Our experience of Northcote & Bennerley House has been great. My daughter joined from another nursery and has been so much happier and more settled here. She bounces in in the mornings! She has learned so much from both the staff and other kids. The staff I have dealt with are very caring and the manager is very efficient and engaged. My son recently joined too in the baby room and the settling-in process was so much easier than it was when my daughter started at another nursery at the same age. Hard to say if this is a character thing or down to the nursery but in any case, in my eyes, it’s a good sign when an 18-month-old doesn’t cry or look back at me at drop-off.

Excellent nursery and highly recommended. Our son started just after his first birthday and we have been extremely impressed by the care and attitude of the staff and management. The introductory weeks went extremely smoothly and from the first week he has come back extremely happy and full of life each evening. We have noticed a great improvement in his motor and development skills which has certainly been complemented by the games, activities and interactions with the excellent staff and other pupils. There is a remarkable amount of feedback each day on the app as to what he has eaten, his sleep patterns and we feel extremely confident in the care he is being provided with. The daily menu is superb, varied, specifically designed for infants and superior to what we are regularly able to offer him. Multiple festivals and events appear to be celebrated most weeks and it is clear from the various items he brings home that he is kept stimulated and busy.

Lockdown and social restrictions mean it's been tough to socialise with little ones. Thankfully, Northcote House have been doing their best to stay open whilst being safe. The team are always upbeat and the new app providing updates was a great addition. Unfortunately, we have moved out of the area, otherwise, our daughter would still be there. She already misses it.

Our daughter is ecstatic every time we tell her we are going to Northcote nursery. The manager and her team are doing an amazing job at making the children happy. Activities are extremely varied. Food looks amazing. An app also allows you to follow the day of your child and is regularly updated. You immediately feel like home during the settling in.

Our daughter has been attending Northcote House for the past year and we can’t speak highly enough of it. The staff are wonderful - friendly, engaged and genuinely seem to care about the children. I am continually amazed by how much my daughter is learning and developing from her days at nursery, and she clearly enjoys her time there. I also feel confident that her emotional development is being nurtured, too. We feel extremely lucky that she has the opportunity to attend and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to others. It isn’t cheap but it is worth every penny. I just hope that we will be as fortunate when it comes to finding a school for her!

We love Northcote House. Our daughter started 3 months ago when she was 9 months old and it took only a few days for her to settle in. The staff always give you their time to talk through your child's day and you can tell looking at the older children when they get picked up just how much they like their key workers which was instantly reassuring. My child always comes home with a clean nappy and is never sad to be dropped off. It has a nice family feel to it. So far so good.

I wholeheartedly recommend Northcote House.

Our two-year-old son has been going to Northcote House since August 2019. Our experience of the nursery has been extremely positive. When he first joined the baby room, he settled quickly, and the staff were fantastic with him. He then went on to the pre-toddler group was very happy there too. He is now in the toddler group and is excited to go to nursery every morning. The staff are all friendly and caring, the activities they put on for the children are great, and I have been really impressed with the work they do with the children about feelings and emotions.

Great nursery and a great staff basis. Our daughter absolutely loved attending, and we were really disappointed to leave (as we moved away from the area). I was always impressed with how many activities they would do with the children and the variety of them. Would definitely recommend.

Our daughter was always happy to go into the nursery and big smiles when we picked her up, particularly when coming home with her artwork/painting from that day. Staff are friendly, accommodating and enthusiastic and always gave a good verbal handover of our daughter’s day. We have only left as we moved out of the area, very sad to leave!

I must say during this time the staff have all been calm and professional at all times, a real credit to the manager.

Northcote House Nursery is an exceptional nursery and I would highly recommend it to any parent. The facilities are bright, airy and more spacious than other nurseries in the area. The staff are all friendly, smiley and loving with the children. They're served 3 nutritious and filling meals a day, the menu changes on a weekly basis so good variety. I can't fault the nursery on anything. The other parents I know also think the nursery is great. We're moving out of the area and so disappointed my son will be leaving.

A happy smiley baby is handed back to me at the end of the day with a detailed written diary and debrief from his key person, which I really appreciate. I highly recommend Northcote House Nursery to any parent looking for a five-star, reliable childcare solution.

In June 2020 our son joined the toddler group at Northcote House and has enjoyed it ever since. The settling in period was adequate and enabled me to see how he would interact with other children and staff and to see what he would be doing each day. We have been warmly welcomed by the manager and all of the staff who are very friendly and kind. The space inside is larger than we expected with a good selection of toys, books and playing areas. My son has enjoyed growing plants in the outdoor space. Security is good, given how close the nursery is to Northcote Road. We really appreciate the manager sending weekly newsletters detailing what the children in each age group have been doing and it's great we can also see photos and videos on the nursery FaceBook page. Our son really enjoys going to Northcote House and talks about the other children and the teachers. His vocabulary is coming along rapidly! Our experience has been very positive.

Our son has had the loveliest few moths at Northcote House since he started in June. The nursery is bright, airy and has lots of different play areas. It has such a nice feel to it, and the staff are genuinely caring, friendly and great at keeping us updated on how his days have been and what he’s been up to. The manager is so helpful and always really quick to respond. Our son loves nursery, goes without tears and always comes home tired. I feel extremely confident that he’s being well looked after.

Our daughter is very happy at Northcote House. She enjoys going, has made friends, adores the staff and seems to be developing and learning really quickly. The staff were so helpful when we started potty training, in fact they gave us the courage to start!

My son has been at Northcote House since April 2018 and he is just so happy there. All the staff are so friendly, loving and engaged with the children - a big reflection of the manager who is just fantastic. It’s a testament to how happy my son is there that he talked about the staff throughout lockdown, and settled back in really very quickly. He’s usually clingy to me but he goes in very happily every morning. They’ve handled the return from lockdown so well. Feel very lucky that our son has somewhere so wonderful to attend. The facilities are also far superior to all other nurseries I’ve viewed locally, with large bright spaces and great outside areas.

The manager and her team are doing a great job, and as a family we are extremely happy. I have seen some changes over the years but so pleased we stayed, and now have both our children there. Says it all really!

Thank you all for everything.

A lovely feel to the nursery, that everyone who worked there truly loved the children. My little boy would go skipping in every morning and was always very happy in collection, full of tales of today’s activities. He always really enjoyed attending the nursery.