Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, Maida Vale

Also, one thing I believe you should definitely consider improving is breakfast. Kids have only one option really-cereal. Maybe a few days you can consider toast and butter or something else.

Our daughter has been here for just over a year, and has been really happy here. She has formed close bonds with the staff, and has lots of friends. It is a friendly, caring and supportive environment for her to grow and develop. The staff are great, and evidently care so much about the children. The outdoor play area is also brilliant, especially given its central location. The staff put a lot of thought into activities, room decorations, and tending the garden.

Staff are genuinely very caring and take time out to get to know each of the kids. My son looks forward to going each morning.

I can't say enough about how wonderful the Maida Vale Co-op nursery is as I drop my son every day knowing that he is being loved and cared for by people who are passionate and experienced. The manager does such an amazing job, always with a smile on her face and the whole atmosphere is friendly and accepting. It's an utter pleasure to go there and I always feel welcome. She literally works miracles with no doubt a very tight budget, an old building and with approx 60 staff!

Numerous working environments could learn a lot from her management style. I know I have!

Our daughter started the nursery at the age of 13 months and stayed there until she was just over 3 yrs old. During this time she was in 3 different room (age appropriate) and we had the opportunity to meet all the amazing staff members. Our daughter absolutely loved the place. All staff members including the personnel from the kitchen and from the office are very professional, helpful and hard working. We will miss them all!

The team in the Butterflies room upstairs are genuinely warm and patient with the children. I always felt reassured leaving my baby with them.

When the time comes and the parents need to leave their child to someone else it’s a huge decision who will be good enough. This Nursery is perfect for all the ages, the workers are amazing and extremely kind. They love the children and could see on them they are enjoying to teach our children without tiredness. The place is very secure and clean, about the food, even my daughter who is very fussy about it loved it. If I had a second child I would choose them again for sure! Thank all of you for the great job!

My son attended this nursery from the age of 1 up until 3 and a half and he loved it as did I. The staff could not do enough, even those not working in his class knew his name and would say hello in the corridor, like one big family.

His progression there in every area has been amazing especially in the older classes. Very happy with his nursery.

The warm and caring staff really help settle the parents as well as the children. They are very open about children’s day and their development. We are thrilled! The office staff are also very understanding and always listen to parents. I couldn’t recommend it enough.

My son loves the nursery. Staff are so nice and caring towards the children. The nursery is a warm place! I love the updates on parentzone.

My son was at the Co-operative childcare in Maida Vale from the age of 2 and thrived under the expert care of the team. He was there full time and was always eager and looking forward to going - like most of his friends. Everybody in the team is very caring and loving and my son built strong relationships with adults and other children. Management is excellent. I really enjoyed the fact that children play outside a lot and take part in a variety of activities that foster their independence and confidence, such as visits to the local park or even to the neighbouring care-home to bond with older generations. I loved the genuine 'community' feel of the co-op, with many events involving parents and even grandparents. Opening hours are ideal for a working parent.

Our son attended the nursery for 7 months. He has been very happy there and formed good bonds with his teachers, all of whom are very proffesional and caring. We have been really impressed by the Manager and her team. The premises and its facilities are also great. My wife and I would certainly recommend this nursery.

Our son has been at the nursery for almost a year, and we're really happy with the experience. We were very quickly reassured by the professionalism of the team here, and very confident our son was in good hands. Our son was always happy in the morning to find his friends and caretakers, we could feel he was genuinely happy in this environment, I can only recommend it to other parents.

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to the Maida Vale Co-op Nursery for looking after the kids and your commitment to supporting the families especially during the last few days despite the weather!

I have dropped and picked up my son each time and cannot thank you enough for holding it all together and especially the staff who travelled from a far! Thank you all.

The food is very repetitive and doesn't seem to be very nutritious. The outside play area is very poor. Staff always appear overworked.

I believe that the main areas where the nursery will need to improve are the organization and variety of didactic activities for children and the general communication with parents.

Great admin follow up.

My girl flies through the doors when we arrive at the nursery every morning. She loves it. She loves her carers, and I must say they are fantastic, they know each child and care for them with lots of patience and understanding. They ask you about the child if there is anything that they should know or that has changed from the evening before.

The menu is also very good and I think quite varied. The rooms are large and organised. I also really like the fact that they can go out every day and play sandpit with the tricycles, sandpit, slide and other toys which allows them to share and enjoy the company of kids from other classes.

Good facilities at the nursery also helpful staff and teachers. Need improvement for the capacity, as my second child cannot attend nursery because of limited capacity.

The management have excellent parents relationships, always open and listen to parents needs. Quite flexible as well. My daughter is happy there.