Lower Earley Day Nursery (Yellow Brick House)

My daughter (now 11 months old) has been with the nursery for 2-3 months and she was a tricky- fish to begin with. Refusing to eat or sleep in a cot. The nursery staff in The Nest have been absolutely fabulous. Patient, kind, and tried everything to help her feel comfortable enough. She now eats like a horse there and the nursery is the only place she sleeps in a cot! They are magic. She is happy and content when I pick her up and is even happier when I drop her off there! 100% recommend.

The curriculum is inclusive bearing in mind cultural diversity

My little one has been attending Lower Earley for some time. He is always eager to go to nursery. He arrives and leaves with a smile on his face which is reassuring. The staff are committed, caring, and always keep you up to date. His development is amazing.

My daughter's language and speaking skills improved so much! The staff are lovely, friendly and very helpful with any problems and concerns! Highly recommended

My three year old loves coming to nursery, he gets to take part in a variety of activities and it's amazing to see how much he is developing. The staff are fantastic and have been really helpful with his toilet training recently. We get updates on his day via an app, it's lovely to see photos of what he gets up to!

My child has been attending this nursery for the last few months. The staff are kind, caring, attentive and helpful. She is always full of stories of fun things she did at nursery and looks forward to going every day.

My little one has developed skills and I am really pleased with her development. She is engaging well and is eager to go to nursery.

The team at the nursery are great and work so hard to make it such a lovely nursery. Our daughter will miss them!

We're very happy with the nursery and all the staff.

My son has been going to this nursery for more than a year now and his development is phenomenal. He has been picking up lots of new activities, new words, socializing with other children. I can see him learning a lot in terms of feeding himself, making big sentences, identifying shapes, colours, numbers etc and most recently a big help with potty training him. The staff are very helpful in taking care of the individual needs of every child. He is being well-taken care of when it comes to food and any other medical needs. Would certainly recommend this nursery to others. Thankful to all the staff members for contributing towards his development.

Would happily recommend this nursery to anyone! Staff are all lovely, the activities they do with the children are brilliant, educational, engaging, seasonal and always so varied. Food and snacks offered are a great selection. My son loved the toys and outdoor play area here. Staff are great at keeping in touch with what the children have eaten and done all day too. Would highly recommend.

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My son went to this nursery last year and is now finishing his first year at school. I cannot express enough how amazing this nursery and preschool was. I would especially like to praise the managers for all their hard work and commitment to ensure his progress at the preschool and his transfer to primary school. They went above a beyond in making sure his hearing loss (he wears hearing aids) was not a factor holding him back from his classmates. They were always meeting with his teacher of the deaf and new primary teachers ensuring everyone had all the information needed and he was going in confident. It’s thanks to all the leg work by management and his key worker that he is the confident intelligent boy he is today.

They are not just teachers they treated us like family and I knew they really cared about his future, it was not just their job. Their passion shone through every day. Thank you

Our son has found the transition to nursery a little difficult but the staff made suggestions on ways to ease this time and slowly he is adapting to the new routines. He also has multiple allergies which have been catered for fantastically. We know exactly what he has eaten each day (they list ingredients for us) and meals are adapted so that he isn’t missing out.

My son has attended this nursery since he was 6 months old and he loves it. The staff have been great since the start, making us feel so welcome and it’s great to see how well he has settled in. The nursery have an App which is a useful tool to gauge how much he has slept and what he has eaten. It also helps us to keep 'in touch' with our son during the day and track his experiences. The food provided by the nursery is particularly impressive; with many new and exciting things for the children to try. We love seeing how our son has developed and have no doubt the nursery has been key in this.

My child enjoys going to nursery every day. The staff make the day fun and I know they will ensure my child is developing skills through every activity provided.

Our twins have been coming for a long time and we have always been very happy. The staff are kind and attentive and always available to help. Our girls have been so happy.

I was also impressed with the speed and ease of setting up the preschool placement.

We transferred from a smaller nursery which had perfectly suited our needs. The transition for my son was smoothly done and he settled quickly into a bigger and busier environment. This has its pros and cons as he became a little more reserved initially but his keyworkers (both of whom he knew previously) helped smooth the way for him. He now bounds in each morning confidently telling me who he has played with that day. I get a good brief summary and its smiles all round! Plus there are some activities here: French, visits from Zoolabs etc that have provided a wonderful experience for him. The managers are all accessible and happy to help.

We have sent both of our daughters there and the most important thing is that they are happy ... My eldest joined little bears @10 months and my youngest @9 months. My eldest knows all the staff and is so comfortable there her development has been amazing. I find little bears so friendly, structured and I feel like they really care. In the past, I have found when my eldest daughter in big bears' key person isn't there, they are disorganised and no one can give me feedback on her day and how she ate etc.

My only comment for improvement is that rooms are just a bit small.