Maples Day Nursery (Winchester)

We absolutely love Maple's Nursery. This is now my second child's attention, and our experience has been fantastic. The staff are wonderful, the learning environment is brilliant, and we couldn't be happier with the care and support provided! Big up the Maples Team!

Our daughter has been at Maples for 3 months now and the care has been excellent. The settling in process was really well planned and thought-through - gentle for my daughter and for me as we both got used to it! The updates you get throughout the day are really reassuring. All of the nursery workers have great relationships with the children and I feel absolutely confident that I'm leaving my child somewhere safe. The children do varied activities and they're clearly kept busy. The outdoor space in the baby room is quite limited, but the outdoor spaces for the older children are much bigger.

Our eldest son had a brilliant time in his 2 years at Maples Nursery - he was always really well looked after, provided with great activities and lovely meals. He loved the outdoor space and every member of staff, no matter the room they worked in, knew our son by name and were warm and friendly.

As parents who moved our son from another nursery setting, we could not have been more pleased with the running and management at Maples - the care was always reliable and the communication brilliant.

We couldn't be happier with this nursery. We have two boys there and they both absolutely love it - they're excited to go in each morning and come home full of stories about what they've been up to.

The staff are genuinely lovely: warm, patient and clearly care about the children as individuals. We always feel confident that our boys are safe, supported and having fun while they learn. It's such a relief as a parent to know they're in such a positive, nurturing environment. We're really grateful to the whole team for everything they do.

Our little boy is in the Caterpillars room and settled in really quickly thanks to the amazing staff! He's grown really fond of them and has grown in confidence since starting. The room and outdoor space always seem really clean and the staff are really friendly and keep us informed of what he's done that day and how he's progressed. Overall we're really pleased with the care he receives at Maples!

My child has been at the nursery since they were nearly a year old and they are now 4. I have had consistently fantastic communication and care for my child and no query has been too much. My child has been through every room at the nursery and has made great progress. The Senco has been great with providing the extra support that has been needed and all my child's key people have been great and all staff have made an effort to make sure that my child is happy.

The activities that my child talks about when they come home seem to fire his imagination and have created lots of imaginative play at home as well as at nursery. The food that is cooked on site is very nutritious and always seems to be enjoyed by my child and has lead to some dishes having to be recreated at home. I am sad that my child has entered their last year at pre school but would 100% recommend this nursery to anyone who needs great childcare:

Our son is so happy at Maples. He has been there for two years now and our daughter starts shortly. Everyone is so friendly and caring, there is a fantastic range of activities (including lots of outdoor time) and great food! Our son genuinely doesn't want to come home at the end of the day! Transitions between rooms have been really well managed and we've had lots of support with some big life changes, like the arrival of baby sister, moving house and potty training. Such a wonderful experience - thank you!

Maples is a wonderful environment for our 1 year old daughter- engaged staff, great facilities and wonderful support. The outdoor spaces, fantastic on site cooked food & nutritionally backed menu, huge variety of activities created for children are just some of the highlights. We love Maples and so does our daughter. Have recommended to lots of friends who have since also jumped on the wait list.

Most importantly, the staff are lovely and very caring, and form good bonds with the children.

Thank you everyone.

We are really glad we chose Maples for our children. Our son has just graduated and our daughter is currently in the 1-2 year old room. The super friendly and caring staff throughout the nursery have really helped. We love getting the updates on the app about the fun they have at nursery and they have definitely helped prepare our son for school.

While the staff are caring and professional (with most being excellent), I felt management was less so. After a year at the nursery and as a single parent (due to less flexibility) I requested a non-policy/tues-thurs booking pattern, I (1) relied on their written assurance it would be granted "when possible" (2) waited ~6 months (3) noted other two-parent households availing such a booking pattern and (4) followed up, only to be advised we would not be granted such a pattern due to policy. This understandably left a bitter taste and prompted our departure

The food she gets to eat sounds brilliant! Very jealous.

Our son is really happy at Maples. Really great staff, very caring, very accommodating. Great facilities and each room has a nice outdoor space. Whole nursery just has a nice feel to it. Would 100% recommend.

We have nothing but great things to say about Maples! Our son started in Ladybirds back in April and the staff made us feel instantly at ease with the adjustment. He seems to have built strong bonds with staff, especially his key worker, and it's so great to know he has such fun and fulfilling days at nursery. I love that we're regularly updated on his progress, and it's never too much trouble however many questions I have! Really grateful to everyone at Maples for the safe and caring environment they create for our babies!

With 2 growing children in Maples care I cannot rave about there facilities enough. This is such a safe warm and clean environment. There communication and awareness of my children's needs is incredible and they have been such a great personal support to the children and myself at times also. They keep in touch daily through parent zone and weekly with a newsletter they are amazing

We absolutely love Maples and have nothing but the highest praise for all of the staff at the nursery. We have two children currently attending Maples, one in the Bumblebees room (since November 2024) and our son has just started in the Caterpillars room. We could not be more grateful for the kind care and attention the staff, and in particular the Key Person, take in the settling of the children at the nursery. Our children have been so quick to form such wonderful attachments to the staff at the nursery as their care is the highest you could hope for as a parent. The kids spend so much time outside in the brilliant garden and the staff take so much time to think of wonderful (often brilliantly messy!) activities for the children. They also take such care of their development needs and keep parents consistently updated on this. We honestly struggle to get our daughter to leave in the evening she has so much fun! We could not imagine a nicer childcare setting for our kids.

I really trust the level of care that the whole team at Maples show for my daughters, and I am sure that being there is having a real positive impact on both of their development.

We are really glad we chose Maples for our daughter. She struggled being away from home at first, but the super friendly and caring staff have really helped her settle in. We love getting the updates on the app about the fun she's got up to at nursery.

The app is also brilliant as every sleep/meal etc is logged so helpful when picking up to know for the rest of the evening.