Pennies Day Nursery - Hockers Lane, Maidstone

We are so happy with everything about Pennies Day Nursery but it’s the truly amazing staff that really make it. They’re fantastic. I love seeing how much my child enjoys going there. Thank you!

The nursery offers a great level of care for my son. The settling in process was very smooth. Communication with staff is made really easy through an online platform called tapestry as well as via telephone and email. Almost every day my son attends I get to see pictures of what he has been up to. My son is always smiling at Pennies Day Nursery. Couldn't have asked for a nicer nursery to look after my son.

Choosing a nursery is always difficult and Pennies is by far the best decision we’ve made regarding daycare for our children. They go beyond what most nurseries would do regarding overall care. Staff are excellent, committed and wonderful with the children. The garden is great and room leaders are dedicated to planning varied and exciting activities. We’ve enrolled three children so far and if we have another, we’d select Pennies without hesitation.

The staff are friendly and approachable and always happy to see the children and the parents dropping them off/picking them up.

An excellent nursery overall where the staff really take an interest in every child and try lots of different activities to help them learn and grow in confidence. My only slightly negative comment would be that there has been quite a change in staff recently, however, the new staff, on the whole, have made an effort to build a relationship with the child and parents.

Pennies Day Nursery has given our daughter the foundation and structure to flourish with the interaction with fantastic staff, an environment that continues to surprise and amaze on every visit and instil imagination, creativity and enjoyment into our daughters visits every time - making it feel like a warm and loving home away from home.

We continue to see the exponential advancement of our daughter's progress, curriculum and character which is all down to the exceptionally high calibre of staff at the nursery, she always leaves with a smile on her face and no doubt great memories that she will cherish.

It's the little details; a handcraft mothers day card, growing their own vegetables, group walks to the park and embracing foreign languages - simply fantastic!

We look forward to our daughter continuing her fairy tale at Pennies.

Pennies Day Nursery - Hockers Lane, Maidstone have been excellent. My Child started out a one day a week and when ever I have needed extra session they have been very accommodating.

My daughter has really flourished since starting care in the baby room at Pennies at Hockers Lane. All the staff are caring, have great energy and really keep the children well occupied and challenged. Now my daughter is in mini-preschool she has built a huge amount of confidence and character and I am sure that the great personalised care she gets at Pennies has played a huge role in this.

My daughter is constantly learning and progressing from attending Pennies, she comes home happy and well fed each evening with exciting stories of what she’s been up to each day.

Pennies has made going back to work so much easier as I know my daughter is in safe hands, in an environment where she is taught to strive and grow into a wonderful little girl.

Pennies Hockers Lane is clean, well equipped, nursery with a friendly inclusive atmosphere and engaging qualified staff. Clear and incredibly safe policies in place to protect the children.

Children enjoy wide-ranging activities organised to stimulate and inspire them. The staff build very good rapport and trust with all the children.

The staff also communicate very well with parents promptly in person, by phone, via dedicated website and app. I feel well informed of the nursery's activities, staff activities and my children's daily progress.

The food is plentiful, nutritious and varied, individual toothbrushes and nappies are provided for smaller children.

All in all the best choice I've ever made for my children.

Exceptional in every way, from the staff to the structure of learning and the opportunities they give children. Pennies, Hockers Lane, is a glowing example of a very important gap in modern parenting that is being filled by first-rate day nurseries.

Our child has, and will for the rest of his early years, benefit from his time at Pennies Hockers Lane. I'm incredibly happy with the role and the rest of the team have played in our child's formative years, they are all fantastic, at the top of their game and deserve all the praise they receive.

This nursery is absolutely fantastic. The place and rooms for the children are perfect, clean and really adapted to their young age. Our son is always happy to go there and always seems to have had a great day when we picked him up. Above all the personnel/staff are great, fully dedicated to the children and plenty of great ideas to develop the children. We have full confidence in all of them. Communication with the nursery has always been very easy, we would strongly recommend this nursery.

Pennies is a lovely nursery with a more homely feel. The staff are always friendly and appear to genuinely care about my son, including what he's up to outside of nursery and any ways in which they can help with his development. Above all, my son enjoys going here so it makes me feel happier about leaving him at the nursery.

The staff are very friendly and always have time to talk to you and answer any questions or concerns.

Fantastic nursery, so happy that we have been able to let our son go there and have a place booked for our youngest son for when I finish maternity leave.

Our son loves the extensive outdoor area where he can play with friends. The staff tailor activities to your individual child taking into account their interests and observations on the online tapestry system allow you to see what they have been enjoying there. Staff are always very friendly and show great care for our child.

We feel very happy that our son is so happy there although it can be a little upsetting that he is much more excited by a day at nursery than a day at home with us!

The food at Pennies is not only varied and but children are always encouraged to try different food either at meal times or snack times. There has even been trips to the supermarket for the toddlers to choose their own food!

Communication is good from most individuals but can be vague on occasion. We have little contact with his key worker, however, the resident staff member in his room is a great substitute. I would like to be more aware of the food menu since he moved to mini Pre school.

Fantastic nursery. My daughter loves it and has developed tremendously. Staff provide a mix of activities and commicate effectively with parents. Any concerns or comments are listened to and delt with. I'm at 100% confident that she is cared for at all times. This nursery is expensive but worth every penny.

A good indication of your child's happiness is when you pick them up at the end of the day and they would rather stay and play with the nursery staff and their friends! The staff are always happy, engaging and care about the children. This is my second child at Pennies, so my review and assessment is not a snapshot in time, but over a sustained period of years.

He has also been very happy there. The staff are exceptional - so caring and the small groups make the nursery so personal, the staff get to know the children so well and understand and respond to their needs. We are very happy leaving our children at Pennies.