Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School

I would recommend this nursery to all parents.

My son has been at Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School since he was 9 months old. he is now an independent, polite, intelligent and happy 3-year-old which is hugely down to his time at Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School where he has been so well nurtured. At every stage and with every key worker we have been so happy we dread the move up to the next room, only to be just as happy with the next! The outdoor space and farm is like no other nursery in the area. We love rainbow so much it’s made finding and choosing a school we love as much extremely difficult!!

Every day our son comes home with another string to his bow. The carers do an excellent job of making learning fun. The nursery itself has fantastic facilities. The outside space is amazing with a maze, a small farm, and lots of fun outside areas. We can't speak more highly about the staff. Every one of them seems to know every child by name (no mean feat!) and they are all without exception lovely, caring people.

Both of my children have been very happy at this nursery, and I have been impressed with the quality of the facilities, learning programme and lovely staff.

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Very dear Rainbow,

My wife and I can only give 100% positive and absolute praise for your nursery. Everything was managed brilliantly during our son’s year there. Above all, the nursery staff all seemed to genuinely care for our special little boy. He was always happy at the end of the day, full of energy and joy, having caused chaos at the farm and being a normal happy little boy making as much mess as possible! We were really sad that we had to leave Rainbow - some very happy memories were made there. Can’t praise all aspects highly enough. Ofsted are inaccurate not to give it an outstanding (exemplary, if that rating exists) rating!

Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School is fantastic, our daughter has thrived and loved every minute with the attentive staff. They have superb facilities and a very well structured system for teaching and learning across the age groups.

Our son was at Rainbow Nursery from 10 months until he left for school at 4 (in September 2018). Overall our experience of the nursery has been brilliant. The facilities are unparalleled (we haven't seen another nursery with such great outdoor space) - don't underestimate how quickly the children grow from being non-walkers to being runners: the space outside is wonderful for them as they grow. The staff have generally been excellent, particularly the room leaders. The communication with parents is good, and the preparation for 'big school' was superb. We appreciated the provision of nappies, sun cream, snacks, etc; the meals were balanced and healthy and there are so many positive behaviours and pieces of information that our son learnt that must have come from the nursery. The flexibility for us as working parents was also much appreciated: particularly with early and late rooms; emergency bookings and even management of illness - a pragmatic and helpful approach was always taken.

Our son went to Rainbow for about a year and a half and it was the best childcare decision we made.

The staff also taught our son the vital social skills, ie the rights and wrongs of interacting with other children and adults, and this has helped him settle at school quickly.

Overall, we are very pleased with our son's time at Rainbow. Thank you!

The whole ethos is dedicated to the care of the children, such wonderful staff and management make it a fantastic nursery.

My son is the child he is today thanks to everyone at this wonderful nursery!

Rainbow is a wonderful place for children. The facilities and carers are chosen to support the development of infants and toddlers. I would highly recommend Rainbow Nursery to everybody and can confirm that my newborn will attend Rainbow when I end maternity leave.

I would highly recommend this nursery.

Thank you again to all staff at Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School. Our daughter has recently left and transitioned extremely well into reception year at school. She already seems to know her phonics and can read and write simple words - she must have learnt this at Rainbow!

Special thanks to the brilliant key workers for our daughter. See you all again soon with our newest addition!

I have sent both of my children to Rainbow - the older has now started school but the younger still attends. Both children have thoroughly enjoyed their time and I can't speak highly enough of the staff. The outdoor facilities are excellent, the variety of activities is great and I feel that might children are genuinely cared for.

From our daughter's first few days at Rainbow in the week she turned 1, to her last few as she now prepares to start school, she has absolutely loved being at Rainbow and we have thoroughly enjoyed watching her grow, learn and develop. Rainbow has played a significant role in her life for longer than she can remember and the love and care she has received from everyone who has looked after her has been second to none. The girls in each of the rooms she has been in have all been fantastic and on many occasions gone above and beyond and we feel incredibly confident that she has been prepared for school as well as could be. Picking our daughter up on her final day was very emotional and it was with a heavy heart that we said goodbye to Rainbow. The facilities and outside space that Rainbow enjoys just do not compare to anywhere else we have seen and our daughter has developed a real love of the outdoors thanks to this. We can't rate it highly enough!

Thank you Rainbow Nursery Staff for all you have done.

The whole nursery is run fabulously and I only have praise due to everyone working there.

My daughter started at Rainbow at 9 months old and has been there ever since. She goes three full days and has been in 5 different classrooms in total and has enjoyed every day. The care the staff provide is amazing and the outdoor facilities are incomparable with anywhere else I have seen. They have an allotment and a farm, as well as plenty of other outdoor activities and the children, get fresh air and time to play in a safe environment. There is a great balance between learning and play and the food is of a high standard. Each day we get a great overview of what has been done that day and my daughter has developed in so many ways due to the time she has spent with her Rainbow family. I would certainly recommend without hesitation to anyone.

Rainbow Nursery truly offers a safe, conducive and fun learning environment for children. We decided on Rainbow Day Nursery out of the 6 nurseries that we visited in the area and what an amazing choice we made. The staff are friendly, knowledgeable and pay attention to the needs of the children by taking into consideration the children’s individuality. The children are offered different learning opportunities and their outdoor space which is very well utilised is any child’s dream. They also instil and emphasise positive values in the children.

The nursery offers an open door policy and will carefully consider comments, concerns and suggestions and act on it accordingly.

They have proven to be very reliable as I have experienced this when I have had to make last-minute childcare requests and they will make reasonable efforts in such situations.

Their staff retention is commendable as this offers children the much-needed stability.

The team looking after the toddlers is also excellent. Amiable, caring and kind.