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Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School

Almners Priory, Almners Road, Lyne, Chertsey KT16 0BH
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Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School, Chertsey
Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School, Chertsey
Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School, Chertsey

Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School provides an exceptional environment and a wonderful quality of care and development for babies and young children from three months up to five years of age. It is their aim to ensure that children 'graduate' to Big School having grown into confident, caring, independent people who are prepared in every way for the next stage of life's learning journey.

Rainbow children enjoy five acres of gardens...  

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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Care

Owner

  • Alison & Mark Watson
  • Private Owned

Person in charge

  • Gemma Chitty (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 55

Total Places for Children

  • 224

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:30
  • Tuesday 07:30-18:30
  • Wednesday 07:30-18:30
  • Thursday 07:30-18:30
  • Friday 07:30-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Parking

  • Lots of on-site parking available

Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School Reviews (246)

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Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School has a Review Score of 10.0 (9.950) out of 10, based on 47 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School has 246 reviews.

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Review from Renata H (Mother of Child) published on 13 July 2017 Submitted via Website
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My daughter has been attending Rainbow for 2 and a half years. I can genuinely recognise how she has developed, became confident in herself. It has a huge input in her personality development.
We loved the different activities, innovative and beneficial, that we have been communicated every week by the the newsletter.
The outside space is amazing, having a farm is definitely a bonus.
Staff know how to balance discipline and freedom, they teach good manners, respect and kindness.

I would definitely recommend the nursery, its feels like family, with directors being hands on everything which is definitely a positive.

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Review from Jessica B (Mother of Child) published on 10 July 2017 Submitted via Website
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This nursery and the fabulous staff restored my faith in nurseries after a poor experience somewhere else. My child is now confident and happy and I am happier he will integrate into school.

The time and effort staff put in is above and beyond. I am simply sad I didn't find them sooner. Cannot more highly recommend.

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Review from P K (Mother of Child) published on 7 July 2017 Submitted via Website
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Rainbow Nursery School has been a wonderful experience for us. Both of our children attended Rainbow. It was a comfort for us to know that our children were in a safe, happy and loving environment.
The indoor and outdoor facilities are great. The large outdoor space is stunning - our children love outdoor play.
The best interests of each of our children were kept at heart by management and their carers. Everyone has shown their care, consideration, patience and respect to us and our children.
Thank you to each of every person at Rainbow, who has put so much effort into our children’s growth and development. They have been so loved and well taken care of there, and we are sad to say goodbye.
The management team and everyone at Rainbow, thank you for everything over the years and for the safe and happy experience you have provided for our children.

We will miss you so much Rainbow!

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Review from C H (Mother of Child) published on 5 July 2017 Submitted via Website
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We have been at the nursery for the last 2 years and have enjoyed the very happy, enthusiastic, positive, friendly, room staff who care for the children. The vast amount of outdoor space, including the fun maze and animal area, was a key feature for choosing this nursery and is fully utilised and much enjoyed by the children.

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Review from Sebastian (Father of Child) published on 4 July 2017 Submitted via Website
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We are so happy about Rainbow Nursery. Kids nursery age is so important because they learn everything from nursery other than parent training. I personally feel they treat all kids at the same level, no discrimination, nice and friendly atmosphere for kids. Excellent. Wonderful staff. Enough space to play. Lovely atmosphere for kids, to a peaceful place for the nursery, so nice and organised, enough staff to look after the kids. Healthy food. I'm so impressed about the nursery. Money wise, a little expensive for some parents. Many thanks and all the best wishes for Rainbow Nursery.

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Review from Nessa D (Mother of Child) published on 12 June 2017 Submitted via Website
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We have absolutely loved being part of the Rainbow Nursery. My son has very much enjoyed his time there. The farm and amount of open space for the little ones to run around is amazing. All the staff and extremely friendly and professional. We will be sad to leave, however, we would highly recommend this nursery to anyone.

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Review from Catherine W (Mother of Child) published on 23 November 2016 Submitted via Website
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An outstanding nursery with amazing staff and outstanding grounds and facilities. My son was very shy yet his transition to school was easy and I believe I owe this entirely to the staff at nursery who have given him self-confidence and helped prepare him for the school routines.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this nursery to anyone, and in fact, my second child also attends and also loves it!

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Review from Priya C (Mother of Child) published on 9 November 2016 Submitted via Website
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I looked at nurseries and found this nursery had everything you could possibly offer a child at childcare. Staff are friendly and well trained. The facilities at the nursery are extremely rare compared to other nurseries. For example, the animal farm and 5 acre of land is amazing for child development. The nursery is structured to catered for all age groups. They have separate outdoor play areas for the different age groups so this way the older and younger children are not clashing which can be intimidating to the younger ones. Also, in terms of development we did not need toilet train or teach our children to use cutlery, the nursery did this for us. They also have a unique child care system whereby if you wanted your child to sleep at a specific time or eat at a different time to the rest of the children, they cater for this. Food is freshly prepared everyday and children eat 6 times a day. Loads of parking space so it is never a struggle to find parking. Best nursery ever!!

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Review from Natalia S (Mother of Child) published on 25 October 2016 Submitted via Website
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My daughter attended here since she was 3 years old. The facilities for the children are amazing - a maze, a farm with donkey`s, rabbits and chicks to learn to take care of, a vegetable garden, numerous playgrounds, sand pits, picnics outside, a ball pit. The children go out for a walk every day and whatever the weather, it's great!

As for the staff, they all work very hard and genuinely care about our children. My daughter has really bonded with her key carers in both Cygnets and Swans. They also are doing a great job in establishing the best start for children in the school. I would recommend Rainbow with no doubt.

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Review from Sharon M (Mother of Child) published on 10 October 2016 Submitted via Website
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My daughter attended here since she was 9 months old. This nursery is an amazing place with so many facilities for the children. The summer is when Rainbow comes into its own! A maze, a farm with animals, a vegetable garden, numerous playgrounds, sand pits, picnics outside, a ball pit (a personal favourite of my daughters!). The children go out for a walk every day in the summer and whatever the weather, it's great! They put on hats and gloves and go out in the winter months too. Cooking every other week was also a favourite of my daughters.
The food is well balanced and my daughter has got to try many new flavours that perhaps I wouldn't have cooked at home.
As for the staff, they all work very hard and genuinely care about our children. My daughter has now started school and has some beautiful memories of her time at Rainbow and still speaks about her friends and carers.

We both miss Rainbow very much and I would not hesitate to recommend it.

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Review from Louise M (Mother of Child) published on 6 October 2016 Submitted via Website
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My 2 sons attended Rainbow both from 11 months. It is an exceptional place with outdoor space which cannot be bettered. They both enjoyed their time and learned through play. The range of activities was incredible (from handling baby chicks to making pasta necklaces and everything in between). It is well run and the communication is excellent.
I particularly liked the feedback at the end of the day - often a remark my son said or an achievement he did. I believe this is unusual for a big nursery like this. They supported potty training and were good about informing me about any bumps and scrapes they'd had. Their time at Rainbow was undoubtedly very special.

There are some exceptional members of staff there which make Rainbow what it is. Their love, warmth and ongoing enthusiasm make Rainbow such a magical place for a child to be. I would definitely recommend, it is an ideal stepping stone for school.

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Review from Sarah S (Mother of Child) published on 28 September 2016 Submitted via Website
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Both my sons were at nursery from 11 months until when they started school, with my youngest starting school in September 2016, and during their time they were both extremely happy. Rainbow is a fantastic nursery. What initially attracted me was the amazing outside space, which they certainly made their most of over the time they were there, with lots of time in the gardens, playgrounds and maze, growing plants, feeding the animals and going on bug hunts. In addition, the support and development they received when in Swans (pre-school) was excellent. Overall the care they received was second to none and they bonded with many of their key workers extremely well. I was extremely comfortable with my children being there whilst my husband and I were at work knowing they were in excellent hands. Would recommend without question.

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Review from Sue T (Mother of Child) published on 20 September 2016 Submitted via Website
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This is an amazing nursery that exposes children to cooking, cleaning, sharing, growing vegetables, caring for animals, to name but a few. My son loved every minute he spent there and I was always given feedback about his day when I went to collect him. There are numerous play areas, an allotment and even a maze. It has a double decker play bus for the over 2's. Despite there being so many children attending, they are all in age-appropriate classrooms and it always felt quite intimate when you dropped off or picked up. It is a very well organised nursery that I am missing already. I left there, in August, with three lovely books detailing my son's days, along with pictures and details. Amazing journals that I treasure and he will look back at in years to come. I would recommend this nursery to anybody.

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Review from Jon W (Father of Child) published on 5 September 2016 Submitted via Website
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All things considered an amazing environment in which children can be cared for and can develop. Many happy memories and milestones during the four years in which our son attended Rainbow. Nurseries need to work with authorities to ensure the on-going development and retention of committed Key Workers in this important role.

Reply from Mark Watson, Director at Rainbow Day Nursery & Pre-School

As with all of the reviews that have been submitted by people who have or have had their children at Rainbow, this is a lovely review and adds to the pride that we have in the quality of service that we provide in every aspect. However, we are puzzled by Mr W's rating of Satisfactory in...  

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Review from Liz K (Mother of Child) published on 13 June 2016 Submitted via Website
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Both my children thrived at Rainbow. I was particularly impressed with the pre-school team (Swans) where the staff always seemed to go above and beyond to meet the needs of both my son and daughter; they helped me feel reassured they were in excellent hands, providing the appropriate support both socially and academically.

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Review from Dana G (Mother of Child) published on 13 May 2016 Submitted via Website
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Our little boy has attended Rainbow for the last 9 months. At first, we were very impressed with the facilities but it wasn't until after he started attending we realised what a gem we had found!

The care he received is second to none - the key workers worked closely with us to help our little boy settle well and later on get through the unsettling time of welcoming a new addition to our family. The best thing about Rainbow is the staff - our boy was not only safe and happy but also loved!

Thank you, Rainbow for helping him to grow and develop into a confident and happy child.

You'll be missed!

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Review from Gemma K (Mother of Child) published on 3 May 2016 Submitted via Website
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My son has absolutely loved his time at Rainbow nursery. He has bonded well with the staff, who are very attentive and have taken time to get to know our son as an individual.

We have been extremely pleased with the level of care and support provided by the staff at Rainbow and we will miss them all.

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Review from Anne H (Mother of Child) published on 15 March 2016 Submitted via Website
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Our daughter has been enrolled in the birds and the bears classrooms at Rainbow over the past 8 months. We have absolutely loved our time there. Any time we've had specific requests, Rainbow has been very accommodating. Our daughter loves going to this nursery. We really appreciate how they work to get her outside each day, and they have also been great in letting us pack her a lunch since she has picky tastes. When we talk about her teachers, she tells us how they love her, and it warms my heart that she feels so included and taken care of. We would highly recommend Rainbow to any parent.

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Review from Mark G (Father of Child) published on 22 December 2015 Submitted via Website
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Rainbow ticked every box for what we were looking for. We had bad experiences with Child Care, and then struggled to find a nursery that could offer our son what we believe he needed for his development. We came across Rainbow, and fell in love with the place from the outset...if I could go back in time myself and attend a nursery, I would choose Rainbow. The outdoor space is second to none, which is so important. having animals on site, is also a massive plus point. Like every business, it is the staff who make it happen, and the staff were all amazing. Our son started in Buttercups and really had a wonderful time. When he moved to Bluebells 1, we were worried, but the staff here also treated our son so well. We are only leaving due to work, but we hope there will be a space available should we return in the future.

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Review from Victoria U (Mother of Child) published on 30 September 2015 Submitted via Website
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I have looked at about 12-15 nurseries in the area and this one impressed me with how happy children looked there, how energetic and positive the carers were, how amazing their grounds were and how professional the management team was.

My son attended this nursery for 3.5 years - the care and development help which he got there helped him to grow a lovely confident and happy child.

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