University Nursery at West Cambridge

The university nursery at West Cambridge is exceptional. All the staff are absolutely fantastic and very supportive. I have seen my daughter developing confidence and other important skills. She now has a very strong foundation that certainly will help her journey at school.

What I like about the West Cambridge Nursery is their open-door policy, if I have any issues or concerns I can approach a senior staff member and discuss anything that’s maybe worrying me. By being approachable and discussing things together we have been able to identify the problem, action and implement a plan in the nursery setting with staffs help and support. By working closely with the staff and by making small changes we have seen a massive change in our daughter in the last two weeks. She is very content and she is has been glowing when I collect her in the afternoon. This indicates that she has had an amazing day, eaten well, napped and joined in various activities throughout the day. We appreciate the staff taking the time and energy to truly understand a child. Seeing her happy makes us happy while we are at work.

We have sent both of our daughters to University Nursery at West Cambridge and they both love it. The staff are very friendly and show an obvious love for the children. Our children have developed well and are very happy.

The staff at University Nursery at West Cambridge are always friendly and polite. My daughter really enjoys her days at nursery and always returns home happy. My daughter really enjoys the activities set up each day and has learned a lot from the activities and staff. The menu caters perfectly for my daughter's dietary needs and she seems to enjoy the range of different meals and snacks. My daughters favourite part of nursery is the outdoor space. The staff offer informative feedback every evening when I pick up on how my child's day has been and what she has been up to.

Wonderful nursery. Staff are very attentive, professional and kind. They serve great food and do wonderful activities. Their communication during lockdown was always on point, and I felt they took great care of their families, even when they were not in the nursery.

The University Nursery at West Cambridge is excellent. The team is exceptional - child-centred, brilliantly collaborative with parents, nurturing, stimulating and well-led. Everything the staff do “oozes” excellent care, and there is a strong, positive and welcoming culture across all staff groups, from management to the practitioners. They made our transition from parental leave very easy with their confidence and reassurance. We are very happy our child is able to benefit from the time spent at the nursery.

Definitely recommend it!

Our daughter loves her nursery and care workers, and we do too. They provide a caring, interactive and exciting environment for her, and provide us with updates, safety information and ideas to follow things up at home. Her social, motor and language skills have developed rapidly since attending (she has been there a year) and the food provided is nutritious and varied (and she eats better at nursery than home!). The staff are such high quality, and we couldn't be more pleased that she is there. Thoroughly recommended.

I literally cannot rate this nursery highly enough. I have been a parent at West Cambridge for 4 years. The exceptional standard and stability of care, service, professionalism, fun, and supported learning has been outstanding. This includes across 4 years, two very different children, all staff, and various periods of change and disruption at home, nursery and in the world around us. West Cambridge has been our constant. This includes the support, can-do attitude and care we and our son received following his serious illness and surgery last year which involved a period of special needs and medical treatment.

We would definitely recommend this nursery to friends and family!

Today is the last day of almost six years in which we have had children full-time at West Cambridge Nursery. From the day that we came for a visit (then still expecting) until the last day, staff have been most welcoming. Management has shown a remarkable interest in the children (even the manager knows every child by name and their parents), attention to parents' wishes and commitment to staff's growth. For us, the nursery was truly home away from home. After day one, we realised we did not have to feel guilty about sending our children full-time to the nursery: they were offered activities and a peer group we could never give them at home. We were impressed by the nursery's implementation of a healthy-food programme: no more sugar, more vegetables. Whilst we love cooking at home, the youngest continues to say that "nursery food is best". The nursery's encouragement to play a lot outside has made our boys stronger and more self-confident. I give it my strongest possible recommendation.

Our daughter started about a year ago in the preschool room and we have been very happy with all aspects of her care.

My daughter has been attending West Cambridge nursery since January 2020. She has flourished during her time there and has a great rapport with all the staff members. The staff have been really eager to get to know her and have tremendously helped in her social, intellectual and physical development. My daughter started crawling within a month of starting at the nursery. Her physical development had been a bit behind but she started to learn to walk in the nursery and took her first steps there. They were extremely encouraging and actively promoted children's welfare and intellectual growth. She has been engaged in creative and sensory play to reading and mark making. Her word count has expanded exponentially and continues to grow. They have helped her to bond with the other children and she recalls the names of her friends and keyworker. Everyone from management to classroom staff knows my daughter and enjoy interacting with her. She loves her time at the nursery.

My daughter developed a strong bonding with her three key workers and often imitated their behaviours at home. We could tell her key workers were excellent role models to her. She learned to help with household chores, to share things with others, and to care about others.

We placed our daughter in nursery at around 18 months, and can not have been more pleased with her growth and development. The staff are fantastic, professional, and provide wonderful care and nutriment. The front desk staff are always welcoming and 'know' who our daughter is, the class, and any issues that we should be aware of (e.g. how her day was, any virus going around, and any upcoming events to be aware of). The 'room' staff are a fantastic mix of individuals who each contribute to make a safe, nurturing environment to which our daughter feels comfortable to learn and grow. Most importantly we feel that her room staff really know our daughter, what she likes, doesn't, and which children and activities she likes to engage in/with most. We feel very fortunate to have our daughter at this nursery.

A wonderful nursery that is very well-organized, loving, and efficient. Our girls have been attending it for a few months (minus lockdown weeks), and we have all been very satisfied with both the high level of care and the efficient management. The facility itself is very well kept, clean, and provides easy access for the kids to go to the bathroom or play outside. The caregivers we had the opportunity to meet are truly wonderful; our girls talk about them fondly at home and are always happy to go to nursery in the morning. Communication with the parents is done primarily through the app/website, though they are always easily accessible by phone for immediate things. The nursery also implemented new safety measures due to COVID-19 that seem to have been working well so far.

Our daughter has been with this nursery for almost 3 years and I've been very happy with them throughout. Especially her first key person was absolutely wonderful in helping her settle in, quickly forming a strong bond with my daughter. Since then I've watched her grow more confident in the nursery setting, learn new things, and form friendships with some of the other children. Most importantly, she enjoys going to nursery every day. The staff provide excellent care, a safe and nurturing environment for the children to thrive in, with lots of fun and educational activities, as well as healthy nutritious food that my daughter clearly enjoys. I am also very impressed with the measures that have been taken recently by the nursery to manage the risks associated with the Covid-19 crisis. They have done everything they can to make it as safe as possible for the children, families, and staff, with minimum impact on the children's comfort, enjoyment and learning at nursery.

Very warm and attentive staff, amazing outdoor spaces, management and reception team very professional. I'm glad my second child has been offered a place there and will start attending soon!

The staff at the West Cambridge Nursery have created such wonderful, stimulating, caring and learning-focused environment that I have not seen anywhere else. They truly care about each child and it shows in the relationships they build together. My son loves going to the nursery every day and has learned so much from counting to table manners to sign language and even some French. The gardens for the children are full of wonderful outdoor toys and areas for them to explore from sandboxes to mud kitchens to slides, it is a child's paradise. I love that they teach the children about planting vegetables and flowers. My son can't stop telling me about how bees help feed the flowers and plants, something he learned from nursery. I am constantly recommending West Cambridge Nursery to all the parents that I meet.

The nursery has been very supportive with mu daughter, they provide outstanding care and are 100% committed to my daughters learning. I don't often get the chance to visit however I receive daily sheets on my daughter's care. She seems to love the food as she almost always eats it all. I get weekly observations on the parent zone App and I can clearly see my daughter THRIVING in their care.