Colourbox Montessori School & Forest School - Newmarket

Great staff who let children express themselves with careful moderation and sensitivity. The importance given to outdoor time and ensuring it is child led is the best part of the nursery. Their communication is excellent.

Couldn't ask for a better nursery. Our daughter is always excited to walk through the doors in the morning and comes home with big smiles too. Staff incredible and you can tell they genuinely care. Can't wait to see our girl grow up as she progresses at this amazing nursery. Thanks to all the hardworking staff!

We loved the outside aspect of forest school and that the children are free to roam and explore. The facilities are excellent. Our daughter learned to be independent and confident doing things for herself. Sadly for us the lack of communication really let things down. There are no verbal handovers and everything is done via email. We would often have to ask repeatedly for the same things and no one ever quite knew what was going on. There is a lack of organisation and things often felt chaotic. Our daughter's key person left and this wasn't communicated to us and a new key person was not introduced. We really struggled with potty training - we would ask at pick up if she had accidents, etc and we would be told to check the app but the information wouldn't be on there either. We sadly decided to move nurseries. I know the staff are working really hard under a lot of pressure and it isn't all negative there are just some issues that need to be smoothed out.

My sons absolutely loved the forest school, still talking about it months after leaving to go to big school. A fantastic, immersive educational experience with outstanding practitioners and leaders who really get to know each child upon their journey.

I love the variety of food available to the children and the fact they are involved in laying the tables, clearing away and preparing their own snacks. These are life skills which we incorporate at home now too and my son is much more independent.

This nursery is amazing, my daughter has multiple dietary needs and they cater to everything she needs, went through everything with us, working together to ensure she is having everything she can. All staff are so helpful, nothing ever seems to be a problem. She has absolutely blossomed since being there, she loves days she goes, she gets so excited getting ready. She’s learnt so many skills, her self confidence is flourishing more every day. I just couldn’t rate it enough, my other daughter is even starting soon as well.

Handover at the gate or through email is always done promptly and with respect to privacy.

Feel content leaving my child in the hands of caring, well-trained staff who prioritise child-led learning. I also thoroughly enjoy my child attending the forest school part of the nursery which has shown many benefits in my child's development.

We are moving out of the area and hope the next Montessori school provides a similar environment to nurture her growth.

The team at Colourbox Montessori School & Forest School Newmarket helped my son overcome some struggles I'd been having for a while. We switched nursery at Easter time 2021, and in just a few months gave him, and me, the confidence for him to start school this week. You all helped more than you will ever know! Thank you all so much.

My son has really enjoyed all the outside space they provide equally with the more focused work up at the tables. My son is so ready for school now thanks to Colourbox Montessori School and I'm confident that the transition will be seamless.

My eldest has been attending Colourbox Montessori School & Forest School Newmarket since he was 3 and he absolutely loves it. After every session, he is so excited to tell me about what he has done that day and what a delicious lunch he had! He loves his key worker, and all the other staff too, they are always happy and welcoming and he often comes home with stories of the games they have played that day and the interesting things he has learnt. He will be sad to leave for school in September, but I know he will have had the best foundation to start his school life.

I would highly recommend this nursery to anyone and will be very sad to say goodbye to it later this year.

Our twins were struggling with our recent international move which hard for anyone, let alone four year old's! Their experience at Colourbox Montessori School & Forest School Newmarket was what turned it all around. They loved their class and they learnt so much! One of our twins has food allergies and they were very accommodating.

Colourbox Montessori is a brilliant nursery my daughter has come on so much with the fantastic staff that they have. They have coped very professionally with the pandemic making sure it was safe for the children to attend.

My son started at Colourbox Newmarket in September. All the staff what I have experience with have been friendly, warm and welcoming from the start and the children there are so friendly too. The way the curriculum is organised and delivered is brilliant. My son is learning new words daily and has learned other ways to communicate. Above everything, the best part of Colourbox Newmarket is the forest school. All classrooms are free-flow to outside play areas anyway, but the forest school area is like nothing I’ve ever seen anywhere else - it’s like a classroom in the woods.

We are constantly amazed by the things he is learning through being in Colourbox. He is still very young, but he has such confidence and independence from his time there. It is the only place I can imagine myself being happy to send him. Thank you, Colourbox!

The staff are friendly and caring which is clear to see when our son goes running in each time.

Absolutely fantastic nursery with brilliant daily updates on what my daughter has done that day. Teachers have managed fantastically well keeping the children and themselves safe during Covid and have regular communication with parents. My daughter loves Colourbox!

My son absolutely loves attending the nursery. We moved him from another nursery as the Montessori has so much outdoor space which really suits my son. He loves the forest club which he goes looking for bugs and animals.