Croft Day Nursery - Oakdale

The staff are extremely friendly. I have 2 children there in Little Steps and Baby room and I couldn't recommend it more highly. The staff are brilliant and the place itself is fantastic. Always organised activities with plenty of free time play. Both children are really happy here. Wouldn't send them anywhere else

I can not express enough how happy I am with this nursery, they have made both my children very happy and have helped with their development. The staff are incredibly polite and keep you up to date at all times. My children feel very safe and happy to be their 100% satisfaction.

My daughter has been going to the nursery 4.5 days a week since the age of 2.5 and will be starting school this year. It is amazing to see how confident and independent she has become after attending the nursery. She is always very happy to go as she has made lots of friends. There are times I have picked her up and she didn’t want to leave as she was having so much fun! Other children always come out happy and look like they have been well stimulated with activities. The manager and staff are extremely flexible and accommodating to requests. They arrange various parties and stay and play sessions throughout the year as well as have parent evenings where you get to spend some time going over their development and achievements. The nursery feels safe and friendly and I would highly recommend.

My child has attended first steps since she was 2 years old and now attends the after school and holiday club as a 5 year old. She absolutely loves it there and looks forward to Thursdays when she gets to go to the after school club. The facilities are fantastic and staff are incredibly friendly, they will go out of their way to help in any way they can. I would highly recommend First Steps to any one needing child care or a place at pre school. I will be continuing to use First Steps until my child is too old to attend, which will be a sad sad day.

Ensuring our son had the right nurturing environment was a huge pressure on me and my husband so based on other parent recommendations we decided to visit first Steps - and haven't ever looked back. The staff have a clear passion for the work they do and for the children they care for and our son was coming home every day with a new project to show us, a new skill he had learned, a story to tell about his friends or just eager to go to sleep so he could go back there again the next day! Due to my work commitments I was never able to participate in the drop offs and pick ups as much as my husband could but the staff always kept me up to date with my son's progress whenever I needed it so that I could feel involved with them (very important for an emotional mother just returning to work from maternity leave!). My son went through an extended period of painful physiotherapy to help him learn how to walk and I can honestly say that without the professional way in which the staff helped him go through his exercises on a daily basis, he probably would have taken much longer to reach his goals. Each and every member of staff working there is a credit to their profession.

From the moment I walked into the Nursery I knew this was the one!! Staff are always happy and looked after my son with such care!! They helped him grow into a confident young man and they were a big part of our family for 4 years!! I would have no hesitation in using them again ... it truly is, along with everyone that works there,a beautiful Nursery!!