Wilmere Lane Nursery School

From the off, all of the staff seemed friendly, approachable and welcoming. Our son started Playmates in the caterpillar room at the age of 9 months. The care he has received has been excellent. Our son is now two and a half years of age. His learning and development and social skills are brilliant. He loves nursery and all the friends he has made along the way.

My son had attended a previous nursery for 2 years but due to relocating we joined Playmates in April last year. I was apprehensive at moving my son as his old nursery was all he had known but he has settled in so well and loves the nursery and all the staff. The staff are a credit to the nursery and always kept me informed as to how he was settling in and getting on. My son loves attending the nursery and has great relationships with teachers and other children. There is good communication between staff and parents and any concerns and queries are addressed. I would definitely recommend this nursery to other parents.

My daughter has come on leaps and bounds since being at nursery, staff are lovely and helpful and my child gets so excited to go to nursery, they involve her in plenty of activities and she continues to surprise me with how quickly she is developing. This is down to the staff at the nursery.

A fantastic nursery! The staff are so friendly and caring. It was clear why so many of my friends recommended Playmates. As soon as we walked through the door we knew it was where our children would be best nurtured once my maternity leave was over.

Great forward-looking nursery using the latest pedagogy to help stimulate the children's minds, they are well looked after my little boy is very happy there, they have also been very flexible with the free hours and allowing us term time only.

Could do with more parking spaces.

Both girls are happy and excited to go into the nursery and pre/school, which shows me they look forward to their days there and supports my feelings that the environment of which they are in is positive and successful in the service that they are providing.

The nursery looks good the way its been done but looks aren't everything. All staff work really hard and look after the best interests of the child, they are always really busy. The new manager of the nursery is good and works very hard and clearly goes out of her way to lead staff in a friendly and fair way along with new ideas and ways for children to reach their full potential. I am happy with my son's progress and the way all staff take care of him, with good communication from them all and any problems they listen and take on board.

My child has only just started here after becoming unhappy at a previous nursery. The difference in just 2 weeks. Settled in so quickly and is very happy here. Extremely excited and chatty telling me about their day and what done with friends. Staff friendly and helpful, lots of resources and children encouraged.

My son spent a year at Playmates and I couldn't have wished for a better 1st experience of nursery life for him. He was very shy when he first started but with the help and encouragement from his lovely key people, he quickly came out of his shell and his communication skills got a lot better. He made lovely bonds with his key people who would go above and beyond to encourage his learning. The staff were always happy to stop and talk about his day during pickups, telling me about the various activities he had done and any new achievements he had made. I would get daily updates about his learning through his learning journal, as well as occasional picture messages letting me know how he was, if he was settled and what he had been up to that morning. It was very reassuring to know he was settled and happy, enjoying his day and making new friends. The staff are excellent, very friendly and welcoming and I couldn't recommend the nursery enough.