Highfield Priory Nursery and School, Preston

My son has been in a couple of settings due to family relocation and Highfield has excelled beyond all expectations. They provide exceptional support and learning, proactive and caring. Staff are always enthusiastic and a pleasure to interact with, their love for their job shines through. My son's learning has come on significantly, with a love for the broad range of subjects. Trips, activities and outdoor provision is like nothing I've seen elsewhere, couldn't recommend enough.

He is incredibly well looked after and happy. A huge thank you to the team for creating such a high-quality, nurturing space!

My daughter absolutely loves Highfield Nursery! All of the staff are amazing, so caring and attentive, and they look after her incredibly well. It gives me real peace of mind knowing she is happy, safe, and supported every day. I couldn't ask for a better place for her to be.

Superb nursery for our three year old, the staff are brilliant and the nursery and pre school is a lovely learning environment. The forest school sessions are also a brilliant addition for children's development. Would highly recommend this nursery.

A truly great pre-school and nursery - the five stars in every category really are deserved! Our daughter has come on leaps and bounds since joining the pre-school and she loves every day there. So many different activities across the week, such friendly and professional staff, great parent interaction and so many different opportunities for parents to get involved.

My daughter started Preschool in September 2025 and her development has been excellent thanks to the superb teachers at Highfield Priory.

She has grown in confidence and her vocabulary and communication skills have developed significantly.

My daughter adores her teachers. A special thank you to all the preschool staff who are kind, caring and always promote a positive and safe environment for everyone.

My child has started highfield priory and is thriving. They plan to his needs, he enjoys going and the staff are friendly. The nursery feels very clean and welcoming. They have a variety of extra classes that he attends on a weekly basis. The manager is always available each morning and more than happy to help. The outdoor space is a very good size and they go out in all weathers. I feel confident that we made the right decision moving him to highfield.

Highfield Priory Nursery and Preschool is a beautiful setting for my child to learn and grow before school. The activities, curriculum, environment and teachers are top level. My child feels free to be himself and I would recommend Highfield to everyone.

Highfield Nursery is one of a kind. Both of my daughters have thrived with the support of the caring and loving teachers. They especially enjoy forest school and love being outdoors. The quality of activities they get to take part in such as dance lessons, wood work, and learning about nature is what makes Highfield unique.

Our daughter joined Highfield as she turned two, she's now 4 and in preschool. We've been delighted with the level of care and learning opportunities she's had. She's developed a strong love of learning and become very confident socially.

The early years department is very well managed and each of the members of staff are individuals I would hand choose to look after my children, kind, warm and very skilled at looking after and developing children.

We've always been so impressed with the activities she gets up to, it's something new and creative every day. The facilities in the new building are wonderful and the extracurricular opportunities are also fantastic.

Something we've always been particularly impressed with is the forest school provision. The forest is a fantastic space and the forest school leader is so passionate about teaching children about the outdoors, the lessons she plans are brilliant and it's inspired a love of the outdoors that I know will last a lifetime.

We are really pleased with Highfield. Since we moved our little girl she has really been given the opportunity to be herself and she is now so confident and is thriving in every aspect! The extra activities provided are amazing and I can't fault the nursery at all!

A truly incredible nursery. The staff are so kind and patient with the children and the activities are fun, engaging and they even go on school trips. It feels like every activity has been meticulously planned with the children, their development and enjoyment in mind.

The facilities are lovely, bright and clean, and the children spend lots of time outside getting fresh air (they love the forest school). It's also really nice that they use the facilities of the main school. Healthy meal options too.

My little boy started nursery at Highfield Priory Nursery in January and by the end of the first week he was walking in with confidence. The staff are extremely nurturing and helped him settle in so well. As soon as we mention nursery, he gets excited which is a true testament to the team! He is doing so many interesting things and is learning so much already. The communication from the staff is excellent. I can't wait to see how much he develops in such a nurturing environment!

All of the teaching staff are loving and caring. What more could a parent ask for when dropping their child off every day?! As a parent, I feel at ease knowing that the attention given is second to none; with a great amount of attention and thought given to the children's enjoyment, welfare and overall experience.

I have been impressed at the array of activities the children do such as forest school, sessions in the dance studio, weekly library visits, baking, sessions outdoors etc. All of these activities are helping to develop my son's confidence and a variety of skills. It is evident that the nursery is managed extremely well and all staff members take pride in the work they do which shows up on their smiles and the children's smiles too. I would encourage the staff to keep up the great work and to keep looking at opportunities for continuous improvement. This could even involve capturing ideas from parents, staff members and other leading nurseries around the country in order to keep evolving with the times.

This is an excellent nursery. All the staff are welcoming and friendly and have taken such good care of my twin boys. My boys started when they were 2 years old and I can see the progress they have made over the past 18 months. I can't recommend them enough!

Great nursery. Our child was very happy during her time here. The teachers/staff are all lovely and kept us informed on our daughter's progress. I feel she thrived in the pre-school/nursery environment, we were very pleased we chose Highfield. She was always pleased to go into nursery and all I wanted for her was to be happy and safe and both of those wishes were fully met.

I don't quite have the words to express how much our little boy loves going to nursery at Highfield. From his first day, he was surrounded with warmth and care, fun and play, and a brilliant learning environment, even having access to forest school twice a week. He has grown in all areas and we are so happy that he is happy. The staff are amazingly kind, generous and patient, and it's a testament to the quality of the nursery that most of them have been working there for years. As a family, we are looking forward to the rest of his Highfield journey.

I could not have asked for a better start for my child, the money spent on education at Highfield is the best investment you can make in your little one.

Both of my children have attended Highfield Priory Nursery and Pre-School and I have found the provision to be excellent. From an educational perspective, the curriculum covers all key and statutory requirements whilst ensuring that the delivery is child-centred and tailored to the needs of the individual. Where additional support is required this is always given in partnership with home. Communication is excellent on both informal and formal channels. Pastoral care is at the core of the provision with safeguarding running throughout and is again reinforced with positive practice and interaction. Values and ethos are evident in staff interactions with the children and this is reflected in the positive relationships created. School support staff assist in administrative matters and provide excellent communication. Despite a recent fire and change of building staff have dealt with this in such a way that it has not impacted on the children and their environment continues to help them flourish.