Kids Planet High Bank

The best nursery. Healthy nutritious food, kind and caring staff. I feel so comfortable when my daughter is at nursery here as I know she is well looked after and fed well. I have used another nursery also but nothing comes close to High Bank.

We LOVE High Bank Nursery - Darlington. Our wee one is nearly 22 months and has been attending since she turned one. She absolutely thrives here. The staff are wonderful, the location, with so much fresh air - outdoor open play areas and the farm - all on site, is such a plus. Thank you High Bank for helping us raise our wee one and being so great at it!

I couldn’t recommend High Bank highly enough, thank you for doing such a wonderful job with my boy.

High Bank Nursey is a great setting for little ones. Every day is full of activities, which includes wandering around the farm to see the animals. The updates and pictures you get sent are great and help you feel reassured as a parent. I wouldn’t have my child go anywhere else!

I recommend High Bank nursery without hesitation.

Outstanding nursery! Can't praise the staff enough at Highbank. The facilities are great and with the nursery being on a farm, the children get to see the animals daily. Lots of time spent outdoors whenever possible. My daughter doesn't want to come home some days as having so much fun. Always see happy little smiling faces, well done Highbank.

My daughter has been here since before she was a year old... she has come on leaps and bounds in the last 4 years, I couldn't be happier. The staff are fabulous in every way they go the extra mile to help where necessary. Always a happy 4-year-old at the end of a day at High Bank.

I love High Bank nursery. My son loves going here and comes home full of stories about the activities the children do: French, Music, football, forest school. The staff are all warm and nurturing people and the food is wholesome. My son eats a much wider variety of food since he started at High Bank. Can’t recommend enough.

Thank you

All of the staff there are amazing, thank you.

I also believe the fresh food that’s made on a daily basis is fantastic.

Our daughter attends 3 days per week at High Bank and we are over the moon with how well she has settled there and the care she receives. This is thanks to the wonderful staff in the rooms who are so warm, caring and confident with the children. At every drop-off and pick up, I can see that my daughter feels cared for and safe. Yes, the farm setting and the activities are all excellent but truly it is the ladies in this nursery who are caring for my child who make the biggest difference to her day. From the moment she arrives, she gets cuddles, giggles, encouragement, play and lots more. They are wonderful and I can't speak more highly of them.

The staff are extremely caring, empathetic and nurturing of the children. The facilities are first class and the activities extremely varied and stimulating for the children. My daughter loves High Bank and I recommend them to everyone.

My daughter has attended Highbank since she was 9 months and she has been in each of the rooms. The environment is lovely and friendly. The activities are varied and linked well to key stages development. These include French, football, and music and movement classes for under threes. The provision of meals is outstanding compared to other nurseries charging similar prices, plus all the food is locally sourced.

The nursery is based on a working farm and the children are outside at least once a day. There is a fantastic covered outside area that enables the kids to get out even when the weather is bad. They have a fantastic outside park area, animal enclosures the kids visit with chickens, ducks, goats, pigs etc. Plus the Pre-School have recently been running forest school classes which my daughter loves.

We love this nursery and will be sad when our daughter leaves for school, but we are confident that she'll be doing so having been given the best start.

My husband and I knew we wanted to send our children to High Bank even before we were pregnant and now my twins have been at High Bank for over a year now since they were 6 months old. The staff have looked after our girls excellently and they are thriving in so many ways. There is a lovely warm and friendly atmosphere within the nursery and my girls always come home happy and very well fed. I am sure the food I cook at home is nowhere near as nice as the food they get at High Bank.

The nursery is always consulting with parents about plans they are making, changes to menus and ways to improve. They send out weekly email updates with an overview of the week and I find this so helpful in keeping in the know with what is going on.

I can't recommend this Nursery enough for all they have done for our girls and the support and guidance that they have provided to my Husband and I. It really is an outstanding nursery.

High Bank is a great nursery. My son started here in July last year and he absolutely loves it. The staff at the nursery are brilliant they are so enthusiastic and caring towards the children. The facilities, especially the outside area which my son loves are great. We couldn’t be happier that we chose High Bank for our son. We can go to work knowing he is happy and well looked after, which is a great feeling!

The outdoor farm area is fab and I like the emphasis the nursery places on outdoor activities.

Our son has been attending the nursery since he was a baby and is now in pre school, he loves it! The children all get involved in many activities within and outside the nursery setting of which has helped our sons all-round development hugely. A firm favourite of his is helping around the farm, seeing all the animals and playing in the wonderful park on the setting. I couldn’t recommend a better nursery!

Highbank Nursery is very welcoming and the staff in the Little Lambs Room were very loving and gentle. Our twins are now in Tweenies and are more active, coming home with artwork or baked items they have made. Neither looks back when walking into the nursery at the start of the day so they obviously enjoy themselves. There has been a recent change in menu and a focus on healthy eating which we like, we are trying to instil these habits in our children from a young age. The nursery has fantastic outdoor areas for activities and makes an effort to get the children outside. We have been very impressed with the care provided when one of our children was unwell. I would have no hesitation in recommending this nursery to friends or family as it was a hard decision to start nursery without feeling a little bit of 'mummy guilt'. Knowing that they enjoy nursery, eat well, nap well makes it worthwhile.

My daughter has attended this nursery for just over a year and she and I love everything about it, from the wonderful staff to the wonderful farm and park area. I only wish you had a primary school attached.