St George's Nursery Edinburgh

St George's offers an excellent learning environment for pre-school children with a holistic and a truly child-centred approach. We are delighted with St George's Nursery.

Warm and friendly nursery with dedicated and caring teachers and staff. Every day is different with an emphasis on outdoor activities and varied learning activities and play.

The nursery is a fantastic, colourful and vibrant place. I am always very happy to leave my daughter as I know that she will be extremely stimulated and surrounded by wonderful staff and great friends. She is always offered a wide range of activities to chose from, including painting, play-doh, puzzles, books, dressing up and much more. I know that each day she will go outside and experience some outdoor learning and fresh air. The staff are extremely welcoming and kind and I could not be more happy with the nursery.

St George's Nursery is one of the best nurseries my kids went to - and with three kids and moving several times I know a lot. The care is designed to be very individual and personal between kids and teachers. This helps them settling and supports their self-confidence. Thanks for that wonderful start - we are looking forward to the next months and years.

Nothing that I have seen can even compare to the nurturing, supportive, stimulating and creative environment that exists at St George's Nursery.

My daughter is happy at the nursery and the staff are very friendly, which is helpful for new kids to settle in. Can't fault it, excellent.

We moved our daughter here from another nursery and the change has been incredible. She loves going to St George's and she has developed very quickly in one month. Staff and facilities are outstanding. Only regret was not moving to St George's sooner. Lots of other parents talk highly of the place.

Our daughter aged 3 has attended nursery for the last term. We have been incredibly impressed with how quickly she has settled in to enjoy nursery life.

Weekly she has PE, library visits, ballet, campfire and outdoor play and a music class! The facilities and classes are fantastic but what makes the experience so incredible for us is that all the wonderful teaching staff in the nursery have found a way to connect with our daughter. They have listened and watched her and within a very short timeframe we're making her laugh and really understanding what makes her tick.

Our daughter needs encouragement to try new things. She has managed to take part in so much more than we ever imagined because of the motivation and help of the teachers. She comes back home worn out but really full of happiness and pleased with herself. It's clear from her learning, growth and the joy we see that we made the right decision in sending her to St George's.

We have been extremely happy with St George's Nursery - it provides an excellent transition year to school. They have distinct ballet, gym, music, library classes and my daughter was absolutely thrilled that they went on an excursion (like they do at big school!). She managed to convince herself that she was already P1 because they went to an assembly.

The outside play area is lovely; my daughter has enjoyed the woodwork. It has been interesting to hear what she has been learning in relation to literacy as well as general knowledge (nature, animals, transport). The staff are extremely nice and communicative and my daughter is very happy to go every day. Recommend without reservations.

The key worker is excellent, my daughter settles in four days and she love it! The school shares all the photos using different method and I can see my daughter's development. Excellent!

We are on a short term stay in Edinburgh and were extremely fortunate to have our daughter at this nursery. The staff are wonderful with the standard of care, activities and facilitation very high. I would recommend the St Georges nursery to anyone interested.

My son is extremely happy at the nursery, so much so that we extended his hours because he wanted to spend more time there! It provides a warm, happy and stimulating environment with plenty of outdoor play, which was a very important factor for us. The staff are delightful and make my son feel welcome every morning and they seem to encourage independence yet there is a structure to their day.

As a family, we have experienced a few nurseries in Edinburgh and abroad and we feel St George's Nursery is one of the best we've encountered - it is a shame we'll have to remove him for his preschool year!

Everything is fine and my child likes school and been settled well for first school experience.
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The nursery environment is both highly professional and caring. A great deal of support is given to the children who are well prepared for entering Primary 1.

My daughter has settled into the nursery very quickly. It is apparent that the staff care deeply for the children and it is wonderful to hear about the different things they do each day. I feel extremely comfortable leaving my daughter at the nursery. I love seeing how happy all the children are and it is marvellous that they spend so much time outdoors when the weather permits.

Fabulous nursery. My daughter has really learned a lot and thrived here. The staff look after her with a lot of love and care and my daughter loves going.

I have been really happy with the care that my little boy has received since starting at St George's Nursery a couple of months ago. The staff are exceptional - so supportive and caring and I am confident leaving him in their care knowing that he will be treated with respect and compassion.

There is a very good range of activities each day, as well as plenty of opportunity for self-directed play. The outdoor spaces are lovely, and the use of the school facilities (e.g. gymnasium, library and playing fields) are an added advantage.

I would highly recommend St George's Nursery.

This is a really nice nursery, with excellent facilities, and very friendly and attentive staff. Our son has adapted really quickly to being left alone, and getting used to playing with other children, and the staff are really accommodating in looking after the individual needs of each child.

This nursery has been fantastic for my son. It feels like a little oasis in the heart of Edinburgh, with lots of outdoor space for the children to explore. The children also access other parts of the school as well for music, PE and so on.

The staff are incredibly welcoming and although new to nursery life, my son settled after a week and now talks excitedly about what he gets up to on his nursery days. I have been impressed with the range of activities that they do with the children, so that there is also something new and fun to get involved with. Such as one week, where they had a camp fire in the 'fantastical forest' and had sausage rolls and another week the children were doing an 'Elmer' the elephant walk (imagine stomp...) around the school.

I feel that they work hard to ensure parents are engaged and well informed about their child's progress and they always have time for you as a parent, as and when you need it.

My wife and I have both been delighted at the care, supervision and environment provided for our 3-year-old daughter.
All of the staff are so warm and friendly and our daughter quickly adapted to her new environment within the first week of her time there. We have been particularly impressed with both the indoor facilities and the outdoor learning environment "fantastical forest"!
We would have no hesitation in recommending the nursery to any prospective parents considering placing their children.

Our daughter is very happy at St George's, so feel we made the right choice. The staff are lovely and the facilities are very good. The children are kept busy with lots of fun activities inside and outside.

Being a foreigner, my son for the first week cried a lot and loud, but the very dedicated teachers patiently attended to him, I feel very glad with the tremendous achievement and know that my son is in safe hands.

We are very pleased with St George's Nursery, we chose this one after visiting many nurseries in Edinburgh. On the few occasions we have been concerned, our worries have been addressed with speed and to our satisfaction. I would recommend this nursery to any parent.

We invested a lot of time and effort reviewing and visiting nurseries before deciding on St Georges and one year on are absolutely convinced that we made the best decision and that our daughter will have a great nursery experience followed by a great school experience at St George's.

The grounds and the way in which they are used is superb - the fantastical forest is...well, fantastical!

The effort that is invested in and the structure that is in place around the transition from each stage of nursery to the next and ultimately to P1 could not be better.

Love the focus on child lead learning and the flexible approach which is adopted around listening to the children and taking classes down the roads the children want them to.

The quality of the staff in terms of academic qualifications, relevant experience and personalities is beyond impressive.

- I think St George's School for Girls Nursery is brilliant. My daughter joined the nursery last November, she has been happy from the first day, settled into the nursery daily routine.
- Great outdoor spaces and indoor facilities.
- Keep parents updated about each child's activities in the nursery.

Very happy with St George's School for Girls Nursery.

All staff are nurturing and interested in children's well being. The experiences the girls receive are wide and often relevant. My daughter has been very happy there, has developed well and clearly engages in the activities provided.

I would welcome more outdoor play/learning; I don't think this should be led by weather. Also the after school care is of a much lower standard. Watching television is a disappointing "activity" even more so on lovely weather days.

Very gentle staff, very helpful. One in particular helped me so much a lot of times. My child will miss her school very much. She does like going to nursery so much. Many thanks for everything. We appreciated everything. It will be sad to leave you, hope we will keep in touch. Best wishes to all.

Very good!

I am always impressed by the warmth of the staff and the fun range of activities they are able to do with the girls. My daughter can't wait to go to school every day which I think is the ultimate compliment for St George's.

My daughter has been in the nursery for last 3 years and we have been very happy with her growth and development and overall progress. She has received the best care and attention and looks forward to her school years.

We chose St G's as we love the size of the school & feeling that you get whenever you approach the school-it is so much more than just a place of learning-there is a real tangible sense of community &belonging all around.

The nursery learning approach is very much child lead & play based. There is a very Montessori feel to the approach but with a mix elements which is a credit to the staff & a reflection of their experience. Classes like baking, ballet, gym days, regular performances, gardening are all about encouraging /developing fine different motor skills. The size & use of the school grounds is superb as they base a lot of the learning on playing outdoors which we love hearing about from our daughter & following in her online learning journals.

Ultimately, no matter where your child goes on to primary school, the time they will have spent at St G's nursery will give them a lot of happy memories and leave them well rounded and ready to start both P1 and the rest of their life.

The nursery staff and activities they do with the children are fantastic. My daughter's confidence has really grown since she started at this nursery and she has made some lovely friends.

I would recommend this nursery to all my friends and family.

My daughter settled in straight away and has loved every minute of being at nursery, she loves the outside space, especially having adventures in the woods. My daughter is picked up every day with a huge smile on her face!

My daughter has been at the nursery for a term now and I am very impressed. In particular, she has clearly been learning a wide range of topics, and her individual interests are also being very much encouraged. The welcoming atmosphere and staff have made her big move to Edinburgh much easier too.

This nursery has wonderful staff who work in excellent facilities. Our son is thriving in this happy, supportive environment. He runs to nursery every morning. We can see his progress through on-line learning journals as well as chatting to the staff daily.

Wonderful responsible stuff! Especially My daughter has received lots help and suggestions from teachers and the Manager. My children (both boy and girl) had a happy nursery year, they never complaint about going to nursery :)

My daughter has enjoyed a wonderful two and a half years at St Georges nursery. I cannot fault the incredible staff and the amazing nurturing environment they have created. The staff are always so welcoming, enthusiastic and accommodating-nothing is too much trouble. Every day my daughter runs in, desperate too see her friends and teachers, so excited about the day ahead. She has so much fun but at the same time learns so much every day. The children are taken outside virtually every day -sometimes into the on site "Fantastic Forest" (which she loves). We have made life long friends and cannot thank the staff enough for giving my daughter the best start possible to her education.

My wife and I have been very pleased and impressed by the standard of education and care provided by the nursery. Our daughter thoroughly enjoyed her time there and was always very keen to attend classes. Thank you very much for helping give her such a good start in life.

We consider ourselves very fortunate to have found such a very high standard of care for our daughter. The staff are incredibly kind and build learning around the children's experiences and interests. The indoor and outdoor facilities are beautiful and well maintained. It has been a wonderful choice to send our children to St George's.

Wonderful nursery, we have been delighted with everything. The inside and outside spaces are first class, especially the garden - a real home from home environment.

The staff are outstanding - they really got to know our son and the style of communication and care is extremely personable.

I couldn't recommend St George's highly enough.

Our daughter has been at St George's for one year and we are delighted with how she has progressed.
The variety of learning and care she receives is amazing and the outside learning opportunities are fantastic!
She is so happy at St George's and I have already recommended it to others!

I have been extremely impressed with St George's Nursery. My daughter has been at the nursery for just under a year (aged 2 1/2 when she joined). I was quite anxious when she joined as her language and communication wasn't as advanced as her bigger sister's had been at the same age, which I was worried might be due to a (only partially diagnosed) hearing loss in one ear.
The staff at St George's were excellent in meeting with me to discuss the issue and agree a strategy to help my daughter if she was struggling to hear in class. As it turns out, she hasn't had any issues and her speaking (and singing!) has come on in leaps and bounds. The staff were incredibly reassuring and always available for a quick chat if I wanted to check up on how she was getting on, and they regularly added photos and short stories to the nursery website so that I could see she'd been up to. I am really grateful to all the staff.

The nursery is very clean and very well adapted for all children. All staff are very knowledgable about your child's needs. The staff are very approachable and very friendly and keep you informed/updated on your child's development.
The Early Learning Journals update is great to see what your child does whilst at nursery and you can see their development weekly.

Incredibly well organised and operated nursery. Nursery nurses are highly professional, capable and of course, caring. They carry a daily log of my children's activities and their personal development has been outstanding. We're only leaving because it is a girls' school and therefore we have to! I have only had highly positive experiences from St George's.

St George's nursery is fantastic. Our daughter is very happy and blossoming in a supportive, nurturing environment. The staff are highly professional, mature and care deeply for the children.

Facilities are second to none and the oppertunities the children get are remarkable.

The staff are keen and attentive and enhance my child's experience. There is a programme of learning which is also fun for the child, and the staff reviews are really insightful but also fun! My daughter looks forward to attending nursery every day.

Our daughter started the nursery since last year and we can find her progress every day - mentally as well as physically. First of all, the nursery provides a good environment to girls. The girls can make the most of the forest/field/area around the school. They also often visit the library/music room of the elder girls. Secondary, they offer well-structured, variety of daily activities. The class is diversified therefore the girls can naturally learn different cultures, too. As a third point, they interact well with other girls at Primary school etc. I can see the elder girls take a good care of nursery girls and they connect each other very well. I think it is one of the best advantages for a relatively small school like St.George's - it provides a family atmosphere. The school offers flexible breakfast club, after school care, holiday clubs so I really appreciate such a scheme as a working mother. Overall, I am very happy with the school and my daughter surely enjoys her days.

Our child is in the nursery from 7:45 to near 6 including breakfast and after school club. As we work full time, we are grateful for the length of the care and supply for the lunch (hot meals). The nursery runs holiday club from 9 to 5 for school break. Regarding the curriculum, outdoor activities is one of the selling points. My daughter likes to climb trees. If this were a co-ed school, boys probably would dominate such an activity and girls skirt around them. But this is a girls' school (nursery accepts a few boys) and girls have a chance to experiment adventure. Because they have a primary school annex to the nursery, sometimes teachers and pupils of the school visit the nursery and introduce music and languages. The children can use the indoor facilities for PE and music. The nursery encourages parents to read stories to children. Our daughter has been the nursery for 7 months and she has developed well in terms of mental health, physical activities and dexterity.