St Margarets Nursery & Preschool Craigmillar Park

Our son has been at St Margaret's for two years and the staff are amazing. He comes home glowing and exhausted every night after having so much fun and he's learning so much. We can't recommend this nursery highly enough!

The nursery setting is spacious, clean and welcoming. The food is great too, and we have been especially impressed by the care shown towards children with dietary requirements.

Our two little girls have been attending St Margarets Nursery since they were about ten or eleven months old, and they have had an absolutely wonderful time! They are growing so well and becoming more confident each day. They love going to nursery, have made great friends, and are very happy with the staff.

Overall, we are very happy with the nursery and especially grateful to the staff who look after and support our son.

We have been very impressed with the St Margaret's team from the get go. They are kind, professional and wonderful with the kids. They listened to our first-time parent concerns and made an extra effort to support our little one with areas they were slower to develop in. Our little one loves going, especially the food, and is thriving. We have had an excellent experience so far.

We have had such a positive experience sending our son to St Margaret's Nursery. We love knowing our son is being so well looked after by such lovely early years practitioners. He goes in each day ready for a new adventure. We are so proud of how well he has developed and truly belive the nursery staff have helped him walk, talk, wave and eat well.

We love to see and hear what our son has been doing via the famly app and can see big changes in his eating habits since going to St Margaret's. Eating healthy berries at home now as well as nursery, teaching him how to feed himself finger food and now even cutlery.

All the staff give us wonderful updates daily on how our son's day has been and are always very positive and helpful for all the questions we have as parents.

It's such a big deal leaving your child with non- family members daily but it really has felt like our son has settled in so well with the staff in his room almost like family.

Thank you all so much!

St Margaret's Nursery & Pre-school is fantastic! Our son has attended the nursery since January 2025 and loves it! We originally chose the nursery for its excellent extracurricular activities, facilities, and outdoor space, and we are very happy with all of these. The children spend time outdoors every day. The staff members are fantastic. They really go the extra mile, facilitating engaging activities for the children, and the care is excellent. We are also very happy with the food, which is organic and prepared by the nursery chef. The menu is varied and designed together with an NHS nutritionist. They now also offer dinner, which is great! We are also delighted with how many friends our son has made in the nursery. He is absolutely beaming when he tells us about his day after nursery.

The food is cooked by their own nursery chef and kitchen team and Caspar eats far more variety there than he does at home. The whole nursery is so well organised. Huge thanks to Aishah, Amy, Claire and the rest of the team!! We would highly, highly recommend St. Margaret's.

We get fantastic regular updates via a mobile app, so feel connected to the boys on what they have been doing all day. The activities are really well planned and help with their development. It's night and day between other nurseries we have seen, I am so glad we were able to secure a place for my 2 boys.

We have had a really positive experience from the day our eldest daughter first started at St Margarets. The staff go the extra mile, they are so personable and engaging and the detailed reports we receive for both of our girls at the end of each day reassure us that they receive the very best care and attention. The daily picture and video updates via the app are excellent too and keep us informed of the diverse range of activities they partake in. A great nursery in a lovely setting - thanks so much for looking after our girls so well.

The children both love it there and have formed great bonds with the excellent staff and also created some amazing friendships with their peers. We have seen amazing progress in their development thanks to the teaching and care at the nursery. The facilities are excellent with a wide range of activities and access to a wonderful outside area. There is also great communication with end-of-the-day catch-ups and online blogs. I would highly recommend St Margarets.

This is a great, well-organised nursery with fantastic staff who are very professional, but also very caring of the children in each room. There is good food service, lots of activities, and the teachers pay special attention to creating a friendly and welcoming environment.

St Margarets Nursery & Preschool has been a great stepping stone for my little boy’s journey into the outside world. He loves the space and the staff and looks forward to attending every day which is a testament to the fact how lovely the environment is. It provides a great learning environment, plenty of outdoor space with great facilities and a staff that truly loves what they do. His food requirements are also always taken care of. The 2.5 years have been absolutely lovely.

Our son has been going to the nursery since 2021 and our daughter has just started and I honestly couldn't recommend this nursery highly enough! They've been absolutely brilliant from the very start. The building itself is gorgeous, with two massive gardens in the back. It is kept immaculately clean. The food the kids get given is all organic and changes every week. The staff are absolutely incredible - they are so kind and caring, and so invested in your childs well being. Management is superb and always really proactive when it comes to safety and updating policies and procedures so I always feel safe leaving my kids in their care. I'm not sure what I was expecting when visiting nurseries but no nursery I've ever seen has even come close to St Margarets! Absolutely 10/10 would recommend it to anyone!

The staff and all so kind and it is clear to see how much the children at the nursery love them. We would recommend this nursery to anyone and are proud to be connected to such a lovely community.

Our daughter recently started attending St Margerts and is thoroughly enjoying it. She loves the outdoor space and is well cared for by her staff. We are very happy she enjoys it so much.

As a parent, I appreciate, on occasion, being invited to explore the indoor and outdoor areas where my daughter spends her time and the regular child/parent updates on progress and milestones met to contribute to a strong sense of partnership between parents and the nursery.

I was told this is the best nursery/preschool, and I know now it is!

Both of our children have been at St Margarets for the past few years. When we first walked in we knew it would be a lovely place for them to attend and I'm glad to say we were right. They both love it, have made lots of firm friends and love the staff, who are all very friendly. It's also very professional behind the scenes too. I'd highly recommend it, the only drawback is that it is expensive, but you get what you pay for as with many things in life.

My two children are very happy at St Margarets. They spend plenty of time outdoors when the weather is good enough (there are several outdoor spaces). The staff seem very caring and fond of the children. I particularly like that my daughter, who is in the preschool room, has the opportunity to participate in visits to residents in a nearby care home most weeks. They also go on other outings such as local walks and trips to the park, which she likes. The nursery has also recently invested in providing sturdy sheltered areas to keep parents dry when doing drop off and pick ups.