St Ives School Nursery

My daughter has settled into the nursery really well and I love the setting and all the staff. The new manager has been a great new addition and her management style is excellent. She is so approachable and genuinely cares for all the children and staff and wants them to have a great experience. My daughter has been potty trained at nursery within the last few weeks with no fuss whatsoever. I’m really looking forward to another year at the nursery and to see how much more my daughter learns and improves over the year. Keep doing what you’re doing!

This is a wonderfully warm setting, where children are nurtured to encourage their curiosity and start their love of learning. I couldn’t rate the staff more highly. They have taken such great care of our little boy.

Wonderful learning environment, combining really good structure with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere and fantastic opportunities for play. Our daughter is very happy and we can see she is developing a positive approach to learning and enjoys her days with staff and children. Her key worker has been amazing!

Our son loves his days spent at The Ivies Nursery and runs into school each day with a smile on his face. His initial settling-in experience was handled sensitively, with the kind and caring staff ensuring that he was happy and confident in his new surroundings. The nursery staff are wonderful and work very hard to create a nurturing environment for the children, with lots of fun and engaging activities and experiences. He also enjoys all the extra lessons led by the specialist teachers from the main school, such as French, Music and PE. It is a real benefit to this Nursery that the children can experience these activities. The Ivies Nursery is set in beautiful grounds and the children spend a lot of time enjoying the outdoors which we love and was an important factor in our decision making. We highly recommend The Ivies Nursery and are very happy with our choice of where to send our son.

My son started at The Ivies Nursery in September 2022 and he settled in very quickly. He absolutely loves it. Everyone is so caring and attentive. He has already learnt so much. Cannot praise this nursery enough.

Our daughter recently joined The Ivies and settled in immediately. She’s always excited to begin her days at nursery, where the facilities are outstanding, and there’s a weighting towards outdoor, adventurous learning. The staff are welcoming, and the breadth of topics they learn and cover is second to none. Being sent updates of what the children will be learning the following week is very beneficial as this allows us to take the highlights home.

Having tried a couple of nurseries previously with our daughter, so far, we couldn’t rate The Ivies any higher.

Amazing staff with so much heart and a caring mindset. They really do go the extra mile for each child, recognising their specific individual needs and how their development and their view on life is introduced to them through play, nature and friendship.

Our daughter and son have recently joined The Ivies. They both settled in immediately and absolutely love it. The settling in process was thorough and played a huge part in making moving nursery a smooth transition. The staff are warm, friendly, supportive and professional, and have created a welcoming, inclusive, fun and educational environment. Highly recommended.

The Ivies, Haslemere is outstanding. Both of my daughters have flourished there. The staff are fabulous and I feel my daughter is learning and playing. She adores it there and that's a real testament to the care the Ivies provides.

The staff are wonderful, my son loves them like extended family, they are professional and very warm and friendly and I trust them implicitly to do the best for my son.

Our daughter settled into The Ivies immediately. The staff are all brilliant. Ivies provide a nurturing environment, with well thought through learning tools, great activities and space inside and out. We have been extremely happy with it and would highly recommend it.

The Ivies is a very special place. It is a nurturing and caring setting where each child is treated like an individual. My son has been exceptionally happy at The Ivies and that is all down to the wonderful teachers, staff, other children and parents. In addition to the caring environment, the children are helped to develop at their own pace but in a fun and progressive way. My son has excelled there.

Everything a nursery should be. Highly recommended. We had a very difficult experience with our elder child in a daycare type nursery. What a revelation St Ives has been. The same caring, dedicated staff each day. Staff who know your child, their strengths, interests and personalities so well. Activities planned around your child to help them grow and develop. Such a happy place to be a child.

The Ivies is a very special place! My daughter just loves it there and is thriving on the exceptional care, stimulating environment and varied activities. The staff are just wonderful and go above and beyond to create a fabulous nursery where every child can flourish.

The staff at The Ivies have been exceptional in settling our daughter into nursery life. We did look at a couple of other nurseries but they did not compare with the caring, homely and friendly atmosphere of The Ivies. The children have access to lots of indoor and outdoor space. They have lots of lovely toys to play with and there are different, stimulating activities every day. The settling-in process is extremely good and really helped our daughter who did not want to leave mummy at the beginning. Now we drop her off and she is happy and smiling and loves her time at nursery. She comes out every day singing and laughing and has made lots of lovely friends. She has grown in confidence and learnt so much since attending. Her vocabulary grows every week. We have recommended The Ivies to a number of friends. We could not be more happy with our choice and enjoy dropping her off, knowing she's in safe hands and going to have a great time!

Both my daughters have attended The Ivies nursery and we feel like it's an extension of our family. They both have thrived in nursery, learning so many new skills through fun and play and enjoying all the wonderful activities offered such as forest school, ballet and swimming. The staff are amazing, attending to the children with warmth and care. You are always updated on what your child is doing at nursery either face to face or via their online system, where you can see wonderful pictures of their days at nursery. I highly recommend this nursery!

As a "mumpreneur" I really appreciate the flexibility they offer on the occasional day I need to drop her off early or pick her up late. Furthermore, my daughter loves her school and all her new friends which is what any parent would really want. A large reason I chose St Ives out of all the schools I visited, was that they emphasised child well-being and happiness the most. This is incredibly important and it was something many of the other schools were not addressing. The school is also very happy to cater for my daughter's specific dietary needs with pleasure.

My daughter attends The Ivies three days a week and loves every second of her day. She has firm friendships, feels included and has grown and developed her skills in both interactions, role play games, sharing, understanding the needs of others and even holding a pen and starting to form letters. She enjoys forest school on a Monday, Ballet on a Tuesday and cookery on a Friday. She has a strong bond with her key workers and during the holidays misses the nursery and her friends terribly. My youngest, 8-month-old, will be going to The Ivies when she's old enough.

My son has attended Ivies for just over a year and during this time, I feel he has received a level of care and attention I have not experienced in the four other nurseries my other two children have been to in the past.

The staff go beyond in terms of attention, genuine affection for the children, continuity, enthusiasm and professionalism. This care has benefitted my son greatly and shows in his confidence and nature. He smiles and runs happily into nursery and smiles and waves his way out.

Both of our girls have been at The Ivies, Haslemere for 4 years in total. They absolutely love it. The little one does not want to leave the nursery at picking up time! The teachers are very experienced and kind. They do lots of activities. They have a structured approach, a thing which suits our kids. Our kids developed a warm and loving relationship with other kids and staff. They are good at spotting if any areas need further development and know how to do it.

Surely the best area around we think!