LEYF - Camberwell Grove Nursery & Pre-School

My son has been attending for 2 days a week since starting at age 3 in Jan 2019. He is naturally shy and my hope was that nursery would help him become more confident and more comfortable in larger groups. He had a bit of shaky start and was quite distressed at drop-offs but the team (management and key workers) were very open to listening to our worries and responsive in offering suggestions and enacting solutions. As a result of those efforts, he's just come home from his graduation ceremony as a much more confident and happy-go-lucky boy, more than ready to start big school. I would wholeheartedly recommend Camberwell Grove - every staff member I've met has been warm, friendly, and caring and whenever I've had a concern, management response has been quick and comprehensive. Obviously COVID-19 has changed things but prior to this, they had a great programme of parent engagement in place and had we not moved to a different area I would have placed my younger son there in a heartbeat.

All the staff have been so welcoming and friendly - my son started at the end of August and the settling in process was really well thought through and personalised. The feedback from staff at the end of each day is really lovely - a detailed account of what my son has been up to and what he's been eating. The food is great - it's interesting to see the menus each day and the head chef did a parent cooking class recently that was good fun and very inspiring.

Our daughter has a whale of a time at nursery. She loves all her teachers and enjoys the range of activities that they organise for her and the other kids. I am often jealous of the food that she gets to eat for lunch and tea.

My son absolutely loves coming to nursery. He is a cautious child and his keyworker encourages him to take risks and join in messy play which is great. He really enjoys the freshly cooked meals and always eats well. When upset his carers give cuddles and comfort which is great, and we enjoy the daily feedback forms which tell us about his day. We are very pleased with the nursery and the care our son receives, he's definitely getting a lot out of the environment, Thank you.

Camberwell Groce nursery has the best outdoor space of all nurseries in the area. The activities kids do throughout the day are nurturing and fun for them. Kids always have great fun and don't want to go back home.

Camberwell Grove is caring, excellent and we have the utmost confidence in their ability to teach, care for and protect our son.