Hillside House Nursery - Hook-A-Gate

Thank you to everyone at Hillside for the warmth, dedication, and support you've shown our family over the years.

My daughter really loved her time at Millside. She has always wanted to come to nursery and is keen to talk about it afterwards. Impressions of the staff are they're very approachable and communication with the nursery has always been swift and easy. My daughter loved the staff and were kind to her. I really for possible consideration are a little refresh on toys and books. As they look tired a little more individual or personalised uploads on the app as we know very little day-to-day. Also, reading books to be sent home with preschool children. I asked multiple times if it was happening and was told yes, but nothing ever came of it. This is a shame because it would have been nice to get my daughter ready for school with this task so she wouldn't be surprised when at school. I am aware that the other nurseries to do this.

Excellent staff who let you know what they have been up to during the day. The facilities are all up to date, clean and tidy. My daughter is always happy to go to nursery and always comes home with a smile.

All of the staff makes an incredible effort to make both parents and children feel welcome and safe. You can tell how much my baby enjoys it and how she has developed a nice connection with the carers, which makes me feel good as a parent, to leave my baby in their care.

Hillside Hook-A-Gate was such a pleasure for our children to attend. The staff seem very attentive and caring. They try hard to stimulate the children to learn.

My daughter has loved being at Hillside House Nursery. She loves the staff as much as the kids. She also loves the food there is never a complaint about what she has eaten.

Both our children have been through Hillside over the past six years. It has been an amazing journey for us all. The staff are supportive, friendly, kind, caring and approachable. We could not have asked for a better early years for our children.

We have been happy customers of Hillside House Nursery for the past 7 years. Both of my children have had a wonderful experience here. The staff have all been truly amazing over the years; they are caring, professional, enthusiastic and work so very hard to make the children’s nursery days some of the happiest. They encourage the children to thrive and nurture all of their little individual personalities. I’m sure they have actual magical powers! With only a few months left until my youngest moves on to school, we feel very grateful for the care, love and education Hillside has given to our children. Thank you so very much!

The staff team are all amazing. They care so much about the children. My son really thrived, experiencing such wonderful activities, I cannot recommend this nursery enough! They truly deserve the Outstanding from Ofsted! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

I could not praise this nursery any more highly.

A wonderful team. A setting maintained to the highest standard and a wonderful atmosphere throughout. All three of my children have attended and the care and attention from the team is wonderful. Highly recommend!

Incredible nursery, such caring and nurturing staff and a wonderful environment for children to develop, learn and grow. So much thought goes into the planning of the day and my children love going. My children loved the food and it was well balanced and full of nutrition. Can't recommend this nursery enough.

My daughter started at 8-months-old, and the staff have cared for and nurtured her development throughout. I can't recommend Hillside House Nursery enough. Also compared with the feedback I've had from friends about other nurseries. I can only say good things about Hillside. The setting, staff, food, teaching has all been above and beyond.

As parents, we were very anxious about how he would settle due to Covid, but we were greeted with smiles and felt welcomed from the second we walked in. Our little boy loves nursery and is always spending his time in the creative or messy area. We have detailed handovers about how he gets on throughout the day, which puts us at ease knowing he is enjoying nursery.

What a wonderful place Hillside is! Our daughter is now in her 3rd year at the nursery and has had such an amazing experience. The staff are all so warm and friendly, and the building itself is just lovely - very homely feeling and always immaculately clean. We viewed other nurseries prior to this, and none of them even came close to the high standards of Hillside House, so much so that we have already reserved a place for our 2nd daughter to start in September 2021. We feel that Hillside has given our daughter the best start in her educational years, and are confident that with their input she will be more than prepared for starting Primary School next year. This review comes with our highest recommendations and urges any new parents that are looking to enrol their child into the nursery to certainly view Hillside House, Hook-a-Gate, you will not be disappointed!

My daughter has attended Hillside House since she was 1 years old and has had the most fantastic time. Wonderful teachers and environment to play and learn. The outside play area is great too. I couldn’t recommend this nursery enough!

The Hillside family have cared for and guided my two children from the age 1 to preschool age. Prepared them so well for their school journey. A happy and wonderful team, who all work so hard and put their children first. My children have been very happy at Nursery and I highly recommend it.

My little boy thoroughly enjoys going to Hillside House, Hook-A-Gate Nursery. The staff are warm, welcoming and offer a very high standard of care. The food available is healthy, homemade and freshly cooked on site. There are often other activities (Crafty Kitchen, Football etc) available too which is a great added extra! My little boy's beaming smile when we drop him off proves that he feels safe and content whilst in their care.

Each year we have had a beautiful booklet with Art, photos and observations and I can look back at his time there knowing we made the best choice.