The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven

56 Arduthie Road, Stonehaven AB39 2EH
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The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven offers high quality childcare to children up to the age of five.

Children can enjoy play and exploration in a rich and diverse learning environment. Activities are child-led and staff help children to grow, learn and create together.

The natural environment is an essential part of children's learning journey at the nursery with children taking part in woodland walks and forest cooking.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Nicola Symon & Louise Fairweather (Managers)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 25

Total Places for Children

  • 133

Age Range

  • from 0 years 0 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • Please contact us for a copy of our current fees or for any information on funding.
    Sibling discount available 5-10%

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-17:30
    Tuesday 07:30-17:30
    Wednesday 07:30-17:30
    Thursday 07:30-17:30
    Friday 07:30-17:30

The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven Reviews (24)

9.8

The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.804) out of 10, based on 24 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven has 24 reviews.

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Review from Emma M (Mother of Child) published on 24 September 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff have been brilliant at helping our little one settle into nursery. Baby room and outdoor space at nursery is great. Love how they get them out for walks and outside area as much as possible when nice weather. She's now running into nursery so has built the trust with the girls there and we have
no worries with how she is getting on during the day. She's also eating and napping pretty good which has made such a difference compared to when she first started.
Reply from Louise Fairweather, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for your lovely feedback, we are thoroughly delighted that your child has settled well and enjoying our nursery environment.
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Review from Tanisha C (Mother of Child) published on 5 September 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am pleased to say that my child loves nursery. The staff are very understanding, patient and capable and its great that there are so many years of experience among them. My little one has been in the baby room.sunce he was 8 minths and I was so nervous about taking him so young but he settled straight
in. It makes me happy that he's as happy to go to the members of staff there as he is to me.
Reply from Louise Fairweather, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for your lovely feedback, it is greatly appreciated. We are delighted that your son enjoys his time at our nursery.
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Review from Philip H (Father of Child) published on 3 July 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our child has enjoyed going to the Croft. She has been there since she was one year old in the baby room and has done the pre-school year twice. We will use the Croft for after-school club starting from August.
Reply from Louise Fairweather & Nicola Symon, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for your lovely feedback, it is much appreciated, we are delighted that your child has enjoyed their time at the setting.
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Review from C B (Mother of Child) published on 26 June 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We have had our child in the nursery for nearly a year, and we have had great communication with the nursery on the wellbeing of the child, how they have settled and how they are getting on. The staff are all lovely and very attentive. The facilities they have at the nursery are great and lots for the
children to choose from. Great they take them out of the nursery for adventures and they get to experience different activities.
Reply from Louise Fairweather, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for your kind review, we appreciate your feedback. We're happy that your experiences of our setting are positive and that your child thoroughly enjoys his time with us.
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Review from T S (Mother of Child) published on 25 June 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We've had a fantastic experience with this nursery. Our child really likes attending the nursery and is really happy when talking about all the staff members.


The staff members, both those working with the children and management, are hugely knowledgeable, friendly and communicative and all the workers

across all rooms seem to know all the children well. Moving between rooms when our child got older was something we worried about as something that could upset our child but was something that was really easy and problem free because of this factor.


The children experience a really nice variety of themed and educational activities inside and get loads of outdoor time in what are excellent large garden facilities. The children also get out on trips locally which is lovely. The kids also all seem to play together really well and get on which we think must be down to the excellent staff activity planning.


The meal choices also seem healthy and varied and our child certainly likes them.

Reply from Louise Fairweather, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for your lovely feedback, it is greatly appreciated. We are delighted that you have had a great experience with us.
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Review from Keira H (Mother of Child) published on 25 June 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We've had a great experience with this nursery. The staff are wonderful - friendly, professional, and always approachable. My son looks forward to going in every morning, which says a lot about how comfortable and happy he feels there. It's the same for his older brother who attends the before and after
school club twice a week. Any queries we've had have been dealt with promptly and helpfully. It's reassuring to know they are in such good hands every day.
Reply from Louise Fairweather & Nicola Symon, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for your lovely feedback, it is much appreciated. We are delighted to hear that your son has had a great experience at our nursery.
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Review from Morven M (Mother of Child) published on 30 April 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our child is incredibly settled at The Croft, which is testament to the calm, welcoming and positive ethos that is consistently evident.  The entire staff team are both approachable and friendly with nothing being too much trouble.  From the welcome shared by every team member at drop off, similar at
pick up and the one to one at handover, it's such a valuable and reassuring resource to be offered.  Information shared at handover is thorough and reflects how well the team know and care about our child.  Our child's experiences includes a healthy balance of indoors and outdoors and the craft activities are clearly child led, with the focus on the experience rather than outcome. The layout of the room is purposeful and organised; resources are easily accessible with something to engage them on arrival. Our child has so much fun, arrives with a smile and is collected with a smile.  What more can we ask for.
Reply from Louise Fairweather, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for the lovely feedback, it is much appreciated. We are delighted that your child is happy and thriving in our setting.
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Review from J L (Mother of Child) published on 26 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The facilities at The Croft in Stonehaven are really good, with two unique buildings along the same road and centrally located in the town. Both facilities have a massive outdoor space and lots of play features for the children to have fun with. Indoors are laid out in natural tones with plenty of space.
The staff are extremely good with the children and can cater to each personality. They lay on engaging activities for the children. I love it when I arrive a bit early to collect my son and overhear the children singing, dancing or playing games together, led by staff, during circle time. A particularly special time is that spent in the nearby woods where they undertake outdoor learning activities. My child is preschool age and we like the place so much we have chosen to continue to use it for after-school care going forward.
Reply from Louise Fairweather & Nicola Symon, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for sharing your experience and for your lovely review.
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Review from Ruth M (Mother of Child) published on 26 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son loves all of the outside time at The Croft. The facilities and activities are excellent! Lots of positive experiences and opportunities for the children. My sons also love going on the walks to the train station, park, and beach. The staff are lovely and great with the children.
Reply from Louise Fairweather, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for your kind review. We're happy that your son thoroughly enjoys his time at the setting. We appreciate your feedback.
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Review from Lottie W (Mother of Child) published on 18 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Have always found the staff to be very caring with a genuine interest in my son's health, welfare and development. My son looks forward to going to nursery and always has a positive experience, which speaks for itself.
Reply from Louise Fairweather and Nicola Symon, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for taking the time to review us - we are so pleased you are happy with the service we provide. Thank you for your feedback.
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Review from J T (Mother of Child) published on 18 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff are always friendly and take time to update you on your child's day on collection. My child always has a busy day of different activities and is regularly outside. Really happy we chose this nursery.
Reply from Louise Fairweather and Nicola Symon, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you so much for your review and comments, we really appreciate your feedback and pleased you are happy with the service we provide.
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Review from A K (Father of Child) published on 13 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Nice and helpful staff and management. My daughters love attending The Croft. The school drop off service is very helpful for working parents. I would like to thank the Croft team for all the help we received!
Reply from Louise Fairweather, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you so much for your review and comments, we really appreciate your feedback and pleased you are happy with the service we provide.
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Review from L B (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter goes to pre school at The Croft. She feels very safe and secure. The staff always ensure she's included and support her when she needs support. She has solid strong friendships and a great relationship with the staff at The Croft. They have a range of activities for the children and they
all seem to be happy. They go out their way to make sure the children have fun. The only negative is that the preschool have to change buildings twice a day due to having too many school kids arriving. This means they don't get to socialise with the older children/friends they went to pre-school with last year.
Reply from Louise Fairweather & Nicola Symon, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for your review and comments. We are pleased you are happy with the service we provide. We are looking into possible solutions to reduce the transitions for our pre-school children.
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Review from H D (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Great staff, good activities and amazing facilities. Trustworthy setting. Big outdoor play area. Personal attention by assigned child carer. Focus weeks to dig deep into development activities are very helpful. Cleanliness and safety always maintained.
Reply from Louise Fairweather & Nicola Symon, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for your review - we are so pleased you are happy with the service we provide.
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Review from C J (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have a son in anti-pre school and he absolutely loves it, he is well cared for with a huge variety of activities including beach, park and train station trips! The facilities are great and the kids have everything they need. The staff are so friendly and give a full debrief on collection of my little
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I also have a girl in out of school and again it is great, my daughter loves out-of-school club, I feel very comfortable that she is well cared for on the walk from school and fed and watered on arrival. My daughter has additional needs and the staff couldn't do more for her. I am very happy with The Croft Nursery and OOS.
Reply from Louise Fairweather & Nicola Symon, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for taking the time to review us - we are so pleased you are happy with the service we provide. Thank you for your feedback.
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Review from Christine M (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I've always been very happy with the nursery staff, facilities and resources available and have never had any issues. My children have always been happy to go in or settle quickly once in. The outside space is excellent and little excursions that they take the children on are great. I would like to
see a bit more about what activities they do daily within the nursery on the social media page though.
Reply from Louise Fairweather & Nicola Symon, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you so much for the taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy you are pleased with the service we provide and will take the areas for improvement on board, to increase the activity on…read more
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Review from Jillian B (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both my children ages 20 months and 4.5 years attend The Croft and we have two extremely happy children who love going to nursery. Both have been there since 9 months old and haven't had any problems. Days out in the community and consistent routines.
Reply from Nicola Symon & Louise Fairweather, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for your review - we are so happy you are pleased with the service we provide.
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Review from S G (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our children have attended The Croft since 2019, the staff are hard-working, friendly and reliable. We wouldn't want to put our kids anywhere else. Over the last 6 months we have noticed positive changes within The Croft. We are very grateful for all the staff do, not to mention our kids have always
been happy to attend.
Reply from Louise Fairweather & Nicola Symon, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for taking the time to review us - we are so pleased you are happy with the service we provide. Thank you for your feedback.
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Review from Stacey H (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery and staff here are truly amazing at what they do. The staff are all so lovely and approachable. I feel so confident and comfortable that my child is really enjoying his time here. Wide variety of activities on offer for the kids to do during the day. The staff are all very supportive and
helpful. My child has gone from being anxious and emotional to now being independent and taken himself into nursery on his days. Highly recommend.
Reply from Louise Fairweather, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you for your review - we are so happy you are pleased with the service we provide.
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Review from K A (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I would highly recommend The Croft to others. My child has thrived here and all the teachers whether in his class or not know his name and acknowledge him by name every single time he sees them when I'm there. He does things at home that I know he must have learned at nursery and I then encourage this
at home. The only thing that I would like to improve is the completion of communication on the app. However, on the other hand, if it means teachers are spending the time with my child instead of spending time documenting then I really can't complain as I'd rather that. He loves the food there and always so much variety and wholesome food that he enjoys. The outdoor space is great and I love how the emphasis is on children being outside as he is certainly an outdoor child no matter the weather. The teachers are great, my son loves them all. I get regular updates and all teachers appear to listen to my input.
Reply from Nicola Symon & Louise Fairweather, Manager at The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy you are pleased with the service we provide and will take the areas for improvement on board and see where we can put…read more
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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.804)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.804) out of 10 for The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 24 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.9 out of 5 from 24 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.902 for The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven is calculated as follows: ( (262 Excellents x 5) + (20 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) + (2 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 285 Ratings = 4.902
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.902 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven is based on 24 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 133 number of registered child places is 26.6. 24 Positive Reviews ÷ 26.6 = 0.902
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Frequently Asked Questions about The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven

What is the Age Range of Children that The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven accepts?

The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven accepts Children aged from 0 years 0 months to 5 years 0 months.

What Days & Hours is The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven Open?

The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven is open: Monday 07:30-17:30, Tuesday 07:30-17:30, Wednesday 07:30-17:30, Thursday 07:30-17:30, Friday 07:30-17:30.

How many Children does The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven have capacity for?

The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven has capacity for a total of 133 Children.

How far is The Croft Nurseries - Stonehaven to the centre of Stonehaven?

0.4 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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