The staff here are very nice, the building seems very secure, but light and airy with plenty of…read moreoutside space for the kids to play in. They are open from 8am until 6pm and a lot of the staff will help out with baby sitting outside school hours. You get a written report of what your little one has been up to each day and it's open all year round which is very handy indeed if you are a working single parent. I don't have much experience of these places but I like it and more importantly, so does my daughter.

Love this nursery! Very comfortable and safe environment, loving and caring staff, easy…read moreapproachable management. Staff are so passionate about their work. Lots of fun and educational activities. Well done team and thank you so much!

Lovely Nursery.My two sons have just started and as they had never been in childcare before i…read morelooked into it alot and found this one to be the best in the area.Its priced alongside the rest of them.They cater for babies right up to pre school age so you can let them stay there and make friends right before school.The staff are all friendly and very well trained.They all greet you as you arrive and leave and make it a very nice place for me to leave my children when they cant be with me.The nursery is very secure and very well ran.I wouldnt hesitate to reccommend it to anyone and also think its in a very good location

Our daughters are now in their second term here, and are absolutely loving it. Staff are gentle,…read moreand friendly, and there is plenty of space and toys for them to play with. Generally, the girls are happy to be dropped off there, and on the odd occasion where they don't want to leave mummy or daddy, Carly and her staff are very good at calming them down.

My twin girls have been at Alphablocks nursery school for 2 years and have enjoyed every minute of…read moreit. I couldn't be happier with the time they have spent at Alphablocks, they have learnt so much and experienced so much. The sessions and activities they do with the children are great, they cover a wide range of subjects and topics (the twin's favourites were cooking, Pe and Spanish). The staff are amazing they are so caring and knowledgeable and always have time for any concerns or to talk about the children's progress. Alphablocks nursery has a lovely atmosphere, we will definitely miss them when the girls start school in September.

Fantastic Nursery the staff are incredible with each child individually…read more My son started when he just turned two and he is starting school in September and Noah's has been the best nursery can't rate them enough. Louise

I really struggled with what rating to give this. My son has attended this nursery for three years…read morenearly, and loves it. That's what the stars are for. The rest of it drives me to distraction. The communication with the parents is appalling in the extreme. You are expected to be a combination of psychic and ultimately flexible, so that when they screw up and give you less than a day's notice for some form to be filled in, or for your child to attend a nativity play (which are two examples that come to mind) you jump to it and fall in line with them. Never mind that we pay VAST amounts of money for our children to attend this place. They don't even have parents' email addresses which would surely increase their ability to communicate, and are seriously behind the times when it comes to technology. Communication consists of one termly newsletter, put together on an ancient version of word with dodgy clipart. All else is done by random grabbing of parents as they arrive or leave, really not the best way to pass on important information. The garden is nice and has had money spent on it recently, in the form of a new climbing frame. My son seems to enjoy the food, which is vegetarian, though as far as I can see the menus haven't been changed in three years. The staff turnover is high and the levels of English spoken as a first language (or even as a coherent language) among those staff is pretty low. Having said all this, my son loves to go here. He whoops with joy on a nursery day. So I wouldn't take him out of the nursery, and neither would I NOT reccommend the place to a prospective parent. But you do have to be aware that this is a place where the staff need cajoling and constant questioning to find out what's going on. Some staff also have serious 'it's not my fault, blame someone else' attitudes.

I have 2 children at this nursery. One is going to school soon, the other is under 2. They have…read moreboth been there since they were about 11 months and they both love it. Obviously, the most important thing to measure a nursery on is whether the children are happy and on that basis I would give it 5 stars. However, I share many of Sarah's frustrations with regard to communication, and I feel that it is very much run as a business (which of course it is, but they have such a long waiting list that I don't think they REALLY care what parents think - there's a hint of an 'if you don't like it, leave - there'll be 10 people who'll want your place' attitude). The manager actually has very little power - every query, complaint, question, suggestion etc has to be referred to head office and it can take months to get a reply (if you get one at all). I asked once about email communication and was told that they don't have the ability to do it directly from the nursery, it would all have to come from head office. The real reason, I think, is that every last bit of written communication has to be sanctioned by The Powers That Be. There is also, as Sarah implied, a total refusal ever to accept blame for anything that happens, or to admit that they might have got something wrong or handled something badly - there is always a stock answer to hand to fob parents off. The spin doctors work hard! There have been periods where they have struggled with staff turnover but actually, the last year to 18 months has been a very stable time with very few members of staff leaving. Most of the current staff are great. The 2nd and 3rd in command are absolutely brilliant - cheerful, polite, enthusiastic and genuinely fond of the children. The garden is now even better, with a lovely new covered sandpit and covered seating area for outdoor story-reading etc. My children both eat better at nursery than at home and eat things that they won't touch at home, so I am very happy that they at least get a balanced diet at nursery!

Yet another brilliantly run nursery. I can recommend Teddies, located on Langley Road in Beckenham,…read moreas I worked there for quite a long time. This nursery is light and airy and very modern with a lovely outside space that gets used everyday by the children. The nursery is split into three groups depending on age and is situated on three levels. Tidiness and hygiene are very important here as well as ratios and welfare. Working with children is a very enjoyable thing and also having the comfort that your children are being looked after and are enjoying their time whilst learning is important to parents. Teddies will cater to both, whether you're looking to work with children or want to find your children a place to have fun and learn at a young age.

My son has been here for over 2 years and he has absolutely loved it. The staff genuinely care, the…read morechildren are all lovely, and they host regular events for parents that are well planned and fun to attend. I don't think the previous review is representative so I wanted to make sure that any prospective parents know that is it a very good nursery and I would recommend it.

Strongly recommend against. Staff is not qualified nor experienced. High turnover of very young…read morestaff. Basically a glorified babysitting service.Poor communication to parents. All the money seems to go to the facilities...

My little one has just started in this school. Although it has been for a fairly short amount of…read moretime I can see a big difference in her. She absolutely loves getting up in the morning and getting ready to go to school (compared to her crying for going to preschool!). The school is quite local and the location is superb. It is situated in a quiet area and the surrounding areas are also very quiet. I have met with the school staff on several occassions and they are really friendly and helpful. My daughters teachers are amazing and they are doing a wonderful job with my precious one. There is alot of confidence in her and she is also learning alot. Currently the school is trying to organise events for parents to be involved in the school and I am really looking forward to that!