Little Birches Nursery and Preschool, Lavendon

"Our children (aged 4 and 2) love attending Little Birches in Lavendon. The staff are amazing, very nurturing and caring. The activities the kids do week to week are always educational and super fun for them too. They also love their Forest School sessions and ballet lessons too. Would highly recommend Little Birches in Lavendon!"

"After a difficult change of hands last Spring things have finally settled down in this nursery and it’s working well. The most credit has to go to the wonderful team that look after my daughter; they genuinely care about her, do so many amazing crafts and activities with her, encourage her to be social and use her manners and when I pick her up she quite often doesn’t want to leave! The management in the nursery are making an effort to listen to their customers and help where they can."

"Little Birches is a loving and nurturing environment for our little one. So many activities and they are good with them. With diverse staff and children, it offers our child a wider introduction into the world. Communication is excellent and activities are fantastic. Would highly recommend them."

"We have both our boys at Little Birches and they love it. Our youngest has been going for about 6 months now, since he was one. The staff in the baby room absolutely adore him and it really comes across when you interact with them. Our eldest was at another nursery previously, which, due to unexpected circumstances had to close at short notice. We got him on the waiting list at Little Birches and were over the moon when he could eventually join. Given his childcare has been a bit interrupted and not consistent until this point, we were a bit concerned, however, again the staff at Little Birches have been fantastic with him. There was a period when the new owners had taken over and a number of the original staff decided to move on. This is understandable as not everyone likes change and they decided their futures lay elsewhere. This did cause some disruption; we were lucky enough not to be affected. Some parents were affected and I can empathise with them being upset - we had of course experienced another nursery closing previously with our eldest and it caused us a significant challenge. However, since the staff upheaval, there has been a vindictive campaign against the nursery and it is very unbalanced. Please do not read the reviews of parents that were (and still are) trying to tarnish the reputation of a nursery that is an asset to the local village. These parents don't have children at the nursery now and while able to offer an opinion of the time they experienced this is not reflective of the nursery as it is now. They are also likely to be reviews based on a reactive negative emotion. Not a calm, considered viewpoint. I'd conclude by saying that having had experience with two nurseries and a child minder in my children's life thus far, Little Birches isn't perfect, but they are always striving to improve, have many brilliant staff, listen to feedback and act on it and are providing a caring local environment that is allowing our boys to thrive. Seeing the investment in the nursery, in terms of the fact it is an old building and the changes to bring it up to modern standards is a sign of the commitment from the owners. The recent addition of extracurricular activities is another positive, our eldest is excited by Forest School. Thank you to everyone at the nursery."

"This nursery has got a experienced manager and dedicated staff. New renovations are improving the environment and my child has been very happy here now that all has settled down. The change of ownership was a difficult time for them but we've gone through those now and are out the otherside. I would recommend this nursery again now. So pleased its a welcoming, loving environment again we will be sad to leave"