Crown Kindergartens Day Nursery Wimbledon

Crown is just one big cuddle! My one year old twins were welcomed with open arms and loved their year playing, painting, drawing, reading ... the list goes on. The outside area is fantastic Allowing lots of energy to be expended!! The staff were lovely and looked after the twins ever so well. I would recommend Crown without hesitation.

Both of my children have attended Crown Kindergartens. I have always felt confident that they were well cared for. I was often surprised by the things my daughter learned there - reading and counting etc - things we hadn't started at home yet. And they recognized my son's obsession with cars and trains and made sure he always had some to play with - even letting him choose which ones to get when they bought new ones. It's fantastic value for the service they provide, with good quality food, nappies and visits from Zoolab and Teddy Tennis to name a few. I wholeheartedly recommend Crown!

My son loves Crown! He is so happy there and the staff are wonderful and very encouraging. Very pleased all around.

My daughter has been at Crown since she was 10 months old and has always absolutely loved it. The staff are warm and friendly with her – and us! – and seem to show real affection for all the children. There’s a family-like atmosphere. I was drawn to Crown because of the open-plan layout of the nursery: it felt safe, and useful that the younger children get to know the older children and learn from them. When it came time for her to move into the older groups, the transition wasn’t difficult at all. The nursery has a conscious focus on being ‘kind and nice’ and my daughter has great social skills and lots of lovely friends because of it. She’s surprised me with how much her speech, language and numeracy abilities have developed because of her time at Crown. I have no concerns about her readiness to start school when the time comes.

My son has just left crown as we have moved out the area. He attended from the age of 1 to 3.5 and it his experience has been simply fantastic throughout. He quickly formed good relationships with the staff and was forever talking about them when he got home. The development in his language and confidence was outstanding, and I feel a lot of this was as a direct result of interaction with the staff at Crown. He would frequently reference the values that were being taught at the nursery at home! Telling us that we "have to wait for our friends before we eat" and how important it is to be kind. We always found all of the staff to be amiable and approachable. We were extremely sad to have to leave and will always look back fondly at our son's time at Crown knowing that it has been a huge part of his early childhood. We cannot thank you enough. Alastair & Rebecca Stuart

Previous negative review and then spat of positive reviews prompted me to post my take here. My son stayed at the nursery for 2 months. He did not settle well. We were told to take him off. Obviously this was difficult for everyone involved including the nursery. But I think several things could be better: 1. Poor communication. My son’s progress book mentioned that he slept for about 2 hours in the afternoon for first 5-6 weeks. Then suddenly it changed to ‘he never slept well’. All written diary documentation categorically changed from that day. And the difference was blamed on junior staff. It must be overall responsibility of the manager/key worker to ensure correct documentation is maintained. We also noted several gaps in communication multiple times. 2. One and only formal discussion we had with key worker was when they asked to take him away. I believe couple more such discussions could have helped. 3. As mentioned by one of previous reviewers, online record keeping was very poor. In 2 months we had 3 updates. Again, our household is non- English speaking one. Perhaps there is a problem with kids coming from such households to settle here. Just to emphasise, there are several good things at nursery: time keeping, cleanliness, good food, good developmental activities. And I am sure, attempts were made in some areas to facilitate settlement of my son. But I do expect better communication and reliability from a place where I feel comfortable to entrust my son for entire day, everyday, which unfortunately I could not find here.

Our daughter Ella was at Crown for over 3 years. She absolutely loved every day. The staff are the right balance of caring and fun whilst ensuring to instil discipline and build confidence. They have great fun activities each week for the kids such as Zoo Lab, Lucy Sparkles, Teddy Tennis. Thank you so much to all at Crown for all that you do!

I would give less than one star if it were possible. It was the first nursery experience of our 3 y/o boy and it was traumatic for him. The mindset here is quite old fashioned, you as a parent is not welcome inside and they do not make home visits to build trust with the child etc etc. They think the child is a package and do not care anything else but getting and giving back in well condition. Also, the staff did not keep their promises at the beginning. They said they were experienced in bilingual children and it turned out to be wrong. They were going to inform us weekly with photographs, but they never did. Our child still have nightmares some nights about this nursery. Strongly not recommended.

thank you to all the wonderful staff at Crown for the incredible care and experiences my granddaughter has enjoyed with you over the last couple of years. Thank you. SS

I cannot believe that someone would leave such a poor review for the nursery that looked after my child for 4 years, the trust that I had and still have for this nursery is most important to me, leaving my most treasured possesion in their care whilst I went to work to provide for my family. I am not one for leaving reviews in the past however this has changed my views and I will now make a concious effort to try and support those who have given me such great experiences. First of all my daughter has two languages and this has always been supported at the nursery, from joining and giving a list of words that they could use that were familiar to my daughter. We also were given a book to translate so that it could be used at nursery. I was given handovers each day and these were always personal, I felt they really knew my daughters needs. secondly I am aware that the reason parents were to not enter the nursery was to fully cover the safety of all children in the setting. I 100% agree that this is based on said above and felt content that anyone entering the nursery was fully vetted. (There was always a window i could sneak a peak on the activities when picking up). My daughter learned good manners, was able to communicate her needs in both languages understanding the difference, and sound out letters which helped her massively for her first year at school. I understand nursery may not suit the needs of all children, but my daughter would definatly not be who she is today if it wasnt for the support Crown gave her and myself included. She is a popular, socialable, polite little girl who has fond memories of her time with all members of staff. I would like to take this oppotunity to thank Crown Kindergartens and all members of staff who treated my daughter like family and gave me the reaasurance that most parents have when going back to work that I was doing the right thing. You guys are doing great.