Rushmore House Montessori Preschool

Our son attends Rushmore House Montessori Pre School and absolutely loves it! We were very apprehensive, following our son's inability to settle at another setting, yet the owner and manager have both been amazingly kind and helpful to us from day one. As a qualified secondary school teacher, and former Senior School Leader, I completely endorse RH as an Outstanding place of learning, where children from all backgrounds and cultures can thrive and blossom into confident and sociable young children, ready for primary school. Our son is quite 'lively' and very strong willed, like many three year olds; RH staff have been able to positively discipline him and instill in him a sense of wonder at the world which thrills me daily. As a mother who suffered from acute post natal anxiety, when faced with the responsibility of a premature child, to be able to drop my little boy off in the morning, knowing that he is cared for and loved, was paramount before his education, which I was happy to undertake at home. The fact that he receives the whole package at RH is the icing on the cake. I have nothing but positive comments for all staff at the pre school, the respect that they instill in the children comes from kindness and excellent role modelling and the administration is second to none. Queries are quickly answered, issues resolved, any comments from home are responded to, photos are safely posted digitally and the records, which can be viewed online are outstanding. My only regrets are that we did not find Rushmore House sooner and that our son will have to leave there at the end of the Summer Term.
Mar 4th, 2016

We didn't have a good experience at this 'school'. The owners, Cima and Michael, were unfriendly to both parents and seemed overly harsh with the children and the other staff seemed to change from one week to the next probably due to this fact. Our child was never happy there and we had to change to another nursery which was so much better and more welcoming. The owners seemed more concerned with making as much money as possible from their business/school than putting the interests of the kids first. Perhaps not all Montessori's are like this but this one is not a good one. My child's education and well-being must come first and I would not recommend this school to any parent.
Feb 23rd, 2016