Hollies Day Nursery

I echo what other people have said. The Mapperley nursery have really poor communication. I enquired over email, I had to chase up a response to my first email. I've now waited 11 days for a response to my query about having a look around the nursery. I'll take my business elsewhere. It's not a very good start when communication is that poor, a sign of things to come if my child did eventually attend this nursery? I'm not prepared to find out. Don't lean on your "outstanding" Ofsted report, word of mouth has a much greater impact in the grand scheme of things.
Jul 7th, 2022

Our little one has been at Hollies for 3 years and absolute loves it. They're always busy making, baking, playing and learning - either in the nursery itself, or out and about at forest school. Our 4 year old always comes home buzzing from an active day telling us all about the amazing things he's done or learnt thanks to the fantastic staff consistently going above and beyond. We can't praise them enough, he's going to be gutted when he goes to school in September! They've been instrumental in turning our burping, dribbling, trumping 1 year old into a happy, engaged, enthusiastic, active, (still trumping) 4 year old little boy. Note: they use the "Famly" app to keep you updated on what your child has been eating, doing etc... which gives you great peace of mind, whether it's because you're nervous about leaving your little one for the first time, or just want to check if they're having baked beans two meals in a row (see comments re: 'trumping' above). 10 out of 10, would abandon my child there again, well done Hollies!
Apr 30th, 2022

The staff here are great, especially preschool. They base their activities on the children's interests. They had an extension of their facilities a couple of years ago and it made the space much more open and bright and they have kitchens, and "real" things out for the children to role play with. They like natural toys over plastic. They offer free forest schools and my son adores them. He clearly loves all of his teachers and feels comfortable here. He comes home with a smile on his face every day and sometimes doesn't want to leave. He has made many close friendships here too. When I first viewed the baby room a few years ago it smelt of wee and I went back and it didn't on the second viewing. When I asked them about it they said they had literally just done one of the routine nappy changes for all the babies. That could explain why there was a bag of nappies on the floor for one person. They wear flip flops and no shoes because they take their shoes off to keep the floor clean for the babies. Rather than go barefoot it makes sense. They do activities and mass clean up after the kids have played which could explain the mess on the floor for a different review. I don't think it's fair to give a nursery such a poor review based on 1 viewing. My son has been here since he was a year old and they flexibility throughout covid was incredible, in comparison to other nurseries. They have free yoga, forest school and Spanish lessons for preschoolers. They take the kids into the local community on occasion to buy produce from the grocers and coop. Ignore the bad reviews.
Apr 9th, 2022

I absolutely love Hollies Nursery! My toddler and baby both attend and I am so grateful for how kind each member of staff are. Hollies offer a range of activities such as Spanish lessons, music sessions and yoga! I love that they mainly have woodnes toys to stimulate imaginative play, and they always have a creative activity theme going on, like their hairdresser corner! I highly recommend Hollies.
Apr 5th, 2022

Amazing nursery/preschool. my daughter has been here since she was 1 years old. The staff are fantastic. So caring and attentive with your child. They have yoga, tiny talk and forest school. My daughter has loved it from day one
Apr 4th, 2022