mrsalachlan

the child escaping from the nursery is nothing to do with who drops off and picks up. let's leave the personal attacks on parents' circumstances as the situation is bad enough for sweet girl and all other oak tree interested parties. there are a number of things that need to be addressed in order to the the nursery back up and running for the sake of everyone and perhaps people on the forum could help so this becomes a positive thread. Convex, perhaps you could post your list? we think probably first port of call is a quickly available builder

our daughter also attends this nursery...while i would agree with some of the comments since change of management at christmas, she has always been very happy there and the staff are very caring. notwithstanding that, sweetgirl obviously has my total sympathies and i would be livid if this had happened to my child and clearly the nursery needed to take some immediate action which they did with the attention of temporary locks until a more permanent solution could be put in place. ofsted did a spot check yesterday and then said today that since the issues they found yesterday had not been resolved by today (obviously not as requires building work) then the nursery is suspended. nothing has changed in terms of security since their report rating the nursery as 'good' so doesn't really make any sense apart from maybe they are responding to the whip up of emotions from this thread and ITV news. however, i'm sure it'll make all the people on this thread, without children at this nursery and therefore not about to struggle to find replacement childcare for potentially weeks on end, very happy that Ofsted have put their foot down and not even given time for the management to fix the problems. P.S. parents, the owner and manager were there when i went in half an hour ago and drafting an email to all parents to go out this evening. I also asked them to attach the Ofsted email that they have received so we can all be clear what their problems are.

Many insurance companies demand that keys are removed from locks - you might well find that if you leave them in you are not covered. Worth checking your policy or you could be getting robbed twice.

Our daughter goes to Oak tree and we are really happy with it. the staff are all lovely and she seems v settled now. i also like the little book each week which comes with a couple of photos

I had our baby there in August. Waters broke day before due date and went in but sent home as no contractions. Back the next day for induction. Induced overnight and hung out with 4 different midwives in the process. I did ask for an epidural as soon as they induced me which I think was probably a v good idea as got it within the hour so the whole experience was stress free and painless (we had planned a water birth at home!). The midwife with me once I got to pushing was brilliant (to my shame I don't remember her name- hadn't slept much!). I could barely feel anything to push and came out with healthy baby and minor 2 stitches. If we have another I would def go back. V positive experience.

Hi...picking up this thread again...we're thinking of sending our daughter there when she will be 8/9 months, so in the baby room. I know they've only been taking babies since September so has anyone had their baby there? If so, can you comment on how you've found it? thanks

A 3 hour wait?! Are these lessons really over subscribed? Can I ask what age group you were registering for?

Hi We've been looking at local nurseries for our (unborn!) child and would really appreciate any comments/feedback from parents of children currently at Oak Tree. We went along to the open day and met the new owners so understand that quite a lot of changes are planned which all sounded very positive (particularly, for us, longer hours and taking from younger age). I would just like to know how people find the staff and the current facilities; it's bothering me slightly that the outside space is quite small and on a day like today i would worry that the baby/toddler would be inside too much. Having looked round other nurseries I am aware that none have huge gardens so it may just be something we have to live with. your thoughts appreciated.

does anyone know, is the 37 running normal route or the diversion it was on yesterday?