broadhurst nursery

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hi, can you tell me a little more about broadhurst? is it too regimented ? personal and nurturing? I dont want a strict or hectic place but a happy one. we are considering a afternoon place at broadhurst and want to make sure its the right thing for us

No personal experience but have had relatives who went there. TBH I think you only send your child to Broadhurst because of how well it prepares them for entry at 4+ etc. I'd be surprised if many parents there are hugely fussed about the nurturing side of things......

Again no personal experience but our next door neighbours sent there bilingual daughter there. Despite both being top notch lawyers themselves, they found it rather over bearing and very pushy. Chose to send their son instead to their local community nursery in Dartmouth Park - moved from where we are. It depends what you want for your little one. Places are like gold dust. Stories abound of names down from conception. The little girl is much more confident since she left rather than while she was there. It is certainly a place where the NW London race for the best schools starts very early

Hi, our son attends Broadhurst currently and he loves it as do we! They aren't particularly pushy and the teachers are lovely and nurturing. He is 3 and they do phonics, numbers, letter writing etc as well as good mix of art and music. It is certainly not hectic and the pace is just right. Class sizes are small and they all get a lot of individual attention. I didn't put his name down until he was a few months old. Please pm me for more information if you like!

I just had a post deleted from haveitallmum. could you please PM it to me?

she's been spamming all the private school threads offering "consultation services".

Following. We have an (afternoon) place for DS in a couple of years but I am worried about it being too pushy. The quality of the children's work they showed me was amazing - but not sure I want my son chained to a desk at 4!

My son went to broadhurst 4 years ago and it was such a traumatic experience I still haven't recovered . Very pushy environment, scared teachers as the head runs a very tight ship with no room for an actually talented teacher to improvise and enjoy her job. Have known of many children leaving and breathing a sigh of relief. worksheets galore as above poster mentioned and very little pure play and enjoyment. Seriously consider it carefully before you put your child through that but I guess its the right choice for some....oh and the whole names at birth thing is ridiculous- have 3 friends that moved to NW london late and all got places. Its just a tactic to increase demand and I know kids leave all the time from there. I actually can't believe there are still open given so many peoples shocking experience

Hello,
Thanks for your message. I have got place in BD but i worried becuase very parent say to me different review plus they told me today the headthecher was change and ll system now it different. Do u have advice to me .
Regars,

HUda.

Hello,

I got a palce to this shools, I am not sure if I go ahead with that , my child recently attand Clowns NUrsery , I am not happy there , could give me more information please,

SRara.

@user1476917476 I am planning to send my daughter to Clowns Nursery can you tell me why were you not happy with Clowns?

Avoid Broadhurst at all costs! Our daughter went there for a year, and we liked the teacher (although she quit). But the people who run the place are an absolute nightmare. After (and I emphasize after) our child was in school for about 6 months, they asked us to sign a contract agreeing to keep her there for the full two years. We naturally balked. About 3 weeks before the start of Autumn term they sent us an email saying our daughter couldn't go to school unless we signed the contract. So we put her in another school.

Now the bad part: they sued us because we didn't give one term's notice! And the worse part: they won!!! All because we had signed a piece of paper saying one term's notice was required to withdraw our child -- 1 year before she even went. £6,000 down the drain. To an absolutely evil organization.

Two morals: don't go to Broadhurst, and be very careful what you sign!

Hi…can anyone give me any more recent information on their experience at Broadhurst school over the last few years? I’ve heard such mixed reviews and it seems to be going downhill in local reputation and apparently has a crazy high turnover of staff/staff quitting frequently from what I’ve heard? We were potentially thinking about it for our twins, but now not so sure…
lmk thanks!

We have heard the same. Suspicious also when they don't publish leavers results...

Facilities are cramped and no lunch provided which is a mega headache

Our daughter went there about two years ago. The teachers were OK, but I would hardly call it a nurturing environment.

Thanks for the feedback. They seem very against sharing leavers destinations. Do you have a sense?

I never pay attention to leaving destinations, since they often reflect the state of the child before entering nursery. The fact that they won't share them is, however, worrisome. But not surprising: the management is pretty horrible. Coincidentally, I just ran into somebody who lives next door to Broadhurst, and they're even mean to her. ;) Not sure where else you've been considering, but I just ran into somebody who sends their kid to the nursery on Woodchurch Road (I think Bright Horizons), and she thinks it's great. And my wife's first choice is South Hampstead Girl's School, but it's hard to get into (and I'm not sure what age it starts).

Thanks for all your help it’s really useful to hear. Sounds like most the children who attend are happy enough but I think I’ll start looking elsewhere too and visit lots of places - always hard to choose! Will have to go with my gut I guess.

The gut always a good place to start. ;) Feel free to post if you have any more questions. Not that I'll know the answer, but I can always ask my wife she knows what she's doing.