Eveline day school?

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I've started a thread here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/primary/1427832-Eveline-Day-School-Wandsworth?msgid=30618256#30618256

Anyone know anything about it?

Thanks!

Here! www.mumsnet.com/Talk/primary/1427832-Eveline-Day-School-Wandsworth?msgid=30618256#30618256

My kid goes to Eveline Nursery on Trinity Crescent. When DD joined, it was very good. However in the last 4-6 months, their standards have come done.

Lot of staff changes. Cleanliness has come down. My daughter has had very nasty diaper rashes. She was fine in the morning, her diaper was left unchecked several times.

She moved from one room to the other, and there was total lack of handover. One one occasion, I was picking up my child, and there were two other kids that fell on top of each other (not badly) but one of them started crying. His mother arrived to pick him up whilst he was still crying. She asked a straight question - "did he fall?" -- and just as fast came the blatant lie - "no he did not!" I was lost for speech.

Plus, they are more expensive than a lot of nurseries around. AND you have to supply the nappies.

It is sad for a nursery with 50 years behind it to drop in standards. I loved it when I enrolled her two years ago. It is only in the last 4-6 months that they're going downhill.

I have applied to put my child else where... currently on waiting list. Can;t wait to get my lil one out of Eveline!

Don't put your child in it! It is not what it used to be any more!

That's worrying. We went to look round the same branch and the staff were vague/wrong about required staff to child ratios when talking about them. One room only had 1 to 6 when it should have been 1:3 but that may be due to something like a trip to the loo. Though didn't see that in other places we visited.

It is interesting what you say about the Trinity Crescent branch as my son has been there for over two years and we couldn't be happier with it. The staff are very caring and our son has moved up the nursery and been very happy in every room.

As he has got older the behaviour in the Explorers room is definitely more boisterous but I have seen children, including my own, being reprimanded when needed and I have always thought the staff turnover was better than expected. Our son has had the same key worker since he started who is brilliant.

It is our first choice nursery for our second baby.

On the school question we have looked around it and overall liked what we saw. It is perfect for working parents with longer hours and open during holidays. Main concerns were very small class sizes at the top of the school, although this seems common for private schools round here, and a concern about the science/sport offering, there appeared to be a big emphasis on drama.

Although having spoken to parents of children who go there they rave about it.

Am so, so surprised to hear your experience of Eveline Trinity Crescent Sarahnoone. My eldest daughter has been at this nursery since it opened 2.5 years ago (having moved her from a nearby, and now thankfully closed, shockingly bad nursery - so believe me I know a badly run nursery when I see one and wouldn't make that mistake twice). I have found the staff at Eveline to be nothing but caring, loving and nurturing and so patient. The manager and her deputy are very approachable and constantly available (one of them is always by the entrance at drop off and pick up) to discuss any issues or problems if they arise. For me there have been minimal issues - but any thing I have raised has been dealt with extremely professionally and with good grace. I am constantly taken aback by all the personal touches, home made birthday cakes for every child's birthday, the effort that goes into sports day, christmas show, parents evening, and graduation day...I could go on...and yes how they remember everyone's names (mums, dad and children!). My second child started 3 months ago and she is as happy and settled there as my older child has been. I always find it lovely that the staff in her room seem as excited as me when they notice her doing something new: learning to walk, new words, new skills, new signs. They are clearly engaged with and very aware of my little ones needs.

My older daughter starts at the Eveline School next week and I have joked several times with the manager at Trinity crescent that they are going to have a tough act to follow given how well Trinity Crescent is run and how happy we have been with every aspect of the nursery. My daughter will be leaving Trinity Crescent a happy, confident, independent little girl - thanks in large part to her time at this Eveline nursery. I feel very lucky to have had my children at this lovely nursery.

I am another one that is very surprised at sarahnoone's comments. I moved my son to Eveline (after a long wait) from another nursery which I wasn't very happy with. He is naturally quite shy and nervous but has blossomed there with the care, support and affection shown by the staff and managers. He is always happy to be left there at the beginning of the day and happily talks about all the activities he has done at the end of each day. My one year old now attends Eveline too and I couldn't ask for more from the lovely staff in the baby room - my little girl is always giggling and smiling when I arrive to pick her up. Having experienced another nursery and visited most in the area, I can't imagine how sarahnoone will find another one of the standard of Eveline and I would urge her to speak to one of the very approachable and friendly managers, who I am sure would have wanted to know about her concerns rather than just posting them here

I could not disagree with you more Sarahnoone. My child has sadly only been at Trinity Crescent Eveline Day one year as when we moved to the area she had to go on the waiting list, as they were so popular and, from what I can see, continue to be. We have been exceptionally happy here and it's by far the most well organised nursery with the highest of standards that I have come across (we have moved house lots over the years and so, including Eveline Day, I have the experience of three very different nurseries). The staff here have been exceptional; I never cease to be in awe of the nursery manager and her deputy remembering every single parent's name. They even know my older child's name who never went to Eveline Day and whom they have very little contact with as he's rarely with me for pick ups or drop offs! Even the cleaner is a ray of sunshine!
My child has always been very happy at Eveline Day and I would have no hesitation in recommending Eveline Day as a top notch nursery with staff that give 110% in an environment that is clean, safe, educational and above all loving and caring. And it's got a massive garden to boot!