I just wanted to recommend this nursery school for 2-4 year olds in Deptford, as I remember looking for information about it and not finding much. It’s well worth a visit.
It’s hidden away off the main road so people don’t know it’s there (me included! until a parent told me about it at the park)
Rachel Mcmillan Nursery School is a real hidden gem, a rare state-funded nursery with an outdoor ethos, impressive history, a very large garden and fantastic staff. Our boys attended for 4 terms and had the best introduction to school life as I think is possible. They loved the free-range nature of it and spent most of their time outside, where there is so much to do and so much space for them to run around and explore.
The staff are dedicated to creating fun activities indoors and outdoors and at the end of our boys’ time, they produced an amazing book of everything they’d got up to and all the learning they had achieved. All the while, the boys thought they were just playing and having fun. The management and staff of Rachel McMillan are wonderful and really committed to making this a very special place. There is a very low staff turnover which shows just how much they enjoy working there. It really is an unusual and wonderful place and I would highly recommend sending your children there. Go along to an Open Day or contact the school for a tour. They run the core 15 hours or 30 hours and also have wraparound breakfast and after-school clubs so offer real flexibility for parents.
rachelmcmillannursery.greenhousecms.co.uk/Headteacher-s-Welcome/