Nurseries in Herne Hill/Dulwich

[MLWfirsttimemum]

Can anyone recommend good nurseries in Herne Hill (preferably)or Dulwich (North- or West)? And how far in advance should we sign up?? All these questions you don't think about before getting pregnant :-)

[MLWfirsttimemum]

Hi MummySE

Starting to dread leaving my daughter too, I guess the settling-in process is for both mother and child! She is due to start just before Christmas as I go back in January. Maybe our daughters will be there together - how old is yours?

[mummySE]

Hi MLWfirsttimemum

My child will be one this weekend and should be having her settling in nx week. My baby starts to cry when ever she realises when i have left her alone so i am going to dread leaving her at the nursery when i have no choice too. Will yours be going full time or parttime? It be great to meet up and chat. Im so worried the time is coming so quickly. i wish i didnt need to work.

[Amelieg]

Hi all,
Can anyone recommend a good nursery in Forest Hill, Sydenham and Dulwich? Crystal Day in Sydenham is booked until Nov 2011...
thanks!

[Amelieg]

Hi all- can anyone recommend a good nursery in Sydenham (Crystal Day in booked until Nov 2011), Forest Hill or Dulwich? We would be looking at an April start so we had to rule out all the ones with a 3 year waiting list...
Many thanks.

[Schoolfinder]

Hi all... I know this is an old thread but we are moving from Clapham to north dulwich triangle and it looks like end of Nov! My son is 14 months and I know we are late looking but would prefer to wait for a good one. Has much changed from the last few years? I have his name down at Ruskin house and nellys but from the above nellys seems the best option?

[Popskipiekin]

Hi Schoolfinder we have recently moved to the Herne Hill area and DS has started at Under the Willow (which I just posted about actually). It's a lovely lovely place, but might not be in the right location for you. If it is and you'd like more info, please feel free to PM me.

Re: Nellys/Ruskin House - Nellys do seem to have a terrific reputation so you'll probably be more than happy if you do get a place for your son there. Ruskin House - we haven't visited it so I will say this is only 2nd hand info - but a lady whose DD started at Under the Willow same time as DS said she was appalled by what she observed to be the lack of nurture displayed by the staff when she and her DD went for a visit. Basic needs of children not being met, when there were plenty staff to go around. She was not impressed and though RH is more convenient for her, she - and her DD - much preferred Under the Willow.
To add to this, we looked into nanny sharing with local families and every single mother I mentioned RH to went quiet when I said I was thinking of registering DS there. Our new neighbours have said they would never send their son there.
So. I can see from a pp that clearly there are people who like it but I couldn't in good conscience send a child there now.

[Schoolfinder]

Thanks popskipiekin ! I have heard of under the willow so definitely worth taking a look.

We may have to look into nanny sharing given the short time frame. Do you know if there's a good website for this?

Thanks for the tips on RH.. it's good to hear from locals!

[Popskipiekin]

We used //www.nannyshare.co.uk - think you should be able to see how many families are looking within your radius before you shell out any money to join. Worked really well for us (we do part nursery, part nanny share). Good luck!