Twickenham nursery

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have a 2 year old and 6 month old just moved to area heard of two good nurseries Tic Toc and Teddies not sure which one to use? can anyone help

If it helps, one of the users on MN runs a nursery vaguely in that neck of the woods I believe (bubble99) - here's the site (it doesn't look good in a Mac browser but works fine on a PC browser).

HTH

Are you looking for places for both children? It's good to look at a few nurseries, you can also have a look at their most recent OFSTED report (you can do this online by going to the OFSTED website.) We have a new nursery in Hampton which is not far from Twickenham. Our age range is from 18 months to five years so if you were looking for a place for your two year old we could accomodate you.

Teddies is a chain nursery and Tic Toc is independant. I have heard mixed reports about both but you'd need to go along and see for yourself. I believe that first impressions speak volumes, the 'feel' of the nursery can tell you a lot.

Good luck select. It's a big decision to make. Ask lots of questions, particularly about staff to child ratios, staff qualifications and nutrition. Let us know how you get on.

I visited Tic Toc recently and it has a wonderful 'cottagy' and homely atmosphere.

The rooms all look really comfy and inviting - the children all looked really happy - MAJOR points as far as I'm concerned!!

Not sure how the staff are treated and what the turn over in that department is - I guess you'd need to ask.

I have two friends whos children attend and their older siblings attended also - really happy there.

I've herd nothing about Teddies but think alot of mummies are put off because it's a chain.

I used to be a Nursery Nurse and am now a childminder! When my little boy is 3, I hope to get his pre-schooling at Tic oc's.

Good luck.

There's another thread somewhere about re. Teddies nurseries, and it's not very positive!