by alongwayfromhome » Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:08 pm
Hi
I can thoroughly recommend both Nightingales Montessori 1 (in the church next to BH) and Nightingales in St francis Xavier- all 3 of my children have gone to the day nursery and my second is just leaving the montessori.
The garden at the montessori is unparalleled in Clapham- huge, grassy garden that really gives london kids the ability to run and play together. I am convinced my children learnt almost as much outside as inside! The only downside with the BH school run (I now have one there too) is that the drop off is slightly later at 9am, but there are usually a couple of mums doing the same who you get to know well. If they don't have morning spaces then you will probably be able to get an afternoon slot, which fits in with the PM pick up at BH so not all is lost!
If it is a day nursery you are after then Nightingales Day is amazing. Slightly "shabby chic" compared to some of the snazzy new ones, but look past that- only 20kids total each day and they spend a lot of time together in the garden etc so they really are like a big family! Depends what you want though- I moved my 2 eldest for pre-school as I wanted them to be in a school-sized class to prepare for school but if you need the whole day then don't hesitate! I did the BH/Nightingales/Clapham's south Tube run for a bit and managed to get to work for 9am (work too far away now for that to work!).
Hi
I can thoroughly recommend both Nightingales Montessori 1 (in the church next to BH) and Nightingales in St francis Xavier- all 3 of my children have gone to the day nursery and my second is just leaving the montessori.
The garden at the montessori is unparalleled in Clapham- huge, grassy garden that really gives london kids the ability to run and play together. I am convinced my children learnt almost as much outside as inside! The only downside with the BH school run (I now have one there too) is that the drop off is slightly later at 9am, but there are usually a couple of mums doing the same who you get to know well. If they don't have morning spaces then you will probably be able to get an afternoon slot, which fits in with the PM pick up at BH so not all is lost!
If it is a day nursery you are after then Nightingales Day is amazing. Slightly "shabby chic" compared to some of the snazzy new ones, but look past that- only 20kids total each day and they spend a lot of time together in the garden etc so they really are like a big family! Depends what you want though- I moved my 2 eldest for pre-school as I wanted them to be in a school-sized class to prepare for school but if you need the whole day then don't hesitate! I did the BH/Nightingales/Clapham's south Tube run for a bit and managed to get to work for 9am (work too far away now for that to work!).