The Old Potting Shed Nursery has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.892) out of 10, based on 27 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time The Old Potting Shed Nursery has 43 reviews.
Review from A R (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2025
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Thank you for your review, we are glad to hear you feel confident in our service and the staff's professional experience and knowledge. We have some highly qualified staff in all of our rooms and are very enthusiastic to support our apprentices with gaining their qualifications and practice in early years. We all love to share with parents our experience and support where we are able to. The app is a very useful resource that ensures that you are kept up to date with what is happening with your child when they are in nursery.
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Review from J M (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2025
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Thank you for your review, we take great pride in the learning opportunities we offer to the children and are pleased that this is reflected in your experience.
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Review from Evie B (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2025
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Thank you for your wonderful review, we are pleased to hear that our efforts are recognised as the team are truly dedicated to caring for the children and providing them with the best possible experience.
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Review from N C (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2025
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Thank you for your review, we are pleased to hear that we have exceeded your expectations and that you find our app useful and reassuring. Starting nursery is a very anxious time for parents and being able to update you regularly through the day often helps to relieve any worries parents may have and helps the children to settle quicker once the parents know their children are in safe and caring hands.
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Review from J G (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2025
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your review, we appreciate the feedback and yes generally as an industry the staff recruitment has been an impacting factor to the service we are able to provide. However we have still maintained our high standards of provision and expanded the nursery both in child occupancy and staff team over the course of the 3 years under the YMCA Dulverton Group. We pride ourselves in the team and the high quality of our child centered curriculum.
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Review from Storm W (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2025
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your wonderful feedback and we are pleased to hear that you have enjoyed being part of our parent forum and attending our Dad's group. The children and staff really do enjoy the outdoor space we have and along side this enjoy exploring the grounds of the estate. We strive to support the children and their families as much as possible and take pride in our parent partnerships.
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Review from Harriet L (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2025
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your review, we are very lucky to have the grounds to explore and we enjoy seeing the children explore and learn from the natural environment. They all love going to see the sheep in the fields on the Drive and the Elephant tree to have a climb. We also use the opportunity to go on bear hunts and to find a Gruffalo
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Review from K G (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2025
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your review, we are pleased to hear that we are a value to the community. It is always an honour to have the siblings attend after especially after the older ones have left. The teams strive to ensure high standards and care for the children as if they were their own.
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Review from C M (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2025
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The staff are very supportive, when there has been something I need to raise with them about
The Potting Shed Nursery, is so beautiful, set in the grounds of Coombe Lodge, the children go out and about around the grounds with staff, seeing and learning nature. It's perfect setting. My son has been at other nurseries, but this one is the best.
I have even got my daughter signed up to start In September 2025.
I recommend this nursery to any parents.
Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your wonderful review, we do enjoy seeing the children explore the stunning grounds of the estate. They lend us extensive opportunities to extend the learning and explore in the natural environment. A real favourite of the children's is the elephant tree where they can climb and learn to take risks.
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Review from Jen K (Mother of Child) published on 14 March 2025
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your feedback we are glad that you enjoy the daily updates and feel informed about your child's day.
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Review from Gabriella D (Mother of Child) published on 7 March 2025
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Thank you for your feedback, we really do love getting messy be it through arts and crafts, or through exploring the natural outdoors environments we have access to. Watching the children grow in confidence to try the messy activities is a highlight of our time with them, and seeing their achievements makes us so proud.
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Review from J H (Mother of Child) published on 5 March 2025
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your review we really work hard with the children around speech and language and using a variety of methods to support language development but mostly through singing and reading and simple sign language.
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Review from J F (Mother of Child) published on 3 March 2025
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your feedback we are continually improving the nursery in all areas and enjoy planning the environments for the little ones to enjoy. We love being outside and often use the grounds of the estate to explore, learn and be curious about all things nature.
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Review from Amy P (Mother of Child) published on 3 March 2025
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your lovely feedback, our teams work hard to help each child settle as quickly and securely as possible and it's also just as important to us to support the parents during the settling in stage. We are pleased to hear how happy and settled you are as a family.
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Review from Lily M (Mother of Child) published on 24 February 2025
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your very kind review, the teams in all rooms really care for the children they look after and always strive to give them the best time at nursery making memories and offering new opportunities.
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Review from Alice W (Mother of Child) published on 24 December 2024
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your wonderful feedback, our teams enjoy taking the children out for walks around the grounds even the littlest ones get to explore! Our Sports days events across the nursery this year were very much enjoyed by staff, parents, carers and most importantly our little ones, being the first time to try this in the babies this was a fantastic success and we are definitely looking forward to next year's sports events. Our preschool lead who is a qualified teacher having worked in Foundation Stage classes works very hard to ensure the children are learning what they need to in preparation for school ensuring that they are confident and independent learners who have high resilience to enable them to approach school confidently.
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Review from Alistair M (Father of Child) published on 23 December 2024
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you for your wonderful feedback, our staff work hard to ensure all of our children make fantastic progress in all areas of their development and to involve the families in their child's learning as much as possible. Working in partnership with our parents and carers is an important aspect of our provision and value their support. We are very fortunate to have the stunning grounds of the estate to use along with our own secure garden spaces for our little one to enjoy and explore. Our outdoor provision is as important to us as our inside environment.
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Review from C K (Father of Child) published on 23 December 2024
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Reply from Lisa Marchent, Manager at The Old Potting Shed Nursery
Thank you so much for your feedback we do enjoy exploring the stunning grounds of the Coombe Lodge Estate with the children and engaging with nature. The staff enjoy planning the activities and events to engage the children and our families.
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Review from J Y (Mother of Child) published on 17 December 2024
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Thank you for your wonderful feedback, our catering team work extremely hard to ensure that all children are included for with our menu and have the opportunity to have healthy and nutritious meals each day they attend.
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Review from Laura J (Mother of Child) published on 9 December 2024
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Thank you so much for your feedback, we are pleased to hear that both your children enjoy coming and that our settling-in processes are a positive experience as we know how much of an anxious time this can be for both the children and the parents.
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The Review Score of 9.9 (9.892) out of 10 for The Old Potting Shed Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.
a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 27 Reviews in the last 24 months.
b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.
The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:
a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.
The Average Rating of 4.892 for The Old Potting Shed Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (290 Excellents x 5) + (31 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 323 Ratings = 4.892
b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').
The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for The Old Potting Shed Nursery is based on 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:
The 5 points available are broken down as follows:
i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 78 number of registered child places is 15.6, which has been reached with 27 Positive reviews. Points = 1
When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.
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