We came to live in the UK for work and finding Stanhope was like finding a family here. The staff consists of excellent professionals, who are, above all, wonderful people. I’ve always believed that my daughter at the nursery was in good hands, and I’ve always been calm and happy to leave her with them. Ruth has always been available to listen to our needs and has always done her best to accommodate us.                                                                                                         Now it’s time for us to go back home, but we are sure that our daughter will not forget the wonderful time spent at Stanhope (and neither will we).

SM – mother to child

Both our children went to Stanhope and I can easily say it is the best decision we could possibly have made and the best start we could have given them in life. During Covid they provided a safe “normal” environment for them to grow up and develop in. Ruth, Sherri and the team provide wonderful care and support the children as individuals. Stanhope structured play and learning around their interests, and also helped support and alay their fears when they were scared/unhappy. They made our job as parents so much easier, potty training them, teaching them to use a knife and fork, etc. I really am very sad that both children have now grown up and left Stanhope, but I am so grateful for how Stanhope helped turn our babies into wonder, well behaved, clever, kind, happy, confident, fun children, ready to start the next chapter in their lives. Words/this review really can not do Stanhope justice – it is such a wonderful nursery. Lorna M – mother to J & E

Stanhope had come highly recommended to us with several of my work colleagues from the University sending their children over the years. Right from our first visit we were very impressed, especially with the lovely and spacious garden with lots of activities. The staff have all been lovely, demonstrating great attention to detail and care in meeting my Son’s individual needs. Whilst at Stanhope my Son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and the staff have gone above and beyond to help him settle in and thrive at nursery. The special educational needs support has been brilliant, and they have helped us on the path to an education, health, and care plan (EHCP), allowing us to have support in place for when he starts school. Our Son has formed close bonds with several staff members over the years he has been at Stanhope. He has enjoyed all of the class activities including yoga bugs, a first aid learning session, and visits from the dentist and fire brigade. We love that the hairdresser visits the nursery regularly. He has also enjoyed the extensive range of activities provided every day, and we love to see him bring home all the artwork, crafts, and cooking he makes. We cannot recommend Stanhope nursery enough and will be sending our daughter next year.

Lisa B (Mother of child)

We chose this nursery after visiting every nursery we could find in Leicester and what a great choice that was! Our little one loved going there. The staff were amazing and always helpful to help him settle in when needed. The rooms are nice and clean, garden is lovely and food is fresh and nutritious. We would fully recommend Stanhope House Day Nursery.

K O (Mother of Child)

My sons were 4½ and 16 months when they started at Stanhope earlier this year, having previously been at the University of Leicester nursery, and we couldn’t be happier with how they settled straight in. Ruth, Sherri and the entire team are full of fun and passion for working with babies and children, and this genuinely shows every single day. My eldest is preparing to start primary school in September and we’re delighted with his progress and how much he’s learning through such a playful and supportive environment. I love hearing about all the exciting and interesting activities my sons experience at Stanhope and wholeheartedly recommend this wonderful nursery.

Claire M (Mother of Child)

“Our daughter attended Stanhope Nursery for over 3 years, and it was an excellent experience. She developed very well and created good relations with the staff and other children. The staff was very professional and handled all kinds of situations related to babies, toddlers, and little kids. The nursery is also open and welcoming for children from every background. We highly recommend it!”

M S – Father of child

My child has been attending Stanhope since January 23 after a brief stint at another nursery.

Since we moved to Stanhope I have had nothing but positive interactions with the team. Although My child has challenges with communication delays, the team have been so supportive and have made me feel very reassured that they are looking after my child in every way possible. They feedback to me through a thorough handover to let me know his achievements of the day as well as any difficulties he is facing which for me, this has been integral to his development and trying to figure out how best to communicate with him. Without Stanhope, I do not think our journey through these challenges would’ve been possible and I cannot recommend them enough. 

D

Amazing manager, lovely team, outstanding facilities and cleanliness. The way they supported us with potty training and continue to do so with my son’s milk ladder is second-to-none. The meals are varied, nutritious and always sound delicious and it is clear they all go the extra mile to make Stanhope a wonderful place to be and work. Overall, Stanhope really does have a special family feel, which we absolutely love and highly recommend to others.

Amy M (Mother of child)

After not being 100% happy about the way the first nursery we sent our daughter to was run, we were reluctant to send her elsewhere, but after looking around Stanhope and speaking to all the lovely staff, I felt at ease. They are all so helpful and welcoming, very informative and keep you up to date with everything. They offer a variety of healthy cooked meals, and my daughter has enjoyed eating some things there she was previously unsure of. All of the children seem happy, and my daughter has opened up much more since being there. On her 2nd day, she was hugging a staff member and children in the room, which I had never seen her do before at her first nursery or in play centres. She feels welcome there and is always excited to go. Would recommend this nursery to anyone looking for a great place in the area.

West C (Father of the child)

Excellent, professional staff who are very caring – they’re like an extended family for me and my husband here in Leicester. My son attended Stanhope from 8 months old until he went to school, and he very much enjoyed his time here. Now my 2-year-old daughter is currently attending this nursery – as a lockdown baby, the nursery had massively helped her to be more social with others and confident over time. Stanhope has positively contributed to my children’s overall development and really appreciates all that they do for the children under their care. They’re just the best children’s nursery in town. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them!

JM (Mother of child)

Our experience with this nursery was the best in the UK. All personnel were supportive, friendly and really helpful, especially with my kid whose mother language isn’t English. They are professional, and they managed very well with all the challenges we faced. My daughter enjoyed being there. They are safe, enthusiastic, after less than 4-months, they know her well, can deal very well with her personality. They have a big, lovely garden full of joyful things to be done.

The place is very diverse, and kids are happy, developing and energetic.

Highly recommended.

Amera G (Mother of Child)

Our older daughter Daphne started nursery at Stanhope at 10 months and stayed for almost two years. Then, she was joined by her little sister for a short time. There are very good facilities, nice and colourful rooms for the different age groups, but the greatest feature of Stanhope day nursery is the staff. All of them are so warm and welcoming! When a baby does not want to sleep, they keep him in a carrier. When Daphne was going through a hard separation anxiety phase, they were welcoming her every day with new handmade pizza or sandwich kits that she could feed to her babies. And when we got some unrelated issues, they were always extremely helpful and supportive. We unfortunately had to leave the area, but we miss them a lot and cannot recommend Stanhope day nursery enough. 

Parents to Daphne & Noemie

My son spent almost 4-happy years here before starting reception at his new school in September. He loved his teachers, the atmosphere, and his friends. It’s a great place to come not only because of the great outdoor space the building has but also, the caring nature of those that work there. He cried all the way home on his first day of school saying how much he missed the teachers and friends at Stanhope.
Thank you all for taking such great care of him!

Sara C

My son had such an amazing few years at Stanhope Day Nursery. The staff were always professional, dedicated, attentive, and warm towards our son, who grew very fond of his carers such as one (no longer working at Stanhope) and another lady, who were his favourites. The manager is always prompt and helpful with communication ranging from payments to health issues. The whole team do a fantastic job of not only providing excellent care to the children but documenting so much as they grow – photos are taken regularly along with detailed notes on a child’s social and physiological development. When our son finished at Stanhope, we got a record of all the notes they’d made on our son, and a lovely USB with photos they’d taken of him over the years, which we will treasure forever. If we have a second child in the near future, we will definitely be sending them to Stanhope as it was a wonderful experience. The facilities are great – from the building itself to the beautiful garden and playground.

Matt H 

“Stanhope Day Nursery has been our little daughter’s second home for almost all her life. We visited other nurseries before going to Stanhope, but as soon as we arrived to that beautiful garden and friendly atmosphere, we knew it was the right place for our baby to spend the first years of her life. It has been so far the best decision we’ve made.

As first-time parents in a new country, we were looking for a place where our daughter could be raised with love in an inclusive and diverse environment. Stanhope excelled all our expectations. Not only she has become a well-educated and caring little girl, but also speaking perfect English and sharing great values. We have to thank all the wonderful nursery nurses for their constant professionalism and support, not only to our daughter, but to us, who many times felt lost in the parenthood realm, while they constantly kept calm and provided multiple advice and reassurance. Thank you!

We cannot recommend Stanhope enough, as they have provided the best care for our daughter for years, always with exceptional standards and cheerful approach.”

Clara, Carlos and Greta

Great nursery with great facilities. The staff take extremely good care of the children and offer an immense amount of support to parents. I have seen my daughter thrive and grow in their care. It was very hard for me to leave her at nursery at first but the staff were so supportive and understanding. She has learnt so many amazing things. It is always a joy to pick her up and ask her about her day and hear all that she has done during the day. Communication from management and staff has always been amazing. They have a great garden, maintain excellent cleanliness and I really appreciate the separate changing facilities for children. They have worked really hard to maintain social distancing and necessary safety measures during Covid-19.

B H

Stanhope is a wonderful nursery. Ruth and Sherri do a great job running the nursery and all the nursery nurses are really helpful, attentive and caring. They all work hard to support the children as individuals, taking each child’s needs and interests into account. It is very reassuring seeing how much the children like all the staff. During her time there, our daughter grew from being a baby to a confident, polite, happy and well-informed girl ready to start school. Stanhope made our job as parents so much easier by supporting, or at times taking the lead, in areas such as potty training, writing and learning to eat with a knife and fork. We all felt sad when our daughter left Stanhope to go to school. We are very pleased that our son has now started at Stanhope as we know they will help give him a great start to life.

Lorna & Fred Muskett

Stanhope has given the absolute best start in life to our baby girl. She started at 7 months and although far from the nearest nursery, Stanhope came highly recommended. We visited several nurseries closer to our home but as soon as we set foot in Stanhope, there was absolutely no doubt in our mind that this was the place for our daughter, even if it meant a much longer daily walk. We never regretted our choice: Stanhope has exceptional standards of care and professionalism and is incredibly friendly and trustworthy. Our daughter had special diet requirement and we were impressed how Stanhope met every single one of our requests and went the extra mile to adapt to our child as an individual and how the team communicated with us whenever there was a doubt or a question. This was priceless for us. Our daughter key person was fabulous and inspired trust from the start. The whole team was also extremely friendly and trustworthy and it was obvious that they all knew and cared for our baby. The thorough daily  reports gave us extra peace of mind although we only needed to see how happy she was to go to Stanhope every day to know it was the perfect place for her.  We cannot recommend Stanhope highly enough as they have given our daughter the best start in her independent, social and learning life!

Marion, Matthew & Mila

We looked at a number of nurseries before visiting Stanhope House but as soon as we walked through the door we realised this was the nursery for us. The welcoming and friendly feeling, the staff and facilities made us feel confident our son would be well looked after. Throughout his time at Stanhope he has steadily developed with their guiding hand always available. Nothing is too much trouble for the staff. The breadth of activities and learning opportunities available is also great. He was always happy to go to nursery and sometimes did not want to leave! They took all the worry out of him being at nursery and made it much easier to be working parents.

Kate, Guy and Leo

From the very first time we looked around Stanhope we knew it was the right setting for our son, even though it wasn’t the closest to our house. 

After a bad experience for nearly a year at a child minders, it was such a relief to take our son to Stanhope and not have negative comments on collection or during the working day. 

Our son has a non ige dairy allergy and we have been pleased with how this was handled from the beginning.  The menu was adapted so he could have the same as his nursery friends without dairy. 

Our son has had a really lovely relationship with staff and in particular Tasha, she always was so kind to him even after he left the room she was in. She even brought him free from chocolate at Christmas time – it was very much appreciated. 

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff at Stanhope house Day nursery for all the loving care he has received over the last 2 years. 

It has been unfortunate the way he has had to leave Stanhope with all that’s happened during these unprecedented time’s.

Fiona Humphreys – written during Coronavirus 2020

I’m a very protective on edge mummy and I felt completely comfortable leaving Connie at the nursery, as did she with staying there.

Connie hasn’t stopped talking about how much she misses her friends and teachers. Thank you on behalf of me and Connie for being Connie’s first nursery and making her feel so welcome, although she wasn’t there long I can speak on behalf of her by saying she loved every moment as still months later she’s talking about Tasha and Jenny and some of her friends she made there. So, a massive ‘thank you’ for all you have done as a team.

Elle and Connie

This is the best nursery in whole Leicester city. The staff is very cooperative and friendly. My daughter is autistic and only the staff here can understand and meet her needs. From day 1, they provided the resource to look after her and fulfilled her dietary requirement. Ruth, Tasha, Sameera and all others made up a wonderful team. Greet the child and parents every morning with big smile, and at the pick-up time always give brief summary of the day. I believe children gets their full attention and school keep them engaged in diverse kinds of learning and playing activities.

I would recommend parents to try this place.

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Prospectus & Applications

If you are interested in a place at the nursery please download our prospectus and our application form to complete an application to join, and please also contact the nursery manager to arrange a visit.