My son was at the Beckenham branch from age 1-2. <br>Am scarred by the experience and can't believe i let him stay there for a whole year. Any nursery with ofsted 3 - satisfactory is just NOT good enough. At the time i didnt realise that nursery's were Ofsted graded.<br>The staff in the baby room used to be generally v young and inexperienced. I never really felt like they were working there for the love of children and i dont think they fully realised the importance of their jobs. i think a very main point of consideration is that only 1 of the 6 staff was a mother and i really think that does make a massive difference. Especially when they are 17-19 year olds - they are still kids themselves!<br>A few times they had parties i got to stay in the baby room for a few hours and some of teh things i saw were so dangerous ie scissors being kept on a ledge, a baby reaching over and it missing it narrowly. I never said anything at the time as cowardly i thought these people are looking after the most precious thing in my life and i do not want to get on the wrong side of them.<br>Staff v rough. The rooms was so small. Often they didnt take the children out. My son was so young but still communicated in his own way no please dont leave me here. Obviously i dont know went on when i left but can't imagine much attention was paid to the babies, hence he seemed somewhat traumatised : ( My husband would do the drop off so would witness the look on his face the tears and it actually drove him to severe depression.<br>I wish the penny had dropped sooner for me. When he was nearing age 2 he would say no dont want to go and could tell he was unhappy. I took him out immediately, that was over a year ago. I never said anything to the staff, but feel like i must share my experience, so other parents dont make the same mistake.<br>In honesty i feel the child really does need family to look after them at least until the age of 2. If this is not an option, i would say a loving childminder would be better. If you have to go for a nursery try to go for one with Ofsted 1 rating.<br>i dont work now, If i could turn back time, I would NEVER in a million years recommend that place to anyone for the baby room.<br>I didnt even realise the manager was the manager until i left - that is how poor the communication was. To be honest would never have guessed she was as didnt have any air of authority and didnt really seem to care that much.<br>Cathartic.