Hi,
I have just taken my son out of Pitta Patta due to trying to save money and because I haven't been happy with Management since the beginning. Initially they didn't provide a safe environment for my son..they let him wander around on his own. I found him sitting on his own on the stairs on one occassion..with no staff. On a few other occassions, I have been able to walk in through an open front door, pick him up and leave. On a couple of occassions, there were no staff to watch me take him! After complaining, they improved the safety and moved him to the Giraffe's room. He absolutely loves it up there and the girls are absolutely lovely. Management, in particular the owner and secretary...are absolutely incompetent when it comes to office keeping and accounts. they have known that we were leaving for one month..but have still managed to overcharge us and we are still waiting to pick up the cheque (my son left two days ago). The owner is hardly ever there regardless of what someone said about her being there all the time. Even one member of staff said that you wouldn't see the owner around. The management is only concerned with taking decent parent's money and do not care about the staff or the children that go there.

Don't send your children there..or to Seedlings who also have bad reports. the best ones in the area are Ackroyd and the one on David's road which are hard to get into. Hence, the bad nurseries will always get children in!!

I don't know this nursery, I'd have mine out of there so fast. Don't know what the deliberation is about.

Surely you can find a place somewhere better than that? I know it can't be done overnight but the deliberation has been going on for some time now.

As for Giraffe 2 and 4. They are not your children its a job you do, so your comments wouldn't make any difference to me quite frankly, I'd make my own judgement/decision for my child.

Posters who have children there, talk to the town hall people about it.

Personal opinion is all well and good, but there is one point which people are generally missing here...

how can anyone blame the parents for being of a particular type (eccentric, overprotective, etc.)? what are the chances of accumulating only "bad" parents at a nursery? it's not possible that all the parents of kids at pitta patta (as compared to a nursery down the road, for example) are pushy and over-protective; on the contrary, I think it has something to do with the common denominator, i.e. the nursery itself. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

Also, how do you explain the fact that so many parents there have directly complained to OFSTED, while their kids are still at pitta patta, at the risk of closing the nursery down, and losing their precious childcare? It sounds like they are just concerned punters to me.

And littleducks, I no longer have kids there.

Nice to see the forum active and stimulating discussion once again!

e1995 It is commendable that at the age of 14 you have posted on here to support your friend, good friends are hard to come by so well done.

The posters on here however are commenting on their own experiences and the reports that Ofsted have made on the nursery setting, so are looking at the situation from an unbiased and non-personal point of view. I'm sure your friend is a nice person but sadly nice people don't always make good managers / owners.

megan1986 I feel that by posting the information you have that you will be easily identifiable, therefore you may well have problems at work as a result. If I were in your position I would write down your concerns and give your letter to the nursery manager and make it clear that some of the things they are asking you to do are illegal (changing nappies). Ask them to put systems in place to ensure that you are not left unsupervised until your CRB comes through. Personally I would not work under these circumstances as if you do leave and try to get a job in another nursery you may not find it so easy if it has a bad reputation (which appears to be the case) Have you considered contacting Ofsted?.

Don't be put off from working in or using nurseries for your own children, yes some are not good but their are some fantastic ones out there too.

Hi i've work at the nursery 4 5 months now n i would never send a child of mine there. The food they give the child is poor quality the child get small dinner n lunch as sum of the staff help them self 2 the children food . since i've been there quit a few thing have happen i.e. some of the staff do not watch the children they r 2 busy talking among them self. when a parent log on ann-maria will come in the room n say make ur self look bust with the children a parent log on. when i start there i change a nappy on my first day with no crb. The kitchen is so dirty its unreal. if i was u i would not send my kids there n if i had a child there i would put there name down at another nursery. i'm only there until my ofsted pin comes through. it has put me of ever putting my child in 2 a nursery. any question plz ask thank u

e1995, just because the owner works all day it does not mean that pita pata is a good nursery. It is a bad one according to OFSTED,who are better qualified than you - a 14 year old friend of the owner - to pass judgement on the quality of care the children receive.

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do you think you can get MNHQ to verify that giraffe 4, giraffe 2 an E1995 are not in fact the same poster? just to put minds at rest, because the posts scream trolling to me

do any of the early posters still have kids there?

what a load of rubbish

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