Morning!
I have been up most the night after finding out the nursery we were due to send out daughter to in April has now been taken over by Partou. After looking at reviews and doing some research and looking at comments on the announcement post which weren’t positive about this I’m completely at a loss of what to do and know that more often than not whej theres an issue people shout it from the rooftops.
The key concerns 5that have been highlighted are:
Lack of communication
Frequent price increases (2 in 6 months for example)
High turnover of staff
Looking to hear honest reviews both good and bad before i go absolutely mental as I don’t have many (if any!) alternatives!
Thank you in advance 🙂
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I left a nursery who were acquired by a bigger group for a small private family owned business. Workload was much greater but I was able to manage and build with parents at a much more human level rather than behaving like a robot that’d been programmed to show no emotion or empathy. I’ve never heard of Partou but at a quick glance I personally wouldn’t go for it; these companies have shit loads of money for making newly acquired settings look and feel amazing but that often quickly declines as they refuse to spend further, and children and staff are only numbers. Obviously a parent’s POV might be very different. As a parent now, I’d choose an independent place or a childminder.

Our lg is starting at a childminders in Jan before finding this setting I was solely focused on nurseries (my personal favourites were booked a Yr in advance) I found another which was run by partou, I reached out for information/book a viewing etc. It took over 2 months to get a response which was a red flag for me (poor/slow communication is a no-no) in that time I'd seen a few reviews that put me off, similar to what you described. Luckily in that time we found an amazing childminder instead.