Piplings nursery

[MrsPR]

It's difficult not to notice that there are lots of posts about the Piplings nursery which have been removed by the Familly Room Moderator at the request of Piplings nursery. It looks like freedom of speech might not be their forte. I guess that tells me enough about that childcare option...

[Family Room Moderator]

Hi MrsPR

I haven't removed any posts relating to Piplings that I can remember, nor have I received any requests to do so. Do you have a specific example of one that you are aware of, as I will look into it for you.

[Family Room Moderator]

Apologies, I see I did remove a post back in February. I cannot find the correspondence relating to it, but I don't remove posts lightly, so must have felt it justified to do so.

[Sublime]

I was thinking the same MrsPR. It's very surprising that there are no discussions or negative posts related to them considering that the majority of us parents have not been entirely happy (this is actually an understatement). The care is great though...

[kemurf]

Is Piplings closing? I thought I heard that the Forest Hill nursery site was closing down. I'm not sure about East Dulwich (I think there is one here?)

[minder]

Yes, Piplings is in ED and has been on the Southwark Council website for a few years now since the Forest Hill nursery site closed down.

[Nikki1391]

The forest Hill nursery closed down in September...the East dulwich one is still open

[richmond]

It's interesting to see the comments above about Piplings and posts being taken down. We have first hand experience of the nursery and while the care is generally good, the company is badly let down by the administrative and management side of things (even by normal nursery standards). There have been some great staff working there but there is a high staff turnover because the management is difficult to deal with. There are lots of comments on the EDF about how difficult they are to get hold of when you are trying to register and secure a place, but they also remain difficult to get hold of when you are paying them fees every month. It is a nice property with a great garden but communication with parents is poor and family events are rare (no sports day, nothing for Christmas, no parents meetings, etc). Other nurseries around ED are a lot more inclusive for parents. Also day to day things like no trips for the children and they rarely ever bring artwork, cards, etc home (things which really brighten your day when you get home from work!). I think potential clients are too easily wowed by the lovely property and because of this there is an arrogance about the management that they don't have to try hard with other aspects of your nursery experience. Personally I don't think it's worth the additional fees they try to charge and there are better nurseries locally that ironically are charging less.