What families actually said, including the four star ones.

Talei sent through the transition statement before I had even asked for it, and the school rang me to say it was the most useful one they had received all year. Our girl went into Prep knowing how to open her own lunchbox and ask a teacher for help, which is apparently the whole game.

First week was rough and they texted me every single morning inside twenty minutes. Day nine he walked in without looking back.

Bree took our feeding plan seriously from day one. She rang me on the second day to check whether she should change the bottle time rather than just doing it. Nine months in and the sleep log has been more accurate than my own memory.

Great room and Marnie is excellent. Parking on Bower Close at half past eight is a genuine sport and that is the only reason this is not five stars.

Wendy cooked separately for our dairy allergy for two years without a single mistake and without ever making him feel like the odd one out. The menu goes up before the week starts so I know what to skip at home.

The water channel is the reason my son gets out of the car. He came home and built one out of the guttering off the shed. Renae showed me the risk assessment when I asked about the water, which I did not expect.

They told me the truth about the waitlist instead of stringing me along. Eleven weeks for a nursery place, and it came through in ten.

Our daughter will now eat basil off the plant but not off a plate, so I suppose that is progress. She waters that bed like it is a job.

Really solid program and a teacher who clearly knows what she is doing. The drive from Redlynch is the trade off and in the wet it can be twenty five minutes. Worth it for the kindy year but I would not do it for a nursery place.

Four meals a day cooked on site, no extra charge, and no cordial anywhere. After the last place we were at that alone was worth the move.

I cried in the car park on the first day and Bree noticed and sent a photo before I got to work. Small thing. Not a small thing.

Twenty kids, twenty completely different clay things, none of them looking like a Pinterest craft. My son explained his for ten minutes.

We had a biting stretch and they handled it without drama and without naming anyone. Changed the room layout, added a second educator to that corner, and it stopped inside a fortnight. I have been at centres where that turns into a witch hunt.

Two orientation visits, a named educator, and a plan written down. Our second child started this year and it was the same process, which tells you it is actually a system and not just a good week.

Renae sat with me and worked out the gap fee on a real invoice, including what happens when my hours change. Nobody else I toured would do that.

Three educators outside every time I have done pick up, not the two they have to have. That is the whole review.