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“I cannot thank Tots and Scholars in Shenley enough for their warm and nurturing environment for my daughter. She began nursery as a shy and attached little girl and since being there, she has grown tremendously in her self-esteem and confidence. She is making great progress academically as well. The staff there have been incredible with their unique and genuine care - you can see they really want to be there and enjoy what they do. They have supported her, and us, as a family when we have had tricky patches with our daughter with suggesting and implicating new strategies to get the best from my daughter and help her to overcome any challenges she may be experiencing. I leave my daughter there every day knowing she is in the most nurturing and safe place. I only have good things to say about this nursery and would highly recommend it. Thank you to all the staff!”
“We are so happy with the way the staff care for our son. He is treated like an individual and is valued for the contributions he makes. For him it is a home away from home and he is excited to come every day!”
“We are extremely pleased with how Acer is progressing at the nursery. She enjoys going in and telling us about it when coming home. The teachers have been wonderful and we are very happy with the engagement.”
“I am forever grateful for the impact TAS and the staff have all had on Anaya since joining last April. She has come on leaps and bounds, starting off as a very placid baby and growing into such a confident, friendly, sweet little character. Every morning she looks outside of the car window when we get close to Nursery and she gets so excited when I drive into the car park, she cannot wait to get out and start her day! Every morning she runs straight into the garden and to the ladies, not even looking back to say bye to mummy! I feel that TAS is her home away from home and it makes me so happy and feel at ease knowing she absolutely loves and adores the staff. I know she feels safe, cared for and loved when she is at nursery, and as a working parent, this gives me such peace when I drop her off everyday. Ms Latisah and the ladies in Caterpillar Room have done an amazing job and have supported and taught her so much, she is forever growing and changing. It is bittersweet for me that she is leaving CR room and all of her other friends, but I know she is ready to join Ms Kim and the ladies and children in Butterfly room. I cannot wait to see more changes and development from Anaya. Everyone has made her so welcome from the start and it fills me with joy seeing how close and happy she is when with the staff. A massive thank you, from the bottom of my heart for being our extended family for all of us! The hard work, dedication and love that goes into the care for my child never goes unnoticed. I cannot thank you all enough for helping my little girl to grow into the beautiful little butterfly that she has become. We are so excited for the next chapter in Anaya’s journey in TAS. Thank you to every single staff member in Elstree for being the most nurturing, kind and supportive ladies we could ask for.”
“Hi All, I just wanted to send a quick note- I have been meaning to for a while to say thank you for all that you do for Remy. I can see how much you all love and care for him and we are so very grateful. He is unbelievably happy and thriving at TAS and we can really see it. Thank you all again, and please know every single one of you and your hard work is appreciated by us as a family.”
“Good morning, Thank you so much for having me at breakfast this morning I really enjoyed it. You all went through great efforts with the food and energy and hospitality as always. Very lucky Araiya is a part of the wonderful TAS family. I was very happy to see Araiya eating and enjoying her juice for the first time ever and dancing around she absolutely loves it at TAS. Thank you again really appreciated it, amazing event as always.”
“I cannot thank Tots and Scholars in Shenley enough for their warm and nurturing environment for my daughter. She began nursery as a shy and attached little girl and since being there, she has grown tremendously in her self-esteem and confidence. She is making great progress academically as well. The staff there have been incredible with their unique and genuine care - you can see they really want to be there and enjoy what they do. They have supported her, and us, as a family when we have had tricky patches with our daughter with suggesting and implicating new strategies to get the best from my daughter and help her to overcome any challenges she may be experiencing. I leave my daughter there every day knowing she is in the most nurturing and safe place. I only have good things to say about this nursery and would highly recommend it. Thank you to all the staff!”
“We are so happy with the way the staff care for our son. He is treated like an individual and is valued for the contributions he makes. For him it is a home away from home and he is excited to come every day!”
“The breakfast was a great idea. It gives us a chance to see how the children behave at the nursery and who their friends are. The food selection was great too! For parents it is great to meet other parents. Gives a good sense of community. We should have more breakfasts. Thank you for all the hard work in putting it together. We do really appreciate all the efforts.”
“Hi Vanda, Happy new year! So happy today, Olivia was excited to come to TAS, she was so happy to see Miss Latisha, she is like a second mum (although my husband says she is like a big sister, as she looks so young!) I though it might not be easy with the break we had but it was the opposite! We will be lost without Miss Latisha, she is amazing, calm, affectionate, organised, experienced, fun, reliable, responsible … I could go on and on. I’m sure you know this. Olivia missed her a lot. The smile she gave Miss Latisha today was priceless. So special.”
“Hi Vanda, Just wanted to say a massive thanks to you and the team for all the hard work you have put into the nursery this year, it really shows and it is great to see the kids love the nursery. Jayden has come on leaps and we credit a lot of that to you and the team. Thank you. Have a great Xmas and New year and we will see you in January.”
“Thank you so much for a wonderful morning! It's so lovely that you guys do this for us parents to see how much they love being there and I can only imagine how much time and effort it takes to do that!”
“I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all the staff for such a wonderful Christmas concert yesterday. It was fantastic. Everyone was absolutely brilliant.”
“To all the wonderful staff at Tots, We just wanted to send you the biggest thank you from myself, Manny, Skylar and of course Remy for such a magical afternoon. Honestly we had such a wonderful time and we think you are all so amazing and did a fantastic job tonight. We can tell so much love, effort and care went into it and the children were fantastic and so happy. Even Remy not being himself with his toilet situation he still grinned ear to ear with happiness. He clearly loves you all. We cannot thank you enough for the memories you created for our family. We contributed towards your group gift from the parents and hope that you all enjoy it. You all deserve it so much. Thank you for all that you do. Merry Christmas to all of you and see you in the new year. Make sure you have fun and get some rest. Love the Boyds xxxx”
“Thank you for a lovely afternoon you all did a great job and loved all the outfits! So much hard work and dedication to the event was so lovely to see thanks for having us and special thanks to miss Lynn she was amazing with araiya! She didn’t nap was exhausted.. so nice to see miss Lynn helping her :)”
“We had the best time at the TAS breakfast. It was really well organised and the staff are really lovely and went above and beyond. Such a lovely day!”
“We are extremely pleased with how Acer is progressing at the nursery. She enjoys going in and telling us about it when coming home. The teachers have been wonderful and we are very happy with the engagement.”
“Thank you so much for the work that everyone at TAS has put in to help Leia grow and develop. It is fantastic to see her do well and we hope she can carry that confidence into her next assessments as well. This is the outcome of the dedication and love that her teachers have shown over the past two years.”
“We wanted to reiterate our gratitude for how you have helped Bela integrate into TAS and how she has thrived since joining the TAS community. I don’t think a moment goes by without her singing or dancing or skipping or just being super animated - you’ve basically supercharged her personality!”
“I can not thank Tots and Scholars in Shenley enough for their warm and nurturing environment for my daughter. She began nursery as a shy and attached little girl and since being there, she has grown tremendously in her self-esteem and confidence. She is making great progress academically as well. The staff there have been incredible with their unique and genuine care - you can see they really want to be there and enjoy what they do. They have supported her, and us, as a family when we have had tricky patches with our daughter with suggesting and implicating new strategies to get the best from my daughter and help her to overcome any challenges she may be experiencing. I leave my daughter there everyday knowing she is in the most nurturing and safe place. I only have good things to say about this nursery and would highly recommend it. Thank you to all the staff!”
“I just wanted to say thank you for this morning. It was a such a fun, energetic, happy morning. Thank you so much for all your time and thought that went into it, it was brilliant. The kids had the best time being kids and the parents had the best time being kids too!”
“As always, we would love to thank all the staff for their incredible support of us and Nellie over the last few months. And this is of no reflection to the quality of care Nellie receives, which has been fantastic.”
“Just a huge thank you again for graduation today - the kids all did so amazingly and had the best morning (as did us adults!)”
“Thank you so much for arranging a nursery visit for me. I was honestly blown away by the setting. The staff, the structure, the family feel and the passion and care shown by everyone involved - I can totally understand why you are such a popular nursery, and I left feeling really happy and reassured that this would be the best place for my daughter.”
“Really nice atmosphere to get to know other parents as well and also to be able to spend time inside the nursery and see Kiera interact with the other children as well.”
“Dear Teachers, thank you for organising the lovely Diwali event. We very much like the different stations the children can go to. Ishaan is really enjoying the rangoli and candle making stations so far! Looking forward to more events like this!”
“Thanks for organising such a lovely Diwali party and the wonderful decoration. Nice to see all the staff dressed traditionally. Parties like this would teach kids to learn about other cultures and traditions and support every ethnicity.”
“To all the team at TAS, Thank you so much for organising such a wonderful event! The energy, Happiness and excitement that Ameila comes home with each day is echoed by every member of the team! It is so wonderful to come into the setting and see you all again.”
“Beautiful event so fun watching Anaya with other babies & children. Love the little sections, very spacious, great snacks.”
“Really enjoyed the stations! Plenty to do. Sienna loved her Henna.. thank you to everyone for all the time and effort put into today!”
“Nursery has helped him to develop quickly. His social skills are better and is more comfortable with larger groups of people in noisier environment.”
“We are extremely pleased with Tots & Scholars. Rachel is so happy and so are we. We have no complaints and value all the hard work you put into teaching and looking after the children. We want to keep Rachel here until she starts school. We are delighted with everything you offer. Thank you very much.”
“Really impressed with the nursery and staff providing an excellent learning environment which has been evident with the progress made by Dhilan in a very short period of time. Thank you all.”
“Thank you so much for looking after our sons. Both of our boys have the most amazing time at Tots and Scholars nursery. All the staff are fantastic, friendly and helpful”
“Thank you for making my child’s experience so good. He was very nervous to begin and took awhile to settle be he is now thriving.”
“I just wanted to drop you a little email following Sophia’s parents evening. I was so impressed with what she’s able to do- I have no idea! I am grateful to you all for being so wonderful. I am very glad I found you as you all know Sophia loves coming nursery, to the point she gets very upset with me when it’s not a nursery day. Continue the brillant work!”
“The team at Shenley are wonderful, kind and professional. I know they have not known Max for long but I can see how much they care for him which is very comforting for us at this time. Well done for everyone at Tots and Scholars for doing such a great job.”
Tots and Scholars a Premium nursery who specialises in providing high quality and outstanding education for private-school pipeline and buidling a very strong foundation for children attending state schools as well. Our destination school include schools such as Haberdashers’, Merchant Taylors’, and North London Collegiate, Manor lodge, Radlett prep and many more.
Click here to see our list of destination schools and our statistics over the years.
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About Tots and Scholars Tots & Scholars is a warm, nurturing nursery group that has been proudly supporting children and families for over 10 years. With settings across Elstree, Shenley, Borehamwood and Sullivan Way, we provide high‑quality early education and care for children aged 3 months to 5 years. | Owner's Thought As a mother of three, I have walked the same journey as many of our families — from choosing the right nursery to navigating the pressures of private school admissions. My own children attend highly selective schools such as Habs Boys, St Paul’s Girls’ School and North London Collegiate School, so I understand the expectations, the assessments and the emotional weight that can come with these decisions. 1
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At TAS it is our mission to ensure the nursery team has the interest of children at heart and that children feel cared for and listened to, at all times. Therefore, Tots and Scholars Team is delighted to announce that our team's work has been once again recognised and we have received another award for THE MOST NURTURING EARLY YEARS EDUCATION CENTRE in Hertfordshire. | ||
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At TAS we are always trying to go above and beyond that to ensure we offer our children the most significant and memorable experiences during their Early Years and it feels amazing to see that professionals, parents and carers are appreciating that. TAS family is delighted to announce our latest achievement, the Early Years Quality Assurance Gold Award from Early Years Quality Standards and Herts for Learning. |
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