We sent our son to Jess and her team at Yeeha when he was 10.5 months old. He went five days a week 8am-6pm for almost two years, and we felt comfortable leaving him in their care from such a young age as it is a warm and loving environment and it's clear how much all the staff love the kids.

Our son received an exceptionally high standard of care at Yeeha and was very happy there. He settled in almost immediately and has built strong and loving bonds with all of the Yeeha staff. He was always pleased at drop off and pick up, which I think is a great sign.

Our son progressed well at Yeeha and met/exceeded all of the expected milestones for his age. This is in large part driven by the wide range of carefully planned developmental activities provided at Yeeha as he is there five days a week. His speech is excellent for his age as is his gross motor neurone skills, and he is full of confidence and a very active boy.

What I particularly loved about Yeeha is that because it is a small setting all the kids (from 10months - 4 years) get to interact together and aren't segregated into year groups. This means the younger kids get to look up to and learn from the older kids and the older kids learn how to be gentle and caring towards the younger kids and how to set a good example. Our son has a massive capacity for imaginary play which I believe was driven by the setting.

Jess has boundless enthusiasm for the children in her care. She has a long-standing team, all of whom have been there since we joined in Jul 2018 (with the recent addition of 1 team member), who are all great with the kids.

Last summer the "older" kids spent three weeks 8-6 daily on Peckham Rye Common as part of their "Wider Horizons" programme. This was a fantastic experience for the kids who got to experience the outdoors doing activities such as bug hunts, bird identification, colour hunts, pond dipping and ball games.

Yeeha takes the wellbeing of its children very seriously and has a rigorous sickness policy (48hr exclusions for temps, conjunctivitis etc.) which is strictly adhered to. The exclusion time for temps & conjunctivitis is longer than other child care settings (typically 24 hrs) so means that there will be a fair chunk of time your child is not at the setting as kids get a lot of temperatures (about 15-20% off for sickness for us in the first year). Yeeha takes five weeks paid holiday a year, the three weeks at summer is usually the same weeks, but the dates for Easter/Christmas holidays not confirmed until a couple of months before which makes pre-booking holidays challenging. Finally, Yeeha doesn't offer the government 15 free hours scheme from 3 years old, which most parents rely on to ease the burden of childcare costs.

Overall, we are incredibly happy with the care our son received and are leaving as we are moving out of London. It is a caring, loving environment with a big focus on child development - to hit milestones but also giving them a sense of security they will take with them to school.