East Lane Montessori Nursery

We'd sent our child to this "school", where he wasnt ever happy and never quite settled. We as parents assumed it was because he was an only child at home. The reports we received from the "teachers" was that he didn't want to play, sit or eat with anyone, but in reality he's nothing like that as we've recently found from enrolling our child into a new school where my child couldn't more happier. Instead of integrating our child into the class room they'd left him to his own devices to either sink or swim. If our child did not do as they said the first time they'd walk away without inputting any effort to communicate or convince him to do as they wanted. I had suspicion our child was being left out of group activities once I'd gone to collect him and noticed all the other children had paper mashe pictures and my child didn't? I'd asked why he didn't have one and their response was that "he didn't want to make one" (what child doesn't want to play and create pictures with glue, glitter and paper mashe?), when in reality he did, he just didn't know how, so they subjected him to entertain himself with his own imagination, as teachers your paid to expand the childs horizons and focus, and they did none of that for my son, they didn't even bother. He was left out and pushed to aside, and I saw this with my very own eyes. One afternoon my son had pooed himself and I was called in to clean him up (as they're incapable of doing anything). After cleaning him up the teacher suggested I'd take him home with me half way through the day, I refused, I didn't want him getting the idea this type of action or behaviour will get him out of school early. I also got the impression these teachers are willing to use any old excuse to give themselves a break from our child which I wasn't allowing either and sternly told them "I wasn't going to reward this with him getting out of school early". Whilst having this conversation I could see into the class room (this was lunch time and the kids were being sat around tables to await their food) , I saw the teacher grab my son by his hand and remove him from the other kids (unaware I was watching) and lathargically shoulders slumped and with my son in hand drag my son to a table in the corner of the room to sit by himself and literally flung his arm back to him and walked off as if you were throwing your keys down after getting home from a long day's work. I watched my boys reaction heartbroken, because he just accepted it. He sat on that table and just gave up any fight left in him and placed his his head into his palm and watched as all the other kids giddily sat around each other awaiting their food to come. Me seeing this asked why was he placed on a single table by himself? Their response was that "he didn't want to sit with anyone else" (absolute lie!!) I kept calm whilst seething inside, I asked for my son to be placed on the table with the rest of the children and I would inspect if he did or didn't.. My son was so happy to finally be allowed to sit with the other kids and that's when I knew, if your child is even slightly incoherent they wouldn't lift a finger to change that. And that's no place for a child to grow and learn in. I also came into school for another poo incident (this time with my missus) whilst waiting in the coats and bag area was a little girl approx 1-2 y/o crying her eyes out. The teachers walked past her as though she wasn't even there, my wife had to calm her down and the teachers say there and watched. Now I have my son in a new school and he loves every minute of it, he never wants to leave it, he enjoys his time all he wants to do is speak about his day and his new friends. I am so happy my son is out of there. Below are pictures of my son in his new school, please see the level of happiness on his face. He's a happy boy now bless him and he isn't violent or disobedient his new teachers tell me.