Play & Learn

Our child went all the way thru from about 6 months until Kindergarten. It is the tale of 2 reviews, we were very happy for the first few years; however, we were extremely unhappy the last few years. There was very high turnover at all levels (this takes into account the normal high turnover of a daycare), even at director. There were several periods of time that there was no director. The root of our primary concern was the school refused to remove or adequately support children who had severe behavior issues including violence towards other children. We were repeatedly told that due to the funding the school receives their hands were largely (if not completely) tied and could not remove the kids, even though some of these kids had already landed here after being removed from other schools. About 90% of the well behaved kids who were with our child when she was about 3.5 left shortly after and the ones who did not leave were all on waiting lists to leave. Our observation was that the extremely high staff turnover was directly linked to refusing to remove these kids as well (or provide the additional resources that would allow these kids to stay in a classroom with other kids). We just really couldn't believe the level of violence that our child told us about or we witnessed with our own eyes. It is really a shame as our child had a 3yo Pre-K class with a group of mostly fantastic kids until they all felt they had no choice but to leave.

Came back to change my review. The school was great at first, then everyone that made it great left. We had serious issues with this school. We removed our son due to a teacher physically harming our son. I'd keep looking if I was you.

Love this daycare! The staff is greatest part, and that is the key to making parents feel comfortable.

This business is in Whitemarsh, not Blue Bell.