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March 2023 by Loubna S.
very bad experience unfortunately. My daughter of 3 and half years old was happy with her previous teacher and made friends but later on when they moved her teacher to a different class everything started to change. She would cry so much every time we take her to daycare, she didn't eat well and came home with wet clothes because she had the same diaper she put in the morning, she was really scared of her teacher and always say the teacher was mean to her all day long, until one day she was crying saying her teacher pushed her and she fell on her knees so that she goes for nap time. Her dad was really upset at this point he was looking at the pictures from school and noticed that when her teacher took the kids to play outside my daughter was the only one not wearing her hat, scarf or gloves in the freezing cold. We took her out immediately and complain to the manager. Very disappointed. won't recommend to friends or family.
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March 2023 by Kathy S.
Friendly staff. The children are well cared for. It's clean. Knowledgeable staff definitely recommend this place.
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November 2022 by Sarah Harris Howard
We love Kensington so much! It's been a positive experience from the start.
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September 2022 by S H.
My son has attended Kensington for over a year now and we've had a pretty positive experience overall. There have been some small issues with communication from the director, but overall it's been great. The teachers and staff really care about the kids and my son has loved it.
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November 2016 by Julie Serrano
Both of my children have been at Kensington since they were infants. My son just started kindergarten this year in District 204 and all I can say is that he is so prepared for what they are teaching in the schools. This was all due to the excellent curriculum that is taught at Kensington! My kids both love the school and have thrived due to the nurturing learning environment present at Kensington. I would not hesitate at all to send my kids to this school.
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November 2016 by Suzanne Chod
We strarted at Kensington when my older daughter was three, and she just started kindergarten last month. My younger one has been there since she was three months old, and she is now two. Therefore, we've experienced almost each room at this point. From the care and structured activities in the infant room, to the curriculum and focus on social development in the pre-k class, the staff at Kensington prepares kids to adjust to their new stages of development. The facilities and enrichments help create an atmosphere of both fun and learning. My five year old is thriving in kindergarten, and I attribute much of this to the pre-k curriculum. Everything in the kindergarten curriculum was covered in the pre-k class.Overall, I cannot imagine sending my kiddos anywhere else. I drop them off and they run to their teachers, and I pick them up and they don't want to leave. I can't ask for anything more!
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November 2016 by Tarden
In contrast to the mom concerned about her 5 year old daughter, I can only summarize our experience with Kensington School as overwhelmingly positive. Before we enrolled our kids there, we did some research and visited several other daycare facilities in the area, including the selective and prestigious Compass school. Kensington was by far the nicest building, with the most spacious, well-lit and tastefully appointed rooms. The staff was unpretentious, friendly and professional. The kids quickly adapted and thrived in the school's environment. They progressed very nicely and developed both socially and intellectually. One of the teachers was especially motivated and talented. She went out of her way and performed well beyond our expectations in helping us potty train the kids. While no school is perfect, and perhaps some of the other early childhood institutions are more academically rigorous, we do not believe our kids would be happier in any other environment.I wanted to add a few more comforting thoughts for the concerned mom. Nothing that could happen between two 5 year old children could be construed as a "sexual assault". At that age, children do not understand sexual relations. It is only curiosity that motivates them. When I was 3 and 5 years old, I was also enticed by neighbor girls to play "doctor" and other naughty games. At the time, I was not interested in or able to perform a sex act. Obviously, these activities should be monitored and strongly discouraged when applicable. Boys need to be taught to respect girls and treat them with special care. But children do misbehave at times and these things happen more often than we think. My interest in female physique awakened only when I was 12 or 13 but by then I knew that I was no longer a child and these things were not games anymore. These early childhood experiences did not turn me into a sexual deviant so no damage was done.We should not base a review about months or years of child care and education on one incident of exaggerated importance.
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November 2016 by A Google User
Please do not send your child to this school. My 5 year old daughter was sexually assaulted by a boy at the school in the playground on school grounds. It was my daughter who immediately told me what happened when I picked her up at school. My daughter has been severely traumatized by this. The Director's response was to laugh about it, and say that this is developmentally appropriate and corporate's response was that it was my daughter's fault because she hugged the boy. My daughter doesn't like this boy. This boy has been violent in the past. I guess if my daughter's shorts weren't too short this wouldn't have happened. This troubled boy remains at the school. I had to contact the police. The school did not contact the police, or even write an incident report. Had my daughter not been so articulate in disclosing what was done to her, I may never have known what happened to her. Please protect your child and choose a different school. I don't want this to happen to another child.
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November 2016 by Amy Welsh
We absolutely LOVE this school! The teachers are all amazing and Molly is the best Director! Our son is so happy here and we can not imagine a better school.
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November 2014 by Cong Liu
generally, my daughter like there. and my kid are very happy there.
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November 2014 by Mary Reagan
I was formerly employed at the 3 Farms Kensington School. One word of advice to all parents having their children enrolled at this school, do not hesitate to contact the owner, should you have any questions or concerns about your childs' care. All too often the Director of this school, M.B. will cover up any unfortunate situations that may arise. I have never experienced such a lack of empathy to certain families that were not considered her favorites...or the outright drama caused by the constant need to gossip about each and every employee to the other. I left Kensington with a heavy heart knowing that this Director's need to gossip about other employees and families enrolled here, would continue until someone would put a stop to it. I didn't need the private information about our children's families enrolled there, nor the constant belittlement of my coworkers and then, to myself. One has to ask, Are the children being given the same attention to their needs as the Director puts forth for gossip?
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November 2013 by Bridget Moede
Our two children attended Kensington for a total of six consecutive years. Kensington was a wonderful fit for our children. Their full-day program was balanced in terms of curriculum and play-oriented activities and our kids were more than prepared for kindergarten when they graduated from Kensington. The school was always clean and the facility is fantastic, in and of itself and compared to other schools I have seen in the area. The teachers were the most important aspect of our Kensington experience. They were incredibly attentive, approachable, knowledgeable and nurturing. There were some challenges with school administration during our years there (turnover with the directors, transitional pains with new systems for check-in and payments, etc.) and while those could be frustrating, the experience for our kids was always positive and when they are happy to go to school, we didn't let admin-oriented issues affect us too much. That said, I trust those issues have disappeared with the new director (she was our last teacher at the school and is great). I don't think there's a one-size-fits-all pre-school but for us, Kensington was a great place for our kids to learn and grow for many years.
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November 2011 by Dan Pianetto
Our son has been going to Kensington for a year now after being in an at-home daycare. The level of care, the curriculum, and the ease of doing business are all top notch. The only recommendation is better communication with the parents about weather related school closings. They waited until the last minute, then you must hunt down the closings on the news websites. If you miss the update you're screwed. They have a website of their own, that should be the medium for closings.
