We are very impressed with the quality and safety La Petite Academy of Durham provides since daycares have opened back up. Ms Renee greets us at the door each morning with a smile and welcoming arms. After a few mornings of apprehension our 2 yr old son now runs right in after his temperature check ready to paint, read and have tons of fun. We love seeing what he is eating and what is happening through the day with the brightwheel app and love the pictures/videos which are posted each day. We are so grateful to have found such a wonderful place, we highly recommend La Petite Academy!

So thankful for La Petite and the staff! The location is perfect as it’s close to our home. The hours fit our family’s schedule so we don’t have to rush to pick up our little one! The entire staff is friendly, loving and professional! The director and all of the teachers feel like family! The care and attention that they give our child and the all of the children gives our family the assurance we need to know our child is in the BEST care! I LOVE how the center sends us pictures of our child throughout the day so we can see what’s going on! The daily schedule updates are helpful! Looking for the BEST childcare in Durham, La Petite Academy is IT!

Please be very mind full of where you leave your kids everyday. This center use to be so great from what my daughter-in-law told me. She tells me how everyday when dropping my grandchild off she feels her baby is not safe their. She says her baby loves his two favorite teachers Ms. Dina and Ms. Ashley. But the other teacher she doesnt like because the teacher yells at the babies and is very rough with the babies. She scares my grandchild mother very day and kids begging to come to her house. She has already told the director how she feels about the teacher but nothing has changed just please be careful on where you send your babies to school. My daughter-in-law says that the teacher in the classroom has a disability because the teacher told her is hard for her to remember things. I understand everyone needs a job but she shouldnt be around babies please someone look into teach center. I would hate to have to tell her to take my grandchild out of this center from two teachers shes loves.

Im thankful and grateful to have found such a safe, caring and wonderful daycare where my infant daughter is treated as seen as one of theirs and I love the constantly updated Brightwheel app notification on how she is doing. The Director Renee is very sharp and caring and always reminds me of the important events and concerns that she notices and Teacher Amber is absolutely amazing and my daughter loves being with her. We looked at a bunch of places all throughout Durham and this La Petite was the only place where everyone cared and was extra clean and transparent.

We moved from NYC and our 5 year old attended the Pre-K program. The transition was made very easily and the teachers and directors are very warm and welcoming. I felt comfortable leaving my daughter there and she loved her teachers so much. They even invited her to attend graduation even after she left the last month of school due to our move out of the county. She was so happy to be back with her friends.

We looked at several daycares for my infant daughter and within seconds of walking into La Petite on Highgate, we knew this was the place. Our first impression was that the daycare center was clean, has high security at the front door, and there are windows and security cameras with a huge TV to ensure maximum safety. After many months, this is still true.Everyone here values safety above all else. But the best part absolutely came down to the fantastic and wonderful teachers and the super kind director Renee. They all care about my daughter so much and bring up any concerns they have very promptly. This goes for all the teachers here, not just the infant room teachers—they all love my daughter and know her by name. I attribute my daughters happy disposition (even though shes only five months old) due to the upbeat, sweet, kind, and excited caregivers here. She is always smiling when I sneak up on her to pick her up and I truly know she is having a good time. I trust all of the teachers and they are very prompt with the Brightwheel app as well. I always know when my daughter ate, napped, and had a diaper change. I am happy we have found a place for my daughter that I can always rely on.

Great daycare!!! My infant son has been going to LPA - Highgate for three months and we are very satisfied with his care. The facility is clean, the staff is friendly and conscientious, and parents receive real time status updates through a phone app.

Where do I start this is the worst place to take your child.I never seen a director as rude and hateful as Renee her attitude is horrible. I stopped in for a tour and it took her an hour to come and greet me.I asked a teacher I think her name was Ms.Antionette she was very helpful she had a classroom full of kids by herself but she still took time out to help me,I wish my child was two to be in her class.I think Ms.Ashley was very helpful as well.I came in to a whole bunch of preschoolers running around every where. I stepped in the kitchen it was filthy dishes everywhere food leave out,and dont let me mention the employee bathroom trashcan was full the floor seemed like it hasnt been moped in days. The teachers looked very stressed out and overworked.Please take look at the reviews before you take your child to this place.

This isnt a review on the classroom setting but a review of the front office staff. I stayed in this place to enroll my child for over an hour and a half because the receptionist was unsure of what she was doing. I had no problem with that because patience and understanding are important. But after all of this to get a text message the following day saying my child could not enroll because someone wasnt there to enroll her without any empathy or care for the matter is very unprofessional. If only I was told this from the beginning at least I could have known. Sometimes things like this happen for a reason. This LA Petite wont be a fit for my family. The attitudes of the people in the front office will always say a lot about the establishment as a whole. Good customer service is always important.

The preschool was very convenient to my house and seemed clean. LOVED the idea of security cameras and the door code to get in.They are very focused on their curriculum which was somewhat behind what my daughter was already doing at that age. Kids her age dont need curriculum they need a fun safe place to be with learning worked in, I felt they were to focused on it.I was considering enrolling her until the staff walked in with an attitude and the director tried to kiss my baby on her lips. Unacceptable, I immediately felt that I wouldnt have control over my daughters daycare experience if the director thought that was okay.The daycare also seemed cramped up and unorganized. The next daycare I visited was more expensive but extremely well ran and you can just tell the difference in quality.I would feel fine sending an older child here but not a infant or toddler. The staff seemed like they were there for a paycheck.

Me and my 15mo son have a tour with them today. Based off of the website, it looks like it should be a good choice. Hopefully I will feel the same way after the tour! *crosses fingers*

When beginning my search for childcare, I was encouraged by friends to tour la petite. I read the reviews both good and bad and was very apprehensive about touring. Again, my friends both of which have children at the sinner said I should just tore the center. I am so glad I did. The review that says the center is there it is simply untrue, the center is very clean. The teachers were happy and engage with the children. The director, Renee, was so kind and went above and beyond my expectations in order to help my husband and me. I was encouraged by friends to tour la petite. I read the reviews both good and bad and was very apprehensive about touring. Again, my friends both of which have children at the center said I should just tore the center. I’m so glad I did. The review that says the center is there it is simply untrue, this center is very clean. The teachers were happy and engage with the children. The director, Renee, was so kind and went above and beyond my expectations in order to help my husband and me. (Hello. . . Free registration!). Despite the review and my apprehensions, we enrolled our daughter in the pre-K classroom immediately. We will begin the first week of December. And I can honestly say I am looking forward to this experience! My vice to anyone reading this review, don’t rely on anything you may read here. Take the tour for yourself. You will see that this Lapetite is really a family oriented center. We did, and we are happy to have registered!

This place has not changed. My 2 year old daughter came here and she was bitten and ignored. Her dad said he picked her up and the caregiver was walking away from my 2 year old and talking to her like an adult. My child was screaming from the top of her lungs begging for the caregiver and she was like “no I am not picking you up and I don’t care what’s going on with you”. My daughter is older and still has nightmares about this location.

Dont take your child to this daycare.. My daughter was enrolled in this day care for a year, everything was great until they changed director, and some of the team members. When my fiance picked up up my daughter she had a bruised cheecks, and her lips were also bruised, when my fiance checked the inside of her lip blood started gushing out of the inside of her upper lip. The daycare told us after that they put ice on it and didnt see any blood after we confronted them about it, becuase they didnt check. They didnt attempt to call us nor gave us a incident report 24 hours AFTER we asked for it. Had to take my daugher to Urgent Care, and make an appointment with the dentist were her tooth had to be pulled out due to the infection, and because the daycare didnt care enough to check if everything was ok, the worst part was they didnt even call us to let us know anything happen!Mind you they tell you if anything happens they will call you to let you know. STAY AWAY FROM THIS DAYCARE!!!