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February 2024 by Barrett Elkin
I couldn’t be happier with the Goddard school. Everyone in that building cares and seem to genuinely love what they do. Amanda and Shannon are amazing!
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October 2023 by Alyssa Stillwell
We love the Goddard school. The facility is nice and clean and most of the staff really seem to like their jobs. My 4.5 and 2 year old love going in every day and learn a lot there because it is not just someplace that babysits your child, they actually teach.
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September 2023 by Sarah Boota
So far so good. Director and office staff are welcoming and helpful. Teachers are kind and attentive. Good reports sent out daily of material being taught and child’s activities during the day. Very good communication with parents.
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June 2023 by Kimberly Whelan
Our three children have all gone to the Goddard School in Wake Forest. The teachers and Directors at Goddard School are wonderful! My kids were all VERY well prepared when they transitioned to Elementary School. I highly recommend the Goddard School in Wake Forest!
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May 2023 by Kristie Clontz
We absolutely love Goddard in Wake Forest! The staff is wonderful in all classrooms. We have been here for 2 years and have gotten to know all of the teachers well. It’s a very clean facility and the staff are professional and kind to the kids. The owner is present every day and attentive. They are organized with the book keeping of their business; providing monthly invoices with a breakdown of the cost. Communication is excellent! I can talk to any of the administration or teachers at any time. I love the pictures of the fun things the kids are doing throughout the day. They follow a scheduled curriculum every day which teaches the kids necessary early education materials and life skills to prepare them going into kindergarten. They have fun holiday events, festivals, special visitors like the tooth fairy and fire trucks along with splash days during the summer! We have been to a few other daycares in the area before coming to Goddard and there is no comparison. I would highly recommend Goddard to anyone looking for a great safe place to watch and teach your kids.Kristie
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May 2023 by Faith Johnson
My daughter started here at 2 and as half years old and has been here for well over a year. I'm so thrilled with the progress she's made. I feel that she's challenged, stimulated, loved and well-cared for here. All of her teachers have been so great. I get pictures and reports of her day and they have a full curriculum of well-planned activities. Lately I've been noticing her develop more meaningful friendships with her peers. She has the same teachers everyday, and same friends; lots of consistency. The window to her room gets redecorated each month by her teachers with a new theme and the walls are decorated with art by the children and photos of them. There's lots of outdoor space for the kids to play and the classrooms are bright and very spacious and have nice equipment and toys. Management is extremely transparent about illnesses going around the school; in general, communication is professional and frequent, but not overbearing. She's very happy here, and I'm at ease having her here. My only complaint is a policy that students have to be there by 9am; they cannot arrive any later during the day, even for appointments. This is a hardship but something we have learned to live with to stay with Goddard.
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May 2023 by Jamie marquez
My sons have been at Goddard since 2020, and we have had a wonderful experience! The owner Audrey and the Director Dee feel like family to us, and all of the teachers have done a wonderful job of not only teaching, but loving my boys!
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March 2023 by Twinkle S.
I will speak up for my sister do not trust these individuals they use employees until they have no use for them they have favoritism towards certain employees allowing them to break rules my sister has been threatened to loose her sons spot and more from her absences due to my nephew getting sick and her as well other employees call out all the time and their job isn't threatened and they just kept picking to find a reason to terminate her but lesson learned the same thing my sister was terminated for she has proff that other employees were allowed to break the phone rule we will be going to eeoc and this discrimination will not go unnoticed it's been going on at this place to long. The turn over rate for employees here is horrible and now I see why how my sister was done here. Her domestic business was also discussed with other employees and my sister was approached in target and the girl stated I'm going through the same thing as you I asked the girl how do you even know that. Trust the management here is messy. My sister has always been a loving caregiver and goes over and beyond people like this should not be supported at all. We will let eeoc investigate this places employee treatment.
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January 2023 by Jamie Maneth
Unfortunately, there is a need to post this review and inform others after how things unfolded for us. We had attended Goddard Wake Forest for 4 years and had to pull both our kids from there due to lack of professionalism, an environment far from structure or nurture, and a revolving door of staff with a lack of communication. Both my husband and I work, so we need dependable childcare. There were a couple of times they couldn’t even take our kids because of lack of staff, yet they continued to recruit new families. We had 3 incidents of our kids receiving numerous fire ant bites and we weren’t called or given an incident report for 2 of the 3 occasions! Our oldest hasn’t napped in a couple of years and is quite strong willed. Once she moved up to the older class it became obvious the teachers and her didn’t jive. She’s 4, and we were required to pick her up early twice because they couldn’t “deal with it”. During one of those times she was sent to the owners office where our daughter told Audrey she needed to go potty but wasn’t allowed to go “because she didn’t have a bathroom in my office.” That’s when we finally decided we need to explore other options for childcare and toured other schools. We sent an email to the owner on December 29th advising her of our decision to move our children to a different childcare facility starting as early as Jan. 16th, and inquired what payments we would be required to pay to keep them at Goddard until then. The owner responded on Dec. 30th telling us that we wouldn’t be allowed to re-enroll and our daughters would not be allowed to return in Jan (less than 48 hours later!) Her response was she’s been given “many parent and teacher complaints” - which is interesting since it was the first we were hearing this and we’re friends with a number of the parents. One positive I’ll continue to rave about is the director; Dee. She’s a great person and the hardest worker. She deserves so much praise.I hate that it ended this way and honestly it didn’t have to. Hopefully this review helps others.
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December 2022 by marshall burgess
This daycare is the worst. All we wanted was for you to keep our kids safe,and you couldn't. We supply everything else. Four days in a row my child came home injured. Monday a scratch and a knot on her head. Tuesday she has another incident that wasn't even reported, my two year old tells us what happen in front of the staff and they can't explain. Now today my wife has to pick her up after a hour she was dropped off cause she has a scratch and an ice pack on her and know one knows what's going on. Its not just my kids just last week you guys leaves two kids outside unattended.. PARENTS PLEASE BE AWARE WHATS GOING ON HERE.
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December 2022 by Nathalie Zapata
Long story short: my son was disenrolled from this daycare due to “lack of progress” and “because they couldn’t afford to lose another teacher due to my son.” While we as parents, completely understood that our son needed more intervention and additional resources (which he has been and continues getting), this was not in any way to handle the situation. We were told that a teacher had already quit BECAUSE of my son and now they were doing this to avoid another teacher quitting again BECAUSE of my son.We were told daily our son had a ‘good day’ and had never been told of any incidents with him. I believe with consistent communication, this disenrollment wouldn’t have been such a blindside. This daycare lacks professionalism and compassion on all levels. Most daycares will work with you and outside resources to do what’s best your child/family but instead, we were kicked out due to staffing/management issues and direct blame to our son; a 2 year old.What I would say to parents thinking about this daycare is if ur mommy/daddy gut is telling you something, always go with it. I chose to give them a chance after an initial uncomfortable interaction and completely regret it. I know for a fact we are not the first or last family this has happened to.
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April 2022 by A E.
Our 2 children were enrolled full time at Goddard for 14 months before the owner suggested we move on due to lack of trust in April. We can certainly attest that the director, Ms. Dee, is incredibly hardworking and kind and she always put a great effort towards running a tight ship. We received an email from the owner saying that Goddard was cited for running over ratios (look up reports for any preschool on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/c… ). When we replied expressing our discomfort with how the situation was handled, she suggested that we move on since we no longer trust her. It totally blind sighted us because we had previously had a positive relationship. It felt like we were just another number and she's going to move on to the next name in her wait list. We are happy this happened because it gave us an opportunity to compare with other centers. We didn't like that kids were given iPads at Goddard and were happy to find that is not the case elsewhere. Several centers provided meals (Goddard does not) and had more opportunities for water play and sports exposure (soccer lessons, basketball lessons, basketball court, splash pad area). We also weren't thrilled that lessons were shown at Goddard on a small computer screen with kids gathered around. There are plenty of happy parents at Goddard. We were pleased with Goddard at first and have met wonderful teachers. We didn't appreciate how the owner treated us and are happy to have found alternatives that a better fit for our needs.
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December 2021 by Anna Hali Precourt
Great daycare- management has been there a long time and this ship runs very smoothly. My son is in toddler classroom and the amount of effort they put into potty training him and the care they take in warming up his food is beyond what you’d expect. The teachers they have are also very sweet and kind and that really matters to my son. He says he had a great day at school every day!
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December 2020 by Anna Gaines
Great experience at Goddard! My son has speech issues upon starting here and was in the preschool class! Within months, we noticed a big difference due to the wonderful curriculum they follow! My son LOVED going to school each day and even though he did end up having an array of teachers (due to career changes and internships) he adores every one of them! Tom, the owner, greets all families at the door each morning and knows them all my name! The office staff are some of the friendliest people and easy to talk with! I highly recommend this place!
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December 2018 by Joel Tate
I can’t say enough good things about The Goddard School Wake Forest!We transitioned our daughter to Goddard from a competing preschool, where the teaching methods suited our oldest, but not our youngest. The smaller class sizes and individualized attention at Goddard were just what the doctor ordered.Even more important is the fact that every single teacher in the building is highly-skilled, experienced, and credentialed. The owners and management have placed a premium on teacher quality, and sadly you just don’t get this at every preschool. It would be easy to say “you get what you pay for,” but even some of the higher-priced preschools don’t place the same emphasis on the quality of instructors. You can have the best system in the world, but if you don’t have the right people to implement that system, it’s all for naught.At Goddard, the teachers have taken the time to understand our child’s needs. The trust between management and staff was noticeable from day one, and the synthesis among the owners, staff, and parents is palpable.The Goddard School Wake Forest has the best combination in the area of teacher-to-pupil ratio, well-credentialed staff, competent management, and proven curriculum…and it’s not even close.Joel TateFormer educator and proud Goddard School parent!
