Kipling Street Academy

We love this school! We have both kids enrolled and recommend. Not sure where the negative reviews have come from.

Sketchy waitlist system & completely disorganized administrative staff. This place has constant tours & gladly takes money to join a waitlist but doesn't have space or go in order of date added. Look up the owner, Jennifer Pierce, on google and Facebook to see what kind of mess you want to avoid. Skip this scam

Both classes my child was in had very high teacher turnover. Teacher to child ratio was never as advertised; several times I saw 1 teacher with approx. 10 kids. When kids play outside, on many occasions they did not have water readily available despite the very hot temps and kids asking for water. The Director of the school, Jennifer Pierce, acts like a bully. She will not listen to parent concerns. I have email correspondence from her where she attacks me personally though she knows nothing about me. After a child was run over in the parking lot of the school, she emailed parents threatening them to not talk about it. Teachers are wonderful, but the Dictator, I mean, Director, is reason enough to avoid this school.

Teachers are nice but director is a joke. It's all about the money. Teacher to kid ratio is not what I expected and turnover is too high after a kid gets accustomed to their role model teacher. I thought this was the place to go bc of the price tag I paid, but it's nothing special. My 0.02

As a previous teacher at Kipling Street Academy, I would like to say how wonderful, professional, and caring the establishment is. The building is kept very clean and the staff is very friendly. KSA makes a point to teach children to the highest of their abilities and expose them to new and wonderful things.

Previously being a Pre-K teacher, students were taught much needed skills like, skip-counting, months of the year, days of the week, counting to 100, geography, citizenship, and even were exposed to basic addition. Many of these skills are taught in Kindergarten in public schools so students attending Kipling Street Academy are building their knowledge in these many important areas earlier. The majority of students (in the year I taught) knew their letters and were beginning the early stages of writing. I was amazed at how far the students were academically at such an early age. If I had any children and lived in the area, I would definitely try to send them to Kipling Street Academy. All teachers are also certified and are provided/required to attend training seminars (different topics related to education) to further promote their performances as educators.

As for the staff, in my experience they were always very kind and welcoming, offering support and advice if I ever needed any. Mrs. Pierce was very supportive and truly cared about her establishment (staff, children, and how KSA was ran). Many times I observed her giving appropriate feedback to parents as well as welcoming/saying goodbye to students at the end of the day. She is very proud of KSA; it is a very impressive and excellent school (I would be too).

To address the possible thought of being a "previous teacher" regarding high turnovers of teachers, I unfortunately had to move out of Houston for personal reasons that I could not control. If I would have been able to stay in Houston, I would still be there right now as a teacher.

Kipling Street Academy is an impressive academic school for early childhood and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who asks. Hope this was helpful!

Extremely happy with our choice to send our little one to Kipling! Each child in the classroom gets individual attention and love. As a working mother, leaving your child in the care of someone else is a big decision. Kipling takes the thinking out of it for you! The facility is VERY clean; teachers go the extra mile to ensure the classrooms are thoroughly cleaned/wiped down during each nap. They also communicate all of your child's milestones with a daily report card and help you get them on a schedule!! We are SO lucky to have them!!!

Kipling Street Academy is a fantastic school! I've had both of my boys here for a few years and feel the education and warmth offered here is superior to other schools (we were in two schools with my oldest son prior- Primrose and Creme de la Creme).

The school is incredibly clean and the curriculum is very strong. My 4 year old son reads at a 3rd grade level (as do other kids in his class). His classmates have all tested into AOS, St. John's, Kinkaid, ROE, etc. Several of them, including us, are staying at Kipling Street Academy because of the great experience we've had.

The teachers are really caring- we have had a positive experience with all of them. They greet our boys with a big hug each morning and spend countless hours working to ensure they have a good education. They come to birthday parties outside of school when invited and overall have a genuine interest in our children.

I see the other reviews demonstrate a riff with the Director- seems it may be grown up adults not interested in playing fair. At any rate, the reviews are extremely contrary to what our experience has been here (and the experience of many other parents who have had their kids here for years who obviously aren't on Yelp).

Our 17-month-old daughter attended The Kipling School as an infant and has since moved on to Kipling Street Academy for the toddler class.

We've loved both schools and both sets of teachers. The love and care the teachers and staff have shown our daughter (and us) is incredible and has helped us feel confident that she's at the right place when we drop her off each day. More importantly, our daughter is excited to go to school each day and has been almost since the beginning, and I'm confident that's due to Kipling's warm, friendly environment and the teachers who love her as if she were their own.

For those who are wondering, this isn't just a daycare. Even in the toddler class of 14-24-month-olds, there's a set curriculum each week, with students learning about topics ranging from sports to the circus to the rainforest. Our daughter has blossomed as a result of the education she's received there and her vocabulary is far, far greater than that of any other 17-month old we know (except a few of her classmates), and I don't hesitate to give her teachers a lot of the credit for this.

We highly recommend Kipling Street Academy and The Kipling School to everyone we meet, as it's played such a huge role in our daughter's development and the development of her classmates.

Great, but pricey, daycare option in town. We had our son at this Kipling when he was an infant, and the Heights Kipling when he was a toddler ( not sure why that location doesn't appear onYelp). Both locations were fantastic.

The facilities are both relatively new and they keep things well maintained. They hire some great teachers who really care about your kids and their education. They publish and distribute a well defined curriculum each week. The teachers do a great job of walking you through each days progress when you go to pickup your kid.

It is a lot of money per month but we feel it was worth it. We have moved outside of town and really miss Kipling.

Just a few complaints I have:
1) Supply and extra fee costs. Seems like this kept popping up. It would be a whole lot easier to just roll those into the monthly tuition rate.
2) Holidays. Teachers are on a true teacher schedule( aside from summer). This means they are off a week for spring break and christmas ( and you still pay for these weeks).

If I could give it zero stars I would. The owner and the management are all about the business side of things with little to no respect or care to the children at school. Even though the teachers are super sweet and helpful, think twice before enrolling! If there is "no room" for your child to move up a class even though he/she is older or more advanced than the class he/she is in, they wont move you! They dont care for the education but the "spot" or the "headcount". NCLB starts here!! Beware parents!