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Creative Stars Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(May 2025)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·Committee Room, Macklin House, LONDON, SE23 3YP · Lewisham
Number of places
21 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2025
Local authority
Lewisham

About this day nursery

Creative Stars Day Nursery is an establishment founded in 2016 by Mrs. Dawn Day, a Managing Director with extensive experience in early years education and primary school teaching. The nursery aims to provide a nurturing environment where each child receives a tailored learning journey, adhering to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.

The team at Creative Stars is well-established, and the nursery encourages active parental involvement within its community. The ethos centers on giving children the best possible start in their educational development, focusing on individual needs and interests to help them achieve their full potential.

Prospective parents are invited to schedule a viewing and meet with the management team to understand the nursery's approach and secure a place for their child.

Our ethos

Creative Stars Day Nursery's ethos centers on giving children the best possible start in their educational development, adhering to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework and focusing on individual needs and interests to help them achieve their full potential.

What it's like

Children have fun and enjoy their learning, including dance routines and learning about nature. They develop strong literacy skills, a love of stories, and confidence in expressing themselves and communicating with others.

EYFS CurriculumFamily-runExperienced leadership

Pricing & funding

Fees are determined by your child's age group, with monthly fees worked out pro rata. A non-refundable registration fee and holding deposit apply unless you are exclusively using the 15-hour free childcare entitlement. A sibling discount is available for additional children.

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)
  • Registration Fee£30 / session
  • Holding Deposit£2 / week
  • Late Fee (per 5 minutes)£5 / session
  • Late Payment Fee£10 / day

Good to know

  • Registration fee of £30 and a holding deposit of 2 weeks of fees are required (both non-refundable).
  • No registration fee or deposit is required if only using the 15-hour free childcare entitlement.
  • Sibling discount of 10% is offered for all additional children.
  • Monthly fees are worked out pro rata.
  • Late collection is charged at £5 for every 5 minutes.
  • Late payment of fees is charged at £10 per day per child.

Key facts

Waitlist

Priority is given to current children needing additional days, siblings of current children, and those requiring full-time places.

Opening hours

8am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, for 49 weeks of the year, except for bank holidays.

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Creative Stars Day Nursery

Last inspected 23 May 2025

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children have fun and enjoy their learning, including dance routines and learning about nature. They develop strong literacy skills, a love of stories, and confidence in expressing themselves and communicating with others.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff plan a curriculum that helps children develop key life skills and reflects their interests, promoting inquisitiveness and helping them reach their full potential.
  • Staff confidently identify children with gaps in their learning and sensitively adapt activities, working with external experts when appropriate to ensure all children make good progress.
  • Staff use repetition of new language to help children understand vocabulary in context, promoting communication and language development, and enabling children to confidently express their needs.
  • Staff prioritize partnerships with parents by sharing children's achievements daily and through written diaries, which helps extend children's learning at home.
  • Staff are attentive to children's needs, providing comfort and guidance, which results in good behaviour and emotionally secure and happy children.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen further how staff are deployed to support all children to engage in their learning.
Inspection #10394702 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff work together to map out the curriculum. They confidently identify children with gaps in their learning. Staff sensitively adapt activities and experiences. They consider the needs of individual children. Staff work with external experts to support children to reach their milestones, where appropriate. This helps all children to make good progress.

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Creative Stars Day Nursery

5.0
(2)
A W
9 years ago

We adore this nursery. After looking at various different childcare scenarios for our son, we weren't sure what was best and struggled to make a choice. After meeting Dawn at Creative Stars Day Nursery - we felt this setting offered the best of both worlds: a small family run setting that still offers the diversity and practicalities of a nursery. For our little boy, it has become a home away from home. They focus on engaging with each child individually and the growth and learning that takes place as a result is extraordinary. Everyday my son comes home chattering about letters, numbers, art projects and outside play. It's incredible the range of activities they have everyday - so much more than I would be able to do in one day! Learning is fun, play based and very stimulating for the children. Dawn has a passion for early childhood education and a keen desire to make sure every child is developing their age appropriate skill set. I recommend this nursery without reserve and am so grateful that I found them.

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Jan du Boulay
5 years ago

Fantastic nursery with great staff, my children race to get there in the morning!

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Inspection history

Date: September 2018

  • May 2025Good
  • September 2019Good
  • September 2018Good

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