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Early Start Shrewsbury Road

Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.1(18 parent reviews)
·Early Start Plashet, 2 Shrewsbury Road, LONDON, E7 8AL · Newham
Number of places
63 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2026
Local authority
Newham

About this day nursery

Early Start Shrewsbury Road, located in Forest Gate, London, was registered in 2017 and operates all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. The setting cares for children aged 0-4 years, providing government-funded places.

" The nursery has a capacity for 63 children and employs 15 childcare staff, 13 of whom hold relevant qualifications. While leaders are working to improve outcomes, inconsistencies in support for staff have led to low morale and an uneven quality of care and education.

However, children are happy and secure, engaging in both indoor and outdoor play, expressing their thoughts, and building strong friendships. The provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is secure, with staff effectively using additional funding and collaborating with external professionals to provide necessary support.

Parents speak highly of the staff and the positive impact on their children's self-esteem and confidence.

What it's like

Leaders are motivated and have a clear plan for the development of staff's practice, but other duties hinder their ability to consistently support the staff team, leading to low staff morale and inconsistencies in the quality of care and education. Partnerships with parents are not strong, and although staff are offered supervision, it's not fully embedded, causing slow overall improvement. Despite this, children are happy, secure, and well-behaved, enjoying indoor and outdoor play, expressing their thoughts, and building friendships.

Motivated leadersSecure environmentSEND provisionOral hygiene promotionCreative activitiesPositive behaviour

Pricing & funding

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)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2017

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected May 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Early Start Shrewsbury Road

Last inspected 6 May 2026 · Caroline Preston

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Leaders are motivated and have a clear plan for the development of staff's practice, but other duties hinder their ability to consistently support the staff team, leading to low staff morale and inconsistencies in the quality of care and education. Partnerships with parents are not strong, and although staff are offered supervision, it's not fully embedded, causing slow overall improvement. Despite this, children are happy, secure, and well-behaved, enjoying indoor and outdoor play, expressing their thoughts, and building friendships.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders are working hard to establish new ways of working to improve children's outcomes.
  • Staff ensure children are safe and secure, with thorough risk assessments.
  • Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) securely, using additional funding well and working with outside professionals.
  • Staff support toddlers to clean their teeth through supervised activities and songs, promoting oral hygiene.
  • Children enjoy singing songs and group discussions.
  • Children confidently express their thoughts and ideas.
  • Staff encourage creativity, motor skills, and social development through activities like making play dough and reinforcing 'golden rules' for positive behaviour.
  • Staff are kind, thoughtful and good role models to children.

Areas to develop

  • 1Continue to work on ways to consistently support staff to help them deliver good-quality education to further support children's learning.
  • 2Put in place contingency plans to sort out staffing arrangements more swiftly to ensure that children's needs are met at all times.
  • 3Provide parents with updated information about their child's next steps in learning, so that they know what their children are learning and are informed of any organisational changes.
  • 4Develop staff supervision sessions more precisely to ensure consistency in high-quality interactions with children across the staff team and to help improve staff's knowledge.
Inspection #10397387 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is secure. Staff use additional funding well, such as to provide individual care and purchase new resources for all children. Staff work with outside professionals to ensure that children receive the support that they need.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy indoor and outdoor play. They explore their environment and extend their physical skills. The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on the children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Early Start Shrewsbury Road

4.1
(18)
Lysabelle
11 months ago

Shrewsbury Nursery has been absolutely amazing, and I would highly recommend it to any parent. They’ve had such a positive impact on our son, who had been with me 24/7 before starting there. The staff helped him transition from being completely dependent on me to confidently socialising with both adults and other children — something I didn’t think would happen so quickly. His separation anxiety has completely vanished thanks to their care and support. The entire team is truly lovely — caring, kind, and genuinely invested in helping children grow the right way. One of the nursery’s greatest strengths is the wide variety of activities they offer. Each visit feels like a new adventure for our son. The environment is always spotless, safe, and thoughtfully designed to support development. Even though he only attended two days a week, he would come home having learned something new every single time — it was truly impressive to see how much he was growing. Thank you, Shrewsbury Nursery, for being such a wonderful part of our son’s early journey. We’re so grateful! Lysabelle

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Kainat Bhatti
3 years ago

Both my daughters attend(ed) nursery here (5 &2). Staff are excellent with children of all ages, from assisting with potty training, to support with education & development and with food and general knowledge and experience. Meals are varied and my girls love the chicken and rice! The team are great with providing feedback and updates on the progression of the children and really promote collaborative learning. It’s a lovely environment with great indoor and outdoor space, and I recommend it to all parents.

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J J
3 years ago

We've found the nursery to be outstanding in caring for our son. He gets a key worker who builds up a relationship with him. He eats better than I do with an amazing menu each day. The staff are so incredibly friendly and management have been very accommodating to additional days. It is definitely more than just childcare, and we can see our son's education has taken a head start. Very highly recommended. We intend on keeping our son here for as long as we can.

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Bruce Bunn
a year ago

Shrewsbury Road nursery has been a big part of our lives for the last 6 years now, with us sending both of our boys from around one year old. The boys have always been so happy there, and that's down to the fab team and the range of activities they facilitate, that in turn have helpeld the boys grow, develop and learn healthy social dynamics. Shout out in particular to our boys' favourites Stacey, Diane and Serish. We'll really miss the place and all of the team though, with the management and leadership team also supportive and helpful with great communication throughout their time. Would, and have done several times already, not hesitate to recommend.

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Jo Jo
4 years ago

I love this nursery and since my daughter started at 3 years old I was nervous as she had been with a childminder beforehand. My worries were soon cleared up, as on my daughters' first day she came home happy. Her speech is amazing and this is also due to the nursery. She looks forward to going to nursery. All the activities she does are well planned to help with development. Her confidence has increased with adults and other children and she has made friends and is always talking about nursery, it's also lovely to get details of what my daughter has done that day and she hates leaving and when she sees nursery gets so excited, you can also tell child safety is important and makes you feel safe knowing your child is in safe hands and everyone is so welcoming I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS NURSERY TO ANY PARENT OR CARER.

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Inspection history

Date: August 2019

The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Requires improvement). We're re-checking it against the original report.

  • July 2025Requires improvement
  • June 2025Requires improvement
  • August 2019Good
  • August 2019Good

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