Opening hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 07:30 - 18:00
Little Raccoons Day Nursery Fitzrovia
Ofsted: Needs attention·10 Carburton Street, London, W1W 5AL · Westminster
Number of places
45 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2026
Local authority
Westminster
About this day nursery
Little Raccoons Day Nursery Fitzrovia, registered with Ofsted in 2023, offers childcare for children aged 0-4 years. Located on Carburton Street in London, W1W 5AL, the day nursery operates Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 18:00.
The dedicated team strives to create a supportive and welcoming environment where children can develop confidently. Safeguarding standards are met, with a strong emphasis on fostering an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.
The nursery accommodates up to 45 children and ensures that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), receive tailored support through close collaboration with parents and other professionals. Children have opportunities for both indoor and outdoor learning, with older children enjoying activities like exploring with water and building with LEGO blocks outside.
While the nursery provides a kind and fair environment, leaders are actively working on improving curriculum planning and delivery to ensure high-quality teaching across all areas of learning, aiming to provide more comprehensive professional development for staff.
What it's like
Weaknesses in curriculum planning and delivery mean that children do not benefit from high-quality teaching across all areas of learning. Leaders have appropriate ambition for high-quality teaching but do not provide staff with comprehensive professional development opportunities to support this. As a result, not all children make the steady progress of which they are capable to support them as they prepare for their next steps in education. Staff interact with children in a kind and fair way. However, they do not consistently support children to engage fully in their learning experiences. Staff do not have high expectations for children's behaviour. As a result, children do not consistently develop positive attitudes towards learning.
Warm relationshipsHealthy choices awarenessBook enjoymentSinging and learningKind interactions
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request
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Request pricing →Key facts
Age range
3 months to 5 years
Registered with Ofsted
2023
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Needs attention
Last inspected Jan 2026
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.
Category grades
AchievementNeeds attention
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesNeeds attention
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted report for Little Raccoons Day Nursery Fitzrovia
Last inspected 21 January 2026
Actions the provider must take
- Implement effective staff training and coaching to support effective design and delivery of the curriculum by 01/04/2026.
- Support staff to implement appropriate and consistent behaviour management strategies by 01/04/2026.
What it's like to attend
Weaknesses in curriculum planning and delivery mean that children do not benefit from high-quality teaching across all areas of learning. Leaders have appropriate ambition for high-quality teaching but do not provide staff with comprehensive professional development opportunities to support this. As a result, not all children make the steady progress of which they are capable to support them as they prepare for their next steps in education. Staff interact with children in a kind and fair way. However, they do not consistently support children to engage fully in their learning experiences. Staff do not have high expectations for children's behaviour. As a result, children do not consistently develop positive attitudes towards learning.
Inspector highlights
- Children have warm relationships with staff and their peers.
- Children learn about healthy food choices and the importance of washing their hands before they eat.
- Children take pleasure in choosing books and sharing them with their friends independently.
- Children sing nursery rhymes, action and number songs as they develop their mathematical, language and literacy skills.
- Children receive warm greetings from staff when they arrive, and approach them for reassurance when needed.
- Children learn to wait patiently as they take turns to share their lunch.
Areas to develop
- 1Children who move between rooms at the setting do not always experience the same well-planned support, meaning their interests are not always effectively supported and they do not engage fully in learning.
- 2Staff do not help children to understand the expectations of the setting sufficiently well or in an age-appropriate manner, nor do they consistently ensure children understand how their behaviours affect safety or how to care for resources, hindering their school readiness.
- 3Staff do not consistently provide rich language during interactions, particularly for children who are already confident speakers, limiting vocabulary development and engagement with new concepts. Inconsistent group sessions and loud music during activities can also cause children to lose concentration.
- 4Leaders do not implement plans swiftly enough to improve curriculum and teaching, resulting in staff lacking confidence in delivery.
- 5Weaknesses in curriculum planning and delivery mean that children do not benefit from high-quality teaching across all areas of learning. Leaders have appropriate ambition but do not provide comprehensive professional development opportunities to support this, leading to inconsistent progress for children as they prepare for their next steps.
- 6Staff do not consistently support children to engage fully in their learning experiences and do not have high expectations for children's behaviour, which means children do not consistently develop positive attitudes towards learning.
Inspection #2739131 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Leaders and staff provide a supportive and welcoming environment where all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), develop confidently. Leaders work closely with parents and carers and other professionals, and respond well to advice and guidance. This focused, shared approach supports the individual needs of children with SEND well.
Outdoor space
Children have access to learning opportunities and spend time in both outside and indoor environments. Older children eagerly put on their coats as they get ready to learn outside, where they explore filling and emptying containers with water and building with LEGO blocks.
Inspection history
Most recent inspection
21 January 2026
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
View full Ofsted reportFrequently asked about Little Raccoons Day Nursery Fitzrovia
About the setting
Little Raccoons Day Nursery Fitzrovia was registered with Ofsted on 09/11/2023. It is a childcare on non-domestic premises type of setting, located at 10 Carburton Street, London, W1W 5AL. It operates Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 18:00. The registered person is Little Raccoons Day Nursery (Fitzrovia) Limited.
- URN
- 2739131
- Registered person
- Little Raccoons Day Nursery (Fitzrovia) Limited
- Day care type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Register
- Early Years Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
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