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Starshine

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2024)
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5.0(13 parent reviews) ·Starshine Nursery, Christchurch Hall, London, N8 8AX · Haringey
Number of places
28 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2024
Local authority
Haringey

About this day nursery

Starshine is a 'Good' rated nursery in Crouch End, London N8 8AX, providing childcare on non-domestic premises. Registered in 2016, it has a total capacity of 28 children and currently has 31 children on roll, aged 2 to 4 years.

The nursery operates Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, for 50 weeks of the year. The provision receives funding for free early education for children aged three and four years old.

The setting is known for its challenging and ambitious curriculum that aims to excite children and support their progress. Staff are dedicated to children's well-being, fostering confidence and happiness through strong key-person relationships and nurturing environments.

Parents laud the staff's caring approach, receiving regular updates on their child's development and ideas to support learning at home. The nursery effectively supports children's communication, language, and mathematical skills through engaging activities and discussions.

What it's like

Staff greet children warmly as they arrive. Children enjoy their time at the nursery. They are confident, happy and have fun. They arrive excitedly, leave their parents with ease and are eager to investigate the activities provided. Children are cared for by staff that know them well. There is a challenging and ambitious curriculum that successfully excites children and supports them to make the best possible progress in their learning and development.

Good overall effectivenessChallenging curriculumStrong key-person relationshipsSupportive of parentsEffective safeguardingGood communication skills

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2016

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Starshine

Last inspected 11 April 2024

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Staff greet children warmly as they arrive. Children enjoy their time at the nursery. They are confident, happy and have fun. They arrive excitedly, leave their parents with ease and are eager to investigate the activities provided. Children are cared for by staff that know them well. There is a challenging and ambitious curriculum that successfully excites children and supports them to make the best possible progress in their learning and development.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff greet children warmly as they arrive, and children enjoy their time, are confident, happy and have fun.
  • There is a challenging and ambitious curriculum that successfully excites children and supports them to make the best possible progress in their learning and development.
  • Staff support children to behave well, acquiring positive social skills and good attitudes to learning.
  • The manager and the staff provide a broad and varied curriculum, which aims to give all children a good start in their learning.
  • Staff promote children's good behaviour, with older children playing well together and sharing.
  • Overall, staff support children's communication and language skills well, modelling language and introducing new phrases.
  • Staff promote children's developing mathematical knowledge well, with younger children enjoying singing number rhymes.
  • Children are encouraged to be independent, learning self-care skills such as dressing themselves.
  • Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with an open and positive culture.
  • Parents speak highly of the staff, commenting on their caring and nurturing approach, and receive regular updates and ideas for home learning.

Areas to develop

  • 1Strengthen teaching further by ensuring that spontaneous learning activities take account of children's prior learning experiences and help promote more purposeful discussions.
Inspection #10335044 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Children benefit from exciting activities that help them to develop good physical skills. They use their small-muscle skills and hand-eye coordination. They use scoops and spoons to measure and pour out ingredients to make play dough. Furthermore, children have ample opportunities to practise and build on their large-muscle skills and balancing skills in the well-resourced garden.

Parent Reviews of Starshine

5.0
(13)
Esterina Fiore
7 months ago

Our son attended Starshine up until he started school. He was always happy to go in every day and developed real bonds with all the wonderful staff, so much that he is always asking to come back and visit! From the start we felt confident that he was happy, safe and cared for, and allowed to be his true self. The staff are all so kind and loving and genuinely care about the children as individuals. Our son has food allergies and these were always taken seriously; we never felt worried when he was in their care. The activities, space and food are all great and we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend. We look forward to our daughter joining next year as we know she will be well looked after here.

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Thom Samuels
8 months ago

Both our boys attended Starshine. The atmosphere is supportive and encouraging, and helped them flourish from babies into confident little boys. The staff are incredibly caring and attentive to all the children, taking time to get know them and form a real bond. There is also a great network amongst the parents. We really can't recommend it highly enough - the entire Starshine team are 5 out of 5!

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Caitlin May McNamara
9 months ago

Our daughter started at Starshine at 12 months, just as their baby room opened. We immediately felt relaxed leaving her there — she’s safe, well cared for, and happily runs in without looking back each day. They offer great activities, varied meals, and the updates and photos during the day give us a reassuring glimpse of what she’s up to. The staff are wonderful — we’re especially grateful to Kes. Even after moving away from Crouch End, we’ve chosen to keep her at Starshine and make the journey, rather than switch — that’s how much we trust and value them.

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Kate Khosa
a year ago

All of our 3 children have had the pleasure of attending Starshine. They have all flourished in the team’s care. I don’t think we had a day when our kids said they don’t want to go to nursery all happily toddled in from the beginning to when they moved on. I highly recommend Starshine for wonderful caring staff, mixed world cuisine to get those early taste buds engaged and lovely experiences that they still remember now at school!

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Gillian McKay
a year ago

Our daughter started at Starshine when she was 22 months, and stayed until she went to a School nursery at nearly 4 years of age. We couldn't have been happier with the loving care that she received at Starshine. The staff are kind, gentle and give highly individualized support to all of the kids. They did lots of fun activities and our daughter always came home raving about the crafts, games and outdoor activities. They have a small garden with toys and a mud kitchen, and also make use of the grounds of the Church and take walks into and around Crouch End. They were great at supporting potty training, and recognized our daughter's interest in reading and gave her specialised support with her letters. Highly recommend Starshine, and our son will be joining them in January!

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Inspection history

Date: June 2018

  • April 2024Good
  • June 2018Good

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