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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - East Croydon
from Masud A (Father of Child) published on 13 January 2026 Submitted via Website • Report

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ZERO STARS IF I COULD
If you love your child, stay away from Little Pumpkin Nursery.
I waited to write this until my son had finally left because I was scared. Now I feel responsible to be honest.
Management is chaotic, with constant staff turnover and no consistency. My son hated attending. Children

need routine and familiar carers - this nursery offers neither.
The app is misleading. It regularly contained false information, especially about meals. Days my son ate nothing were logged as "finished all food." When questioned, management dismissed it. This isn't poor updating - it's dishonest and misleading.
The nursery is disturbingly secretive. A serious incident involving the police occurred and parents were not until someone posted a review on another platform.
Care was poor. My son often came home in wet clothes and socks and was constantly ill. On one occasion he was sent home in the wrong nappy size, causing rashes and red marks. This is basic childcare, and they failed

Reply from SLT, Senior Leadership Team at Little Pumpkins Nursery - East CroydonWe take all feedback seriously; however, several statements in this review are inaccurate and misleading and do not reflect the professional standards or regulatory oversight of Little Pumpkins Nursery.
Little Pumpkins has provided early years childcare for over 23 years in full compliance with statutory and EYFS requirements. Our safeguarding, staffing ratios, hygiene, and record-keeping are subject to ongoing internal review and external inspection. Any suggestion of dishonest or negligent practice is firmly rejected.
Staffing arrangements ensure continuity of care through key-person systems and leadership oversight. Our digital parent platform records care in good faith, and concerns are investigated promptly. Allegations of falsification or neglect are unsupported by our records.
While we regret this parent's dissatisfaction, we stand confidently behind our staff, systems, and long-standing record of safe, professional childcare.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - South Norwood
from Zoe T (Mother of Child) published on 24 November 2025 Submitted via Website • Report

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My son has attended since he was 11 months old and Little Pumpkins has been such a supportive and important part of our lives. He's now 2.5 years old, and he enjoys it and learns so much - he's always coming home talking about all his friends and we know the lovely staff are very caring and nurturing.

The children have lots of fun, they do cooking and dancing classes, and staff tailor activities towards the children's current interests. The menu is fantastic and the wonderful on-site chef does an amazing job of serving nutritious meals that our son always eats All+ of! We really recommend Little Pumpkins.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - South Norwood
from Ellie M (Mother of Child) published on 20 October 2025 Submitted via Website • Report

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Little Pumpkins is the most caring and nurturing nursery. We couldn't be happier with it! The staff are so friendly and go above and beyond to support my son, allowing him to flourish in all areas. It's an excellent learning environment and the children are stimulated with the variety of different activities.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - Lee
from D R (Mother of Child) published on 16 February 2024 Submitted via Website • Report

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My daughter has been at the Little Pumpkins Nursery for the last two years. She has become a bubbly, happy, excited little girl. She comes out happy, telling us about her day and new things she has learned.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - Lee
from Pierpaolo R (Father of Child) published on 12 February 2024 Submitted via Website • Report

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My 4yo son has been attending Little Pumpkins for over a year and he simply loves it. I can tell he feels safe and confident when he's there and I saw how his creativity and speech articulation have been improving since joining the nursery.
The staff are amazing, dedicated and always attentive to the

needs of the children. The facilities are clean and adequate (I am always impressed by the level of tidying and cleanliness for a nursery when I enter for parent events).
I absolutely recommend Little Pumpkins.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - Lee
from N S (Mother of Child) published on 9 February 2024 Submitted via Website • Report

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This is a lovely small nursery with some very caring and able staff. It’s comparable in price to other local nurseries and I have confidence my children are being well cared for and stimulated while they are there. Communication is also great.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - Lee
from J O (Mother of Child) published on 31 January 2024 Submitted via Website • Report

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Very friendly stuff always helpful! Our daughter loves to go to nursery, every morning she runs to the staff. We are happy with all the activities that they doing for the kids. We can see a lot of improvement in our daughter every time when she comes home from nursery. 100% I would recommend!

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - Lee
from Bola F (Mother of Child) published on 31 January 2024 Submitted via Website • Report

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We absolutely recommend Little Pumpkins - Lee. Our daughter thrived in that setting and the care she received was phenomenal. Staff members truly care and have excellent open communication with parents and carers. We will miss them.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - Lee
from Stephen B (Father of Child) published on 31 January 2024 Submitted via Website • Report

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A great nursery. Staff care deeply about the children and give them the chance to grow and develop without being overbearing. A good mix of activities and outside time. And great food (what he’ll eat there instead of home is another story!).

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - East Croydon
from Bethany A (Mother of Child) published on 9 October 2023 Submitted via Website • Report

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Our son went to Little Pumpkins from the age of 1 and left just before he was 3 as we were sadly moving a bit further away. The staff have always been so wonderful and caring towards him and his language and development came on so much after starting. He loved the food and the activities and we got

to see photo updates of his day through the app. The management team are fantastic and always available if you need to speak and it feels like such a personal service. They all took so much time getting to know him at the beginning and helped him settle in quickly. It’s a really personal nursery where everyone from the key workers to the owners knew our son really well. We were so sad when he left as they’ve been amazing.

Reply from Cheryl Mccarthy, Manager at Little Pumpkins Nursery - East CroydonGood afternoon. Thank for your recommendation and kind words.
Our mission is to provide excellent childcare and constantly working towards providing high standards, to ensure the children, families, and team thrive to their full potential. Best wishes for the future. Little Pumpkins.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - South Norwood
from Grace G (Mother of Child) published on 2 October 2023 Submitted via Website • Report

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My little boy has been at Little Pumpkins for just over three months now, since he was eleven months old. He absolutely loves it! He has the biggest smile on his face in the morning at drop-off, and it's a testament to the amazing people who work there.
The staff are excellent, in particular the member

of staff from the Little Teddies room, who always gives us such a thorough update of his day and you can see how much she cares for the children. The manager is fantastic. You can see at pick up/drop off how much she engages with all of the children from the different classes and manages to have a personal connection to them all. She takes the time to talk to you about your child's progress and is great at communicating via the app if needed.
We couldn't be happier with our nursery choice, and I know my little boy feels the same! It's a joy to see him so happy there, and the progress he's made since attending is amazing. They teach him so much! Highly recommend.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - South Norwood
from Rachel B (Mother of Child) published on 29 September 2023 Submitted via Website • Report

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My son attended this nursery from 1-4yrs and only left this summer, ready to start school. My 20-month-old daughter is currently there (and has been since 10 months old) so we’ve been there through the change in management.
The new manager is so approachable, enthusiastic and incredibly friendly. It

feels like a new nursery under the new manager's leadership. She goes out of her way to get to know and help families, making it feel so personable - exactly what you want for your childcare setting.
The whole team of staff there are always brilliant at drop off, ensuring they welcome the kids each morning with open arms (which makes it so much easier on a stressful commute).
My son adored the staff in the preschool room, as well as his previous key workers, and my daughter is always very happy to go in each day.
The app, used to update us on our children’s day, is always up to date and provides us with daily photos.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - East Croydon
from O B (Mother of Child) published on 9 May 2023 Submitted via Website • Report

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My daughter went to this nursery for about 1.5 years. She saw many different staff members and management due to the high turnover. She became regularly unhappy to go and the new faces every week did not help this. The staff were very unhappy, the children were unhappy and the level of care was low.

It had such great potential to be a very good nursery however there were many management issues and this caused my child to be regularly distressed. They said they had this everywhere however other nurseries I visited had a way lower turnover of staff which spoke volumes. My daughter now goes to a much better nursery and the change in her energy to go to the new one has been amazing. I would not recommend this nursery at all.

Reply from Dean Nicol, Managing Director at Little Pumpkins Nursery - East CroydonAt Little Pumpkins, we take pride in our company culture and positive work environment. Our recent Ofsted inspection in Feb 2023 resulted in a strong “Good” rating for our childcare services, marking our 20th anniversary in the industry.
We were particularly pleased with the inspector's comments on our high quality standards. The report highlighted how well our staff interacts with the children and provides a nurturing, well-organized nursery. The feedback from our staff is also positive, evidenced by our low turnover rate relative to our competitors.
Our recent success is a reflection of the value we place on our staff & company culture. We prioritize our team's well-being and feel it's key to productivity, satisfaction, and retention rates. This investment in our staff has paid off as evidenced by Ofsted and our parent's feedback in our recent customer satisfaction survey.
Our leadership team is dedicated to fostering this positive work culture & to uphold our core values.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - Lee
from Alisha V (Mother of Child) published on 15 December 2022 Submitted via Website • Report

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100% recommend Little Pumpkins Lee. Two of my children have been attending since September and Im incredibly impressed with how quickly they settled, the bonds theyve formed with all staff, the variety of activities but most importantly, how much theyve blossomed individually.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - Lee
from A M (Mother of Child) published on 1 December 2022 Submitted via Website • Report

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Lovely nursery, very enthusiastic and caring staff who care deeply about providing a safe and engaging environment for our kids. Responsive to queries and concerns. Overall really pleased with the care our children receive.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - Lee
from Octavian D (Father of Child) published on 20 August 2022 Submitted via Website • Report

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Amazing staff, our son was very shy at first, but to our surprise, it took him less than 4 weeks to settle in (only three days a week at that time). The progress that he made is evident and we are very happy with the loving care that he is receiving. We get regular updates on his activities, and the

nursery has weekly surprises and fun pass times for the children. Our son's English is now becoming clearer than his native language and this is one more important acquisition since he started nursery. The meals are cooked on site, and he seems to be having more appetite there than at home. We highly recommend this nursery, with its skilled and lovely staff.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - Lee
from Katie W (Mother of Child) published on 14 August 2022 Submitted via Website • Report

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We can’t recommend this nursery enough, we’re so happy with every aspect and our daughter loves being there. All the staff are amazing and so friendly, the care they give to every child is outstanding. Our daughter has been here for 6 months and has developed so well. The communication between the staff

and families is great, the app is very helpful and informative. Can’t thank the staff enough for all they do.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - East Croydon
from Scott F (Father of Child) published on 7 March 2022 Submitted via Website • Report

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A lovely new and really nicely renovated nursery but apart from that, it has been a less than fortunate experience having our child at this nursery. On more than one occasion we have had safeguarding issues because of the amount of unexplained bruises our child would come home with. It has the potential

to be an amazing nursery, but in the end, we had to remove our child due to safety concerns. In the time our child has attended the nursery there have been too many changes in staff which have not supported our child's needs. We were promised many things when we attended our initial introduction one being that a chef that would prepare the children's meals. This was not the case. We really started to see things worsen when staffing issues resulted in combining the children of mixed age groups into one space at the basement level.

Reply from Deborah Wilson, Manager at Little Pumpkins Nursery - East CroydonHi, thank you for taking the time and effort to write your review. We were very pleased when your son settled in October 2020, it was a delight to look after him and he was a happy child at our nursery. As a company, we are proud and have worked very hard to ensure that the new East Croydon Nursery was beautifully designed and every room is engaging and practical with modern equipment indoors and outdoors, providing a stimulating, fresh and vibrant, fun environment.

We valued your custom and I assure you that we take all customer feedback seriously. Safeguarding is incredibly important to us protecting all children that attend the nursery. The nursery makes every effort to have effective safeguarding processes in place and keep children safe. We have had no similar concerns of this nature from any of our parents, however we value your feedback.

Recruitment shortages are severe across the childcare industry and many other nurseries can attest to this. However, we have always been able to remain in ratios and provide the quality of care required to meet the needs of the children with a staff team who are passionate about the children whom they look after, striving to meet the individual needs of those in their care.

There is nothing in the EYFS framework guidelines that suggests different-aged children must be kept apart throughout the nursery day. All activities are age-specific and manageable because the groups are small. Research has found that mixed-age grouping can be a beneficial approach.

We pride ourselves on the safety and wellbeing of all the children in our care as the welfare of the children is of paramount importance to us here at Little Pumpkins Nursery.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - East Croydon
from Amelia B (Mother of Child) published on 14 February 2022 Submitted via Website • Report

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My two-year-old daughter attends this nursery and I couldn’t be happier. The staff are amazing and very attentive, my child always looks forward to going to nursery every morning. The building is well refurbished compared to other nurseries I visited in the area. I can’t recommend Little Pumpkins enough.

Reply from Deborah Wilson, Manager at Little Pumpkins Nursery - East CroydonThank you so much for your feedback, I will pass your comments on to the staff team.

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Review of
Little Pumpkins Nursery - East Croydon
from Meg S (Mother of Child) published on 24 May 2021 Submitted via Website • Report

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We are so happy with the care and education that Little Pumpkins provide for our daughter! She started and was quite nervous, as was I, but after a couple of weeks doesn’t look back and talks about her friends and what she’s been up to and it is clear that she is stimulated and encouraged to be herself

which I really like! I have noticed a huge difference in her confidence after lockdown and I am so pleased we chose Little Pumpkins! She is learning social skills and this is helping her confidence, I feel the staff have welcomed us and taken the time to understand her, and she is loved and cared for in a spotlessly clean environment! And she is very happy about the food!

Reply from Deborah Wilson, Manager at Little Pumpkins Nursery - East CroydonThank you so much for your comments, we strive to ensure that all the children in our care are happy and excited to be with us here at Little Pumpkins Nursery.
Your comments are really appreciated.
Again thank you.

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