Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham

Forty Foot Way, Avery Hill, New Eltham, London SE9 2EX
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  • Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham, London
Ignite your child's imagination at Crafty Wizards Pre-school at New Eltham!

This is where Crafty Wizards was born, come and explore New Eltham Pre-school, surrounded by fields, within a short walking distance to Avery Hill Park and the edible garden and allotments at Greenwich University.

Crafty Wizards provide a stimulating and engaging environment for children aged 2 to 5 years. Their play-based approach encourages exploration and discovery, preparing them for a confident start to their educational journey.

Crafty Wizards offers all entitlement options, plus holiday club and flexible hourly care through Kids Play Now Club at The Eltham Centre. Term time options, all year around care with Crafty Wizards own unique holiday club or full year care at the new Henwick Nursery in Eltham. Whatever your unique needs, Crafty Wizards can provide a magical solution!

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Funding & Fees

Free 15 hr entitlement & all childcare vouchers accepted

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Type of Service

  • Nursery School
  • Open term time
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 6

Total Places for Children

  • 40

Age Range

  • from 2 years 0 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 08:00-16:30
    Tuesday 08:00-16:30
    Wednesday 08:00-16:30
    Thursday 08:00-16:30
    Friday 08:00-16:30

When Closed

  • School Holidays

Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham Reviews (128)

9.9

Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.897) out of 10, based on 22 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham has 128 reviews.

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Review from Amy L (Mother of Child) published on 28 November 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I cannot recommend Crafty Wizards enough. My daughter attended from age 2 to 4 years and she loved every minute she was there. The key workers are fantastic and extremely committed to crafty wizards and the education of the children. The activities are fun but also educational. My daughter started primary
school in September 2016 and she is confident in her written and oral communication, which is down to the dedicated work of crafty wizards. I am so happy that I always recommend them to friends and have already registered my one-year-old to attend once he is old enough, as I wouldn't consider sending him anywhere else
Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New ElthamThis is very heart warming to hear. We strive to offer the best for our Crafty Wizards and to hear that they go on to primary school with increased confidence, progress well and are happy makes all the hard work worthwhile. We hope that you can come down to the Winter Wonderland event on December 10th 10am - 1pm, we will be posting information on Tuesday on the Crafty Wizards past parents facebook group. I will pass on your message to the team. Thank you for taking the time to write this review, as a small Pre-School we appreciate parent word of mouth.
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Review from Grace L (Mother of Child) published on 31 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We could not have been happier with our experience at Crafty Wizards. The whole team and setting was perfect for our little girl. Lots of free, crafty play but also lots of structure. Our little girl started primary school in September and I have no doubt that Crafty Wizards played a key role in how
she's settled in there. She's doing amazingly well so far and her teachers are really impressed with all she knows already, much of this is all down to Crafty Wizards. So thank you Crafty Wizards team.
Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New ElthamIt's magical to hear that your daughter is getting on well at Primary School. We hope that the glitter of confidence and magic wand from the Graduation helped her! Thank you for your lovely comments. Please feel free to join us or our Winter Wonderland this year and if you have not joined our past parent's group on Facebook, please do so that you can remain connected with us and other past parents. Keep the magic alive!
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Review from Terri R (Mother of Child) published on 27 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Crafty Wizards was recommended by a friend. I am so glad I took her advice. It is a fantastic environment for the children and all the staff are great. My child took to all the staff not just his key workers. I have recommended Crafty Wizards to a number of other parents.
Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New ElthamThank you for taking the time to write this review. It is heart warming to hear that you were recommended to us and have let others know about our Pre School. I will pass on your praise to our key people and the team. We are rolling out more initiatives this year such as a parent training evening to get the best out of our online parent portal, our new Wondrous Wizarding target sheets, intervention groups to support children and an updated parent communication Wizarding Quill.
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Review from Julia S (Mother of Child) published on 25 October 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our son has attended Crafty Wizards since January 2014 aged 2, he is now approaching age 4 and has learnt so much from attending. Staff are continuously supportive to both our son and us as parents; we receive daily feedback about what he's learning and feeling etc. We have already said we'd send our
daughter when she reaches 2.
Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New ElthamThank you so much for your review. It is always good to get feedback. We are bringing out a new 'Wondrous Wizardry' sheet for your Crafty Wizards Magical Moments folder where you will have a clear log of the next steps for each term and information on any intervention groups that our Crafty Wizards might be taking part in to support and challenge them in their learning. We are also starting a new Wizards Quill that should have a bit more sparkle for parents! I will pass on your positive comments to the team, thank you.
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Review from S B (Mother of Child) published on 21 March 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son had previously attended another nursery in the area and had not settled well there. When my son started in September 2015, I let his Key Person know of the difficulties in the last nursery and all the staff really helped my son settle into Crafty Wizards. It was a huge relief for us that within
2 sessions, he was keen to attend and left with huge smiles on his face. The Key Person really takes time to know what your child likes and give you a report at the end of the day as to what my son has enjoyed or found challenging. We also enjoy the facebook updates/pictures so we can discuss with him what he has done at school today.


My son has really been supported at the school and has really made progress in developing his confidence and speech. We agree with the other viewers that the staff are really welcoming and enthusiastic as you can see on all the children's faces just how happy they are to be there.


We would definitely recommend this school to others.

Reply from Matthew, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New ElthamThank you very much for taking the time to write this review. We will make sure that all our staff hear your kind words. We hope that we will see you at our Easter Eggstravaganza or enjoy our allotment visits next term and our Reptile day!
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Review from Nicola W (Mother of Child) published on 5 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This is a very friendly environment where my child is happy and relaxed. He enjoys the many arts and crafts and has learnt good social skills. I can't recommend this pre-school highly enough.
Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New ElthamThank you for taking the time to write us a review. It is good to hear that we are nearly excellent in all the areas in your opinion. Please do ask your child's key person about the range of resources we have and the ICT we use on a daily basis; our interactive white board screen, our tablets, children's camera's and electronic toys, phones, calculators and more. We recently have also invested in Education City which is a programme that is currently used on our tablets for learning in all areas. It is particularly good for aiding phonics and counting. Unfortunately we are limited with what we are able to have in our outdoor area as we rent the property from the Scouts. We do have a mini-beast area, sand pit, wheeled bikes and a range of outdoor toys to develop gross motor skills as well as other areas of learning. Our snack table offers a choice of various fruit and veg with milk and water daily which is accessible throughout every session.
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Review from Sabrina C (Mother of Child) published on 1 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am actually shocked at how far my twins have come on since starting in September 2015 in the preschool. The difference in their home playing and social skills have improved by so much that I am wondering where my little girls have gone. I cannot wait to see the progress I know they are going to achieve
in the coming year. The staff are amazing. They put so much time and effort into each child and treat them as their own. I'm so proud to say my two are in Crafty Wizards.
Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New ElthamThank you for your review, it sounds that you are 'shocked' in a good way about the progress you have seen. Our new Parent Portal should keep you update on their observations and progress.We look forward to another term shortly where we will be welcoming African snails and will have our Easter Egg-stravaganza.
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Review from A W (Father of Child) published on 1 February 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Small, personal touch and very friendly staff. I love the Facebook updates and photographs; the activities always look well planned and focused on learning. My children are always happy to go. It's hard to take them away! Excellent communication and excellent setting with amazing outside area; with
Forest School status. Would 100% recommend.
Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New ElthamThank you for taking the time to write this review. We are all happy with how well our Forest School sessions have been received. We have also been bringing the outside in with lots of mud and natural resource activities. We look forward to introducing more initiatives as we continue to expand.
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.897)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.897) out of 10 for Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 22 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 22 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.897 for Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham is calculated as follows: ( (238 Excellents x 5) + (19 Goods x 4) + (4 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 261 Ratings = 4.897
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham is based on 22 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 40 number of registered child places is 8, which has been reached with 22 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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