Creative Explorers Day Nursery - Hornsey

My twin daughters loved their time at Creative Explorers, which they attended for 2 years (from 1.5 to 3.5 years old). They formed close connections with their key workers and still talk about them fondly, especially Christel in their last pre-school room. I always felt that the girls were in safe hands and well provided for - attentive and caring staff, stimulating and varied activities, great new resources, nutritious food. Communication was good and the nursery seemed well organised. An all round positive experience, for which we are very grateful.

Our child has been with creative explorers for a year and has come on leaps and bounds. She has really benefited from the teaching style and creative freedom. She is now ready to continue her journey and start her new adventure.

My son loves going to nursery, but the two things I would love to see more is for them to have more nature experience and for the food to be organic specially fruited a veggies. Other than that, you're doing a great work.

We have had a wonderful experience with creative explorers with both our children across multiple sites, the care and quality has been consistent throughout. The attention and love given to our children has been a joy to witness and we have really appreciated the great communication and flexibility with extra days and changing attendance patterns etc.

We had the most wonderful experience at Creative Explorers. Our daughter attended from when she was 10 months old until she was 3 and an half, and we only left when we moved away from the area. All of the staff we met at every stage were brilliant, and there was never any doubt that our daughter was well cared for any happy. I couldn't recommend it more highly

Creative Explorers is an incredible nursery! The staff are so kind and attentive to our child, always going the extra mile. We receive daily updates on his varied activities from arts & crafts to Yoga, book club to live music and more. He's made such wonderful bonds with his carers and other children at the nursery. Plus the menu and food is outstanding, top hygiene ratings and very accommodating with allergies. This is the best nursery we could have chosen for our son in my opinion!

Would strongly recommend creative explorers to any parents.

Amazing experience at Creative Explorers. Our child started at just 6 months and is just leaving now to start school. Throughout he has experienced a loving, safe and nurturing environment. We would highly recommend Creative Explorers to all parents.

We also would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff members at CE for the care and attention our daughter has received over the last 2 years. Your help and support were crucial to get our daughter ready for a big school! I know she will miss you all so much!

I highly recommend Creative Explorers. My daughters are/have attended the Gisburn Road and another site and the preschool. The environment is nurturing, kind and fun across all sites, and the staff are amazing.

Our two-year-old daughter adores her nursery! We had a rocky start as I was the main carer since her birth, so her settling took a while, but the management and staff were very attentive to our concerns. She now is so excited to go every morning! It is lovely to see her thrive, develop her social skills and make friends. Her appetite became much better too.

Would 100% recommend this nursery to anyone in the area.

The thing that sets this nursery apart is the staff. Every single one of them has gone above and beyond to support, engage and care for our little boy (and us). He started when he was 16 months old and found it really hard to be away from me initially. The staff were amazing at helping him to feel comfortable in his new environment, they made him a book with pictures to show his journey from home to nursery and back and made sure they planned activities that reflected his interests. Fast forward five months, and he now asks to go to nursery every day! The creativity and resources they use to introduce the children to different themes/events are wonderful. He is flourishing there, and I’m confident he’s in the best hands when he’s away from home - plus the app gives me all the info about his day with pics/videos of what he’s been doing. I was initially worried about the lack of a garden, but they go out to different places (playground, allotment, ducks) all the time which is even better. We’re very happy!

Creative Explorers is a brilliant nursery, staffed by loving people who care deeply about the children they look after. Our experience was positive, with our little boy staying there from 9 months until 2.8 years, transitioning from the baby room to the toddler setting. There are lots of weekly activities for the kids to keep them busy, and the app makes it really easy to see what your little one is up to during the day. We only left because we are relocating and we were really sad to do so.

My son attended Creative Explorers Pre-school one and two from the age of 2 until he left aged 4 to start school. He started as soon as we moved from Zurich. We chose Creative Explorers mainly because of the caring attitude we observed from the staff, who were a constant support to my son and us throughout his time there. The staff were patient, kind and attentive to my son and helped and encouraged him to develop his social and other skills. My son thoroughly enjoyed going to nursery and the friends he made there. We were impressed with the interesting and wide-ranging programme the pre-school had to offer, constantly seeking out new and engaging activities for the children. We were sad when the time came for my son to leave Creative Explorers, but we were reassured by all the support they gave us to prepare for primary school. The staff really make a huge effort and go above and beyond to provide a positive experience for the children and parents.

Our daughter started Creative Explorers when she was one. She’s built confidence and has learned lots of new things, which we never had time to teach her at home, and she built a wonderful relationship with her teachers. While she’s been looked after by different teachers at different stages (T1, T2, P1 and P2) everyone has been absolutely brilliant and very caring and managed to always put her at ease. The management have been very accommodating and flexible with our requirements. I would highly recommend Creative Explorers.

Our son went to Creative Explorers from when he was twelve months to three and a half years old, full time, five days a week. Creative Explorers was a wonderful, engaging and caring space for our son. He made his way up from the baby room, toddler room, to preschool. Staff were very attentive towards our son’s emotional and developmental needs and worked with us as parents to nurture him. He made lots of great little friends and grew and flourished into a confident little person. We appreciated how the nursery provided parents with photos and videos of things they were doing, regular updates of his development. There were always new activities and he learned a lot about different countries, cultures, animals, plants and etc. which he would come back home and talk about. I would highly recommend this nursery, enough that we already plan to send our second child there next year!

Our daughter has just graduated from Creative Explorers after three years, full time. We could not recommend them highly enough. The staff are hardworking and incredibly caring. The communication and the way they supported new parents like us has consistently been excellent. We feel very lucky. Our daughter misses everyone so much.

I had a great feeling about the Creative Explorers Day Nursery as soon as I chatted with the staff and saw the rooms. I was right to go with my gut and my daughter was with Creative Explorers from the baby room until pre-school. She really thrived there, had a really lovely group of friends and the staff have been fantastic. The environment is warm and nurturing with good structure, clear direction for the children and a focus on play. I felt the menu and good choice was great, it’s cooked fresh on site, with lots of variety and regular snacks. My daughter built lovely bonds with her key workers as well as other staff members and she knew she could turn to them if she needed quiet time/support or help with anything. Overall she loved her time there, and she is missing it already. She is very well prepared for school. Thank you to all the wonderful staff.

My son attended Creative Explorers preschool from 2021-2023 and we absolutely loved it! The teachers are amazing, the garden is massive and full of fun and the curriculum they focus on means that my four-year-old son is going to reception knowing how to read level 1 books, basic maths and loads of interesting facts about geography, life sciences, religion, physiology, etc. I couldn't have asked for a better place to get my son ready for primary school and we will miss Creative Explorers so much.