Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
Forty Foot Way, Avery Hill, New Eltham,
London
SE9 2EX
Free 15 hr entitlement & all childcare vouchers accepted
Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.885) out of 10, based on 16 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham has 116 reviews.
Review from L M (Mother of Child) published on 17 March 2025
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5.0 out of 5
Reply from Management team, Magical Management at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
Magic-nificent! We are so happy to read that you and your son have enjoyed our service.5 big stars in all area, our team will feel very proud at our regular morning briefings. Please share your positive experience with friends and family; we'd love for them to join our Crafty Wizards family! Together we can make learning magical through creativity for years to come!Please follow us on social media for information about our free events coming up: We have a 'Hop till You Drop' Easter market event for families, a 'Find Your Inner Oink' neon event and a 'Farmyard & Friends' activity day. We have even more coming.... Did you know we have a creche called Kids Play Now Club for children 3 months to 8 years old?Did you know we have a holiday club for 2 - 10 year olds?Did you know we now have a nursery all year around for 6 months to 5 years old?Check out our website for more information.
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Review from L E (Mother of Child) published on 24 February 2025
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Review from L N (Mother of Child) published on 19 July 2024
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Review from A A (Mother of Child) published on 27 March 2024
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Reply from Management team, Management at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
The team are spell-bound to hear about your positive experience! At Crafty Wizards, we prioritise creating a nurturing environment where children thrive. It's wonderful to see your son's growth and development. Thank you for trusting us with his care and education!We love to make learning magical and our team love learning too. Our management team recently went to the childcare expo and join have strong roots in the local community. Some of us have just come back from the children's ward at our local hospital. Look out for events that we take part in, we just had a FREE Easter egg hunt in Avery Hill Park!
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Review from C R (Father of Child) published on 27 March 2024
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Reply from Crafty Wizards Team, Management at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
Thank you for your 5 stars in all areas. We enjoy outdoor learning too. At our New Eltham site we have just purchased new flower chalk boards, outdoor mats for our reading area and a lovely reading unit for self access during play (we already have an outdoor library unit to take books home). We love our allotment visits, Forest School and special initiatives with Greenwich University too.Thank you for choosing Crafty Wizards, please recommend us to friends and family, we have a holiday club too for 2-8 year olds.
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Review from Amy F (Mother of Child) published on 19 March 2024
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Reply from Crafty Wizards Team, Management at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
Thank you for your five-star review! We're absolutely spellbound by your kind words. Our accommodating and cheerful staff members are dedicated to creating a magical environment where every 'Crafty Wizard' can thrive. We're delighted to hear you talk about the progress your son has made in speech improvement, counting and exploring colours and more! We have lots of special themed days coming up before the summer, our caterpillars arrive in a few weeks to watch their life-cycle to butterfly, we have our 'Blooming Magic' Easter club (amazing themed days open for all 2-8-year-olds) and much more!
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Review from Samantha H (Mother of Child) published on 14 March 2024
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5.0 out of 5
Reply from Crafty Wizards Team, Management at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
5 big stars all over! Thank you for your enchanting review of Crafty Wizards! We're absolutely delighted to hear that your son eagerly anticipates his time at our nursery and is greeted with smiles every time he arrives. Creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere where every child feels valued and cherished is what we strive for each day. Did you know that we do holiday clubs too? Our Easter holiday Club has some amazing themes, it's not just a holiday club, it's open to children 1-8 years old and it has daily planned, creative activities. Email us to find out more. Building strong bonds with each child is a cornerstone of our approach, and we're thrilled that he feels comfortable and happy in their presence. We're over the moon to hear that your son comes home bursting with excitement about his day at Crafty Wizards. Providing engaging and enriching experiences for our little wizards is a top priority.
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Review from Joy B (Mother of Child) published on 14 March 2024
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Reply from Crafty Wizards Team, Management at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
Wow, thank you for sprinkling such magical words about Crafty Wizards Pre-School! We're absolutely enchanted to hear about the exceptional service you've experienced with our team and from a Speech and Language Therapist! Did you know that all our pre-schools follow the Early Talk Boost program and Royal Greenwich has highlighted that we do this exceptionally well from our visits? We also have Interactive Music Making and Boogie Mites trained staff because early communication is centre stage at Crafty Wizards. It fills us with immense joy to know that your son has found a special connection with one of our remarkable staff members. Our manager and the entire team are dedicated to weaving spells of progress and growth for every little wizard in our care. We're thrilled that our manager's proactive approach has helped secure the funding and support your son needs for his Speech and Language Therapy. We're thrilled to welcome your second son into our magical realm in June 2024!
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Review from S S (Mother of Child) published on 14 March 2024
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Reply from Crafty Wizards Team, Management at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
Thank you for your 5-star in all areas enchanting review! We're absolutely thrilled to hear that you've found Crafty Wizards Pre-School to be a magical place where every child's growth is nurtured with care and dedication. We're committed to going beyond the ordinary to ensure that each little wizard reaches for the stars and achieves their full potential, and then some! Our mystical learning experiences extend both indoors and outdoors, providing endless opportunities for exploration and discovery. Your confidence in knowing that your child is in safe hands truly means the world to us. At Crafty Wizards, we weave a protective cloak of care and safety around every young apprentice, ensuring that they can spread their wings and soar with confidence! Have you seen our Spring-tacular event this Saturday and the Easter egg hunt for all our local community? Thank you for entrusting us with your child's magical journey. We look forward to continuing to nurture their growth.
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Review from Harry G (Father of Child) published on 14 March 2024
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Reply from Crafty Wizards Team, Management at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
Many thanks for your enchanting feedback! We're absolutely spellbound to learn that your daughter is charmed by her time at Crafty Wizards Pre-School. Our fantastic team is dedicated to conjuring up a magical environment where every little wizard's needs are not just met but surpassed. It's truly magical to hear that she's settled in so seamlessly since January. Here at Crafty Wizards, we believe in weaving enchanting experiences beyond the ordinary, which is why we're over the moon that your daughter enjoys our forest school adventures and other mystical extras. We're all about stirring up a potion of excitement for learning and discovery in every 'Crafty Wizard', and her enthusiasm truly casts a delightful spell on us. We eagerly anticipate continuing this mystical journey with your family and conjuring up many more bewitching moments together at Crafty Wizards Pre-School!
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Review from S H (Mother of Child) published on 6 November 2023
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Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
Thank you for taking the time to write us a review. Settling in can be an anxious time for both our new Crafty Wizards and our parents/ carers, but we use a range of strategies as every child and parent/ carer is/are unique! As our Crafty Wizards are unique our activities and planned learning opportunities are tailored around their interests and developmental needs. We hope that you enjoy seeing our activities daily on our parent Facebook group. Look out for information today about our Snowball Ball 2023 for our Crafty Wizards; it's going to be spell-binding. We will also be learning about a range of celebrations this term; it's truly a magical time of the year!
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Review from Daisie M (Mother of Child) published on 19 October 2023
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Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
5 magical stars! The team work hard to make learning magical, from our on-demand hourly bookable slots at Kids PlayNow Club in The Eltham Centre Mon-Sat mornings to our preschools. Our recently inspected Outstanding New Eltham preschool will be over the moon to read this. The team work hard behind the scenes. Did you know we have a spook-tacular holiday club open for all 2-8-year-olds next week?
Thank you for taking the time to write this review. As a small set of preschools, not a large chain, we really do appreciate every review and thrive through recommendations.
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Review from Kirsty M (Mother of Child) published on 10 May 2023
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Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
Thank you so much for your sparkling review! Our next event is Crafty Cakes Day on 25th May at our Alderwood Children's Centre preschool. We have lots planned during the summer term, keep your eyes out on email, our parent social media group, our parent boards, and our social media.
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Review from S C (Mother of Child) published on 5 May 2023
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Review from R S (Mother of Child) published on 3 April 2023
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5.0 out of 5
Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
5 sparkling stars all around! It is magic to hear that you enjoyed our recent parent stay and play. We are doing another push for parents and carers to come into preschool to share their hobbies, interests, professions, and cultures or just to read a few stories or sing some songs! We recently had a parent pop in with their baby, our Crafty Wizards loved asking questions! It is great to hear how you feel that your son has progressed and has fun at Crafty Wizards. Did you know we have a 'Blooming Magic' holiday club this Easter at our Alderwood Children's Centre Pre-School?
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Review from Charley O (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2023
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Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
It is wonderful that you believe our team at Avery Hill to be amazing, supportive and caring and that your daughter has made great progress. The team works hard to make learning magical, did you come to our family activity day on Saturday a couple of weeks ago? We have an Easter holiday club starting next week called 'Blooming Magic!', we are always trying to offer more for our Crafty Wizards and their families. Thank you for taking the time to write us a magical review, this will give the team a little extra sparkle knowing that you are happy.
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Review from Abbie B (Mother of Child) published on 1 February 2023
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Review from Amy W (Mother of Child) published on 31 January 2023
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Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
Thank you for your spell-binding review! Our Bexley Road site has the smallest outdoor space but we make up for it with regular park visits, Forest School trips, allotment trips to a local University and we have even done Hedgehog walks locally. We look forward to a lot more planned activities coming up: FREE open day activities at our Bexley Road, Alderwood Children's Centre and New Eltham pre-schools, picnic day in the park, our Magical Movers Week, our Book Week and much much more! Magic!
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Review from Janis H (Mother of Child) published on 31 January 2023
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Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
'No faults whatsoever'! That is praise indeed! Thank you for taking the time in reviewing us. The team will enjoy reading your review. We never want to be satisfied though! We are always striving to offer the best opportunities for our Crafty Wizards, as interests in the children change, our cohort of children evolves and the industry knowledge on early years learning and development progress the aim to make learning magical through creativity is always moving!
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Review from Charlie G (Mother of Child) published on 25 January 2023
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Reply from Matthew Byrne, Director at Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham
4 months is early days, thank you for already reviewing us and giving us 5 stars in all areas. We are always planning around the interests and needs of our Crafty Wizards, no day is ever the same at Crafty Wizards. We look forward to introducing more magic to you and your son. Coming up is our Feb half term club, Spring-tacular, equality week, Magical-movers week, Graduation and much more! We can't wait to share this with you. Thank you for taking the time to review us.
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The Review Score of 9.9 (9.885) out of 10 for Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.
a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 16 Reviews in the last 24 months.
b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 16 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.
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:
a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.
The Average Rating of 4.885 for Crafty Wizards Pre-School - New Eltham is calculated as follows: ( (171 Excellents x 5) + (18 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 191 Ratings = 4.885
b) 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 16 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:
The 5 points available are broken down as follows:
i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
ii) 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 16 Positive reviews. Points = 1
When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
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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