Rising Stars Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Harrow for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2022. Open since 2014, with 30 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Harrow
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Harrow from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
HA2 8ALWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 4 July 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive to nursery happy and excited to enter. Staff have high expectations for children's learning and behaviour. Children behave well. Children are polite and use their manners well. They share and take turns with their friends. They play well together and work together as a team.
Children enjoy the activities and resources provided to them. They are motivated and show good levels of engagement. Children gain a wide range of skills to prepare them for the next stage of their learning. Children thoroughly enjoy being outdoors in their large garden. Older children make up games. They roll large hoops, crawl through tunnels and use the climbing frame to practise their coordination and balance skills. Other children enjoy planting cress and sunflower seeds in their pots. They use spades to fill pots and carefully pinch the seeds and press them down into the soil. Toddlers busily fill the large-play cement mixer with sand and experiment making patterns in the sand tray with different moulds.
During the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, staff continued to support children's learning online. Key persons provided group and one-to-one sessions with children throughout the day. This helped to maintain children's strong bonds with friends and staff.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the curriculum for mathematics to increase the opportunities for children to explore a range of mathematical concepts while they play n help children to build on and use their home languages in play and learning to strengthen their communication skills to the highest level.
- 4 July 2022Good
- 7 July 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rising Stars Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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