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Imagine

Imagine... Creative Early Years Nursery and Training

4 stars

Member since Sep 2015 Last Updated Feb 2025 Last Login Feb 2025

Our Summary

Daycare
Pre-School
Ofsted Registered
2 Year old Funded Childcare
3 and 4 Year old Funded Childcare
Tax-Free Childcare

About Us

Ofsted 'Outstanding'
At Imagine we have a passion for creativity in children's play, learning and development and we have been involved in projects that promote children's learning using fresh approaches in environments that stretch the imagination. We believe it is important to provide opportunities that:
• Excite
• Inspire
• Motivate Children and the Adults that work with them.

The approach taken in our nursery is one of “Co-construction”- A balanced partnership between children and adults that promotes a collaborative approach to learning. This approach equally values both the contribution of the adult and the child. It enables children to direct their own learning whilst adults observe, support, suggest and extend. Whilst we believe that adults should not impose their own thoughts, ideas and agenda, they should facilitate and enrich children's creative ideas and learning by listening and reinforcing and through offering a range of new and exciting possibilities in appropriate and timely ways.

Our Availability

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Overnight no no no no no no no
Last Updated: 06/02/2025

Our Fees

  • Childcare from £25.00 per morning
  • Childcare from £25.00 per afternoon
  • Childcare from £38.00 per day
  • Childcare from £180.00 per week

Imagine... Offers
*NEW* 30 hrs FREE funded childcare for 3 and 4 year old children (subject to eligibility)
FREE 15 hrs 3 and 4 year old Funding
FREE 15 hrs 2year old Funding (subject to eligibility)
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Our Ofsted Inspections

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Outstanding
31 October 2024
This outstanding nursery fosters exceptional progress through a curriculum that engages even the youngest children. Varied and open-ended learning materials encourage curiosity and creativity, while the outdoor environment provides opportunities for risk assessment and natural discovery. Staff build respectful relationships with children, supporting their personal development. The nursery excels in problem-solving activities and provides swift support for children with special educational needs. Parents praise the rapid progress their children make and the nursery's ability to help children feel safe and secure.
Summary generated by AI from the text of the inspection report.
8 December 2021 - Outstanding
10 April 2019 - Outstanding
23 January 2013 - 1
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Reviews

4 stars 4 out of 5
4 ratings

Latest reviews

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I’m a student and a parent for my child who attends Imagine Nursery and I’m leaving this review based on the outstanding service Kiri and her staff and imagine provide to me and my child, while leaving this review I came across a review which reads ‘Kiri is a fake dream’, this is so untrue Kiri the Manager is a Godsend sent from Heaven, she has been nothing but caring, attentive, and hardworking when it comes to my child.

She always keeps me informed of any important news and always returns my calls and messages and always makes me feel at ease when I leave my little one.

Times have been so hard at the moment and COVID has made me feel so scared of leaving my little one at Nursery recently, but yet again I want to thank Kiri for her excellent reassurance and making me feel at ease with her clear COVID signs and sanitiser, she has up in imagine and how she has made my child and myself feel safe throughout this pandemic and how she as adhered to the COVID Government guidelines and always puts the well-being of her children and staff and parents first and foremost.

Imagine in my eyes is class leading in COVID safe measures.


Thank you Kiri for everything you have done for me and my child and still do, your management and people skills and childcare is second to none and I can’t thank you enough.

You are 100 percent real and ofstead outstanding reflects and cements that in my eyes, along with my personal experience of been one of your parents.

Thank you again Kiri for your openness, honesty and transparency.

A very happy parent.

  • 5 stars Overall
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by Avatar for Harvey Harvey on 07/11/2020

I had my child here with student finance help for a while and without finance help also, MRS Kiri was called, emailed and all stuff by the student finance team. to confirm the payments for the year 18/19 but she did not management to get back to them with an answer for in 2 months. My baby did not attend from march the nursery because he got. COVID 19 from there, but the manager of the nursery, KIRI, was not so kind to inform me that they had at that moment 2 other kids and one teacher self isolating, suspects of the virus. Instead of informing me at the right moment she was calling me for pushing me to send the baby anyway, 5 days in a row, and after she called me to ask me why i am not bringing my son in because his father was an essential worker and i am obligated to take my son to her nursery.
So, my advice is not trust the appearance of this angel at the first sight! Is just fake.

  • 1 stars Overall
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by Avatar for Alexandr Alexandr on 02/11/2020

Imagine nursery and all the staff and management are excellent, their customer service and child care are world class.

The nursery and the care it gives to the children is outstanding and by far the best I have ever seen.

I would recommend this nursery to everyone and anyone who wants the best beginning in life for there child.

  • 5 stars Overall
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by Avatar for Parent Parent on 28/10/2018

When I first started looking for a nursery for my son, I hoped that my instincts would tell me when i had found *The One*. Imagine is certainly that! He has absolutely thrived here; from an inquisitive but shy 2 year old, he has blossomed into a bright, thoughtful, articulate and full-of-beans 4 year old who has so much confidence, curiosity and desire to learn. I credit the staff at Imagine for a good deal of this. They are highly experienced and follow a brilliant philosophy, where children are encouraged to constantly question and explore the world around them. If a child shows an interest in a particular topic, the staff will very quickly produce entire schemes of work around this idea that excites and enthuses all of the children, filling them with a sense of 'awe and wonder'. I feel confident that they know my son inside out and can read him very well; I have been able to confidently leave him in a cosy, safe and yet stimulating environment, knowing that he is getting great quality care and attention.

  • 5 stars Overall
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by Avatar for Parent Parent on 05/02/2018

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