Les Petites Etoiles Tufnell Park

Our daughter started at Les Petites Etoiles just before her first birthday. We are both English speakers and no French is spoken at home. Our daughter has just left Les Petites Etoiles and started at an independent day school for girls in Highgate. We could not have been luckier getting our daughter a place at Les Petites Etoiles. Not only is her French now at a very high standard but she forged friendships with staff and other children at Les Petites Etoiles which will last a lifetime. The staff are not only highly motivated and ambitious for the children they care for but are able to foster a uniquely close and loving atmosphere. I was in tears when we said goodbye to our daughter’s teachers at Les Petites Etoiles. I am certain she will never forget them.

Our daughter absolutely loved Les Petites Etoiles and we did too! She started there when she was a year and a half and we’ve only just left over a year later because we’ve moved house. The staff are amazing, very caring and organise great activities. Our daughter loved the food, cooked on the premises. There are very regular updates sent to parents on what they’ve been up to and an end of year folder with photos and pictures they’ve drawn. We highly recommend the nursery!

Our daughter attended Les Petites Etoiles for 2 years from the age of 15 months. At home, our two spoken languages are French and English, therefore, having the option of sending our daughter to a bilingual nursery was ideal. Les Petites Etoiles, for us, didn’t just offer a bilingual setting but also a highly nurturing environment with very professional and caring staff and well organised activities. Our daughter has developed so beautifully during her time there, becoming more independent, creative and speaking equally well in English and French. She formed a special bond with all her teachers who always kept us updated on her progress via an app and reports. Management was also always so responsive and helpful with any queries we had. Two things we also loved about the nursery were the three-course meals they received, which is traditionally French, and the weekly book library.

Our daughter spent three great years at the nursery, she joined as a Penguin when she was two and left at 4-year- old as a Giraffe, then off to the reception in September 2020.
We have always been happy with the service provided by the nursery. They give good care to the kids, doing lots of activities, helping them to grow with self-confidence and learning to behave and interact with others.
We liked the curriculum provided in French and English. Our daughter loved every single day she spent at the nursery, and she’s asking us to go back to see the staff.
Worth noting with this Covid19 strange time, that the nursery made the environment safe for the children to go back full-time as soon as it was permitted.

Our three bilingual daughters went to Les Petites Etoiles from bunnies room right through to lions and giraffes, before going off to reception, and we can honestly say they have all been extremely happy throughout their time at the nursery. The staff form a close and dynamic team of caring, friendly, professional, energetic and creative teachers who connect brilliantly with the children as well as with the parents. The management team are responsive and communicative, often present to meet and support families, and have always been happy to help with any requests or questions. There is a good level of feedback provided by the staff on the children’s daily activities as well as their overall development. Our girls’ French language development was fantastic and we loved the fun ways the team ensure French traditions are celebrated. We also love the garden space and the creative way it is used for learning and fun. We are very pleased we chose Les Petites Etoiles!

Both my boys have attended Les Petites Etoiles in Tufnell Park at different times over the past 7 years, leaving Les Petites Etoiles for the last time this summer felt like saying goodbye to family. There are so many things that I have loved and appreciated about the way they do things, the food is unbelievable (four-course lunches!!), the spaces are light and full of pictures, the structure of the day is always well thought out. However the team have been the best part of the whole experience. The boys have adored their key people, and both having the same person in their final years was just brilliant, she has set them up beautifully to start school and I cannot thank her and the team enough.

We were incredibly pleased with Les Petites Etoiles. The nursery was very professional, well organised, caring and reliable. Our daughter learned French in less than a year, improved her English significantly and came back home happy every day. The food was also great and healthy. I would recommend Les Petites Etoiles without hesitation.

Both our sons went to Les Petites Etoiles Tufnell Park, and we have always been so happy with this nursery. The stuff is truly caring, engaged and professional. There is plenty of thoughtfully prepared interesting activities that encourage early learning. And even more importantly, we felt that our boys have got excellent support and guidance to help their emotional development and first social skills. There is a good amount of feedback to parents, including regular reports with pictures, and prompt responses to any questions or requests. Finally, freshly prepared meals were simply outstanding in quality and diversity. We’ll never forget our wonderful time at Les Petites Etoiles and can’t recommend them highly enough!

Les Petites Etoiles is excellent – our daughter improved her French quickly in this warm, supportive environment. There are long-standing staff who work very well together and offer excellent care. They also prepare children exceptionally well for both the English and French systems, and our daughter was far ahead with basic skills (holding a pen etc) when starting school. Cannot recommend it enough.

Our daughter spent two years at “Les petites étoiles”, in the Penguin class and then in the Lion class (from 2 to 4 years).
At first, she was expressing herself mainly in French, which is her mother tongue, but she became equally happy to communicate in both languages.
She has become deeply attached to her teachers and made very good friends. She talks about them very frequently at home, even after leaving the nursery (due to age limit – we would have let her stay another year!).
Our first observation is that she blossomed deeply at “Petites étoiles”: she was delighted to go there every morning and brought back a thousand anecdotes as much related to the emotional as to the learning every evening.

She told us about every dish of every day in the canteen with the same enthusiasm (even more so when she was picking the herbs herself in the courtyard of the nursery (basil, mint etc). The food looks excellent and the menu posted each week on the school door is undeniably pleasing.