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Abacus Day Care

Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.1(9 parent reviews) ·Abacus Childrens Nurserys Ltd, Kingfisher Drive, Chatham, ME5 7NX · Medway
Number of places
80 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2026
Local authority
Medway

About this day nursery

Abacus Day Care in Chatham, established in 2025, provides childcare for children aged 0-4 years. The nursery operates from Monday to Friday, 7:30 to 18:00, and received an 'Expected Standard' rating from Ofsted in February 2026.

The setting prioritises children's development across all curriculum areas, with a particular focus on communication, social, and physical skills. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive tailored support and make positive progress from their starting points, benefiting from external agency partnerships and specialist resources.

The staff are dedicated to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, fostering strong bonds with children and supporting families. They emphasise the importance of self-care skills, healthy eating, and promoting language and literacy development through various engaging activities, including rhymes for babies and a 'book swap' for older children.

While strong in many areas, the nursery is working to further enhance staff's mathematical understanding extension and information-sharing with parents to support learning at home.

Our ethos

Abacus Nursery is committed to fostering happiness, health, and a love for learning, aiming for children to develop confidence and independence. A key feature of their programme is the inclusion of daily extracurricular activities and a dedicated Forest School, promoting outdoor exploration and learning.

What it's like

Children are at the heart of this setting and staff work hard to ensure all families are welcomed and included. Staff provide a range of activities that support children's communication, social and physical development, and children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make positive progress from their starting points.

Tailored SEND supportStrong communication skillsPositive staff-child bondsSelf-care developmentLanguage and literacy focusInclusive environment

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Session types

Full day, Half day, After school & holiday care and clubs

Opening hours

7.30am – 6.00pm

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Established

2025

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Feb 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Abacus Day Care

Last inspected 12 February 2026 · Victoria Salisbury

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children are at the heart of this setting and staff work hard to ensure all families are welcomed and included. Staff provide a range of activities that support children's communication, social and physical development, and children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make positive progress from their starting points.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are provided with activities and experiences to help support them to develop age-appropriate skills across all areas of the curriculum.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities have tailored support to enable them to make positive progress from their starting points.
  • Children develop positive bonds with their key persons, who know their children well and help families access a range of external expertise to help reduce barriers to children's learning.
  • Children are successfully supported to develop self-care skills.
  • Staff prioritise children's language and literacy skills effectively.
  • Leaders recognise the journey they have been on and the significant changes to the leadership and governance of the setting.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should support staff to identify when they can extend activities to further develop children's mathematical knowledge and understanding.
  • 2Leaders should enhance information-sharing with parents to enable them to support further their children's learning at home.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive tailored support to ensure positive progress from their starting points. Leaders work with external agencies and use funding for specialist resources to help children with listening and communication.

Outdoor space

Children are encouraged to go outside by learning to put on their coats and boots. Older children enjoy skillfully kicking balls into nets, which helps with their physical development.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

12 February 2026

Expected standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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