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Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
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5.0(5 Google reviews) ·64 St. Peters Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2ST · Kent
Number of places
82 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery, established in 1985, offers excellent childcare and early years education for children aged 16 weeks to five years in Broadstairs. The day nursery prides itself on its highly qualified staff who provide dedicated care and support.

It follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, focusing on play-based activities to foster development. Each child's progress is meticulously recorded in an individual "My Baby's Day's" Journal, a cloud-based system allowing parents secure online access to their child's developmental milestones and the ability to upload their own photos.

The day nursery has consistently achieved "Good" and "Outstanding" ratings in Ofsted inspections since 2011, and holds an Enhanced Level I CAN Accreditation, demonstrating its commitment to speech, language, and communication development. Their educational philosophy is centred on creating a safe, nurturing, and happy environment, encouraging good social behaviour, fostering individual potential, and promoting self-confidence through a variety of engaging activities like drawing, painting, and puzzles.

Our ethos

The nursery's educational philosophy is centred on creating a safe, nurturing, and happy environment, encouraging good social behaviour, fostering individual potential, and promoting self-confidence. They follow the EYFS curriculum, focusing on play-based activities and utilise a "My Baby's Day's" Journal to record developmental milestones. The nursery is also committed to speech, language, and communication development.

What it's like

The provider and staff create a highly supportive environment for babies and children that nurtures curiosity and supports their development. Staff plan a sequenced curriculum that enables children to make strong progress in their learning and development. Staff are highly knowledgeable about their key children ensuring all children make the progress they are capable of.

Established 1985Ofsted OutstandingI CAN Accreditation Enhanced LevelPlay-based Learning

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, for most of the year.

Age range

16 weeks to five years

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery

Last inspected 9 July 2025

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

The provider and staff create a highly supportive environment for babies and children that nurtures curiosity and supports their development. Staff plan a sequenced curriculum that enables children to make strong progress in their learning and development. Staff are highly knowledgeable about their key children ensuring all children make the progress they are capable of.

Inspector highlights

  • Communication and language development are a high priority throughout the setting.
  • The provider offers an extensive range of opportunities for children to develop their physical skills.
  • The staff have an excellent understanding of the children's personalities and interests and plan an engaging curriculum.
  • The provider has used extra funding effectively to enhance children's emotional development.
  • Leaders are committed to their role and place a strong emphasis on maintaining staff's well-being.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to help them extend all children's learning to embed teaching securely and consistently across the setting.
Inspection #10392298 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are extremely complimentary about the caring support they receive from the dedicated staff team.

They state that they enjoy attending their children's sports days and play-and-stay sessions to meet with other parents.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff are highly knowledgeable about their key children. This ensures all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who speak English as an additional language (EAL), make the progress they are capable of. The staff work closely with other professionals to help any children with SEND and those who speak EAL. For example, they skilfully use visual aids and sign language while interacting with the children throughout the day, providing quality interactions for all.

Outdoor space

The provider offers an extensive range of opportunities for children to develop their physical skills. For instance, staff encourage children to take managed risks as they investigate and climb trees in the forest school. Babies practise walking and climbing steps as they learn how their bodies move.

Google Reviews of Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery

5.0
(5 Google reviews)
IMMI Photography
a year ago

I recently had the pleasure of bringing my annual Christmas Mini Photoshoot to Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery, and what a festive and joyful experience it was! The children were fantastic to work with, full of smiles and holiday cheer, which made for some truly magical portraits. The staff at Barbies Playschool were incredibly supportive and well-prepared, ensuring everything ran smoothly on the day. Parents and carers have expressed such lovely feedback, sharing how much they value these festive keepsakes as part of their holiday traditions. Barbies Playschool is a wonderful setting, and it was a privilege to bring a touch of Christmas magic to their community. I look forward to working with them again in the future! 🎄📸✨

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hollie pettit
7 years ago

We love this nursery! My daughter loves getting involved in craft, nature area, singing, reading books. She’s made friends quickly. The staff have been fantastic. I couldn’t praise this place more if I tried.

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Inspection history

Date: June 2011

  • July 2025Good
  • August 2019Outstanding
  • October 2014Outstanding
  • June 2011Outstanding

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