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Be Independent Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2025)
·St Justus Church Hall, Mount Pleasant, Paddock Wood, TN12 6AH · Kent
Number of places
28 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2025
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

Be Independent Day Nursery is in Paddock Wood, Kent, providing care for children from one to four years old. It opens from 8am to 5.30pm on weekdays. At its inspection in April 2025, Ofsted rated the day nursery's overall effectiveness as Good. The inspector noted that the provider had taken significant action to improve since the previous inspection. Children are happy and form secure attachments with staff, who are described as kind and caring. Parents commented positively on the staff and their children's progress, particularly in speech and language.

The nursery provides effective support for babies’ physical and language development. Leaders use additional funding to provide activities such as yoga, French, and music classes. Staff knowledge is enhanced to support all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Leaders are developing the garden and intend to create a space for babies to practise and develop their physical skills and movement.

What it's like

Children show that they are happy in this warm and welcoming nursery. They receive warm interactions from staff as they enter and settle, choosing from the wide range of activities on offer. Children build secure attachments with staff, who find out about their individual backgrounds and needs. This helps children to feel safe and secure.

Warm and welcomingIndividualised curriculumStrong parent communicationEffective SEND supportGood behaviourPhysical development focus

Key facts

Opening hours

8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Be Independent Day Nursery

Last inspected 28 April 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

Children show that they are happy in this warm and welcoming nursery. They receive warm interactions from staff as they enter and settle, choosing from the wide range of activities on offer. Children build secure attachments with staff, who find out about their individual backgrounds and needs. This helps children to feel safe and secure.

Inspector highlights

  • The provider has taken significant action to improve, working with specialist advisers and addressing previous actions.
  • Staff are kind and caring, providing positive interactions and creating calm spaces for children.
  • Babies receive effective support for their physical and language development. Leaders use self-reflection to positively impact the quality of care and learning, enhancing staff knowledge for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • Parents comment positively about the staff and the setting, noting good progress in learning, particularly speech and language.
  • Leaders effectively use additional funding to provide a variety of appropriate learning experiences, such as yoga, French, and music classes.

Areas to develop

  • 1improve staff's understanding of behaviour management strategies so that they have a consistent approach to support children's positive behaviour.
Inspection #10402386 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders provide opportunities for staff to enhance their knowledge and understand that all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, require high-quality interactions and experiences.

Outdoor space

Although staff arrange the environment to support children's learning, some resources are not presented in a way that helps children easily access or use them, particularly in the garden. However, leaders are in the process of developing the outside space for children and intend on creating a space where babies can practise and develop their physical skills and movement.

Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2025

Date: December 2024

  • April 2025Good
  • December 2024Inadequate

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