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Beaming Stars Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2022)
·Johnsons Farm, Butchers Lane, Sevenoaks, TN15 7HF · Kent
Number of places
25 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2022
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

Beaming Stars Day Nursery & Preschool provides a nurturing and inspiring childcare experience across two welcoming locations in Kent: Sevenoaks Ash and Edenbridge. Serving children from approximately two months to five years old, both settings offer full-day care.

The Sevenoaks Ash nursery is situated in a rural, nature-rich environment, offering engaging indoor and outdoor spaces, creative play, and healthy meals to support children's development and curiosity. The Edenbridge setting, nestled amidst picturesque woodlands, also offers secure outdoor gardens, providing ample opportunities for outdoor exploration.

The nurseries uphold a warm, family-focused ethos, employing experienced early years practitioners dedicated to fostering confidence, happiness, and a love for learning in every child. Their philosophy centres on a child-centred, play-based approach within a supportive environment, aiming to give every child the best start in life.

Our ethos

Beaming Stars Day Nursery & Preschool operates with a child-centred, play-based approach, aiming to foster confidence, happiness, and a love for learning. They are committed to providing a nurturing and inspiring environment for children from two months to five years old, with a focus on outdoor exploration and supporting children's curiosity.

What it's like

Children are happy, settled and confident at the nursery and eagerly engage in motivating activities planned by staff who have high expectations of their capabilities. They develop healthy lifestyles and good physical skills, and learn about similarities and differences through cultural activities; staff use additional funding to meet individual learning needs and to support children's understanding of emotions.

Full-day careRural, nature-rich settingPlay-based curriculumExperienced early years practitioners

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Open Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions from 7.30am until 6.30pm.

Age range

2 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2019

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Beaming Stars Day Nursery

Last inspected 16 February 2022 · Kelly Hawkins

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 are happy, settled and confident at the nursery and eagerly engage in motivating activities planned by staff who have high expectations of their capabilities. They develop healthy lifestyles and good physical skills, and learn about similarities and differences through cultural activities; staff use additional funding to meet individual learning needs and to support children's understanding of emotions.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy, settled and confident.
  • Staff have high expectations and plan motivating activities.
  • Children develop good physical skills.
  • Staff use additional funding effectively to meet individual learning needs.
  • Positive partnerships with parents and other settings support consistent learning.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen staff's practice in creating more opportunities to challenge children's thinking, and encourage children to solve problems and come up with their own ideas for themselves
  • 2review and improve support for staff to develop their questioning techniques, to further encourage children's communication and language abilities.
Inspection #10215100 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

EAL / language support

Staff support children who speak English as an additional language by learning and using simple key words, for example, saying 'goodbye' in Russian.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

16 February 2022

Good

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

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