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Bright Start Ramsgate

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2024)
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5.0(3 Google reviews) ·United Reform Church, Ramsgate, CT11 9RT · Kent
Number of places
82 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2024
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

Bright Start Nurseries, established in 2012, operates as a family-run group, offering high-quality, affordable, and flexible childcare across three locations. The day nursery aims to address common barriers to accessing childcare, such as registration fees, deposits, and rigid session schedules, by eliminating these requirements.

They focus on creating a small, cosy, home-like atmosphere, particularly for infants, with a limited number of babies per setting. The approach emphasises individualised care, adapting to children's routines, hunger, and dietary needs.

The nurseries are committed to providing flexible arrangements to accommodate varying parent schedules and fostering a supportive community environment.

Our ethos

Bright Start Nurseries aims to provide high-quality, affordable, and flexible childcare by removing traditional barriers like registration fees and deposits. They foster a cosy, home-like atmosphere with individualised care that adapts to each child's routines and needs, prioritising community and accommodating diverse parent schedules.

What it's like

Staff are dedicated to working closely with children and their families, with effective settling-in procedures helping children to feel safe and form close relationships with staff. Children know daily routines and are becoming independent learners, supported by staff as they move within the nursery and on to school. Children's behaviour is appropriate to their development stage, showing kindness to friends and developing social skills through interactions with staff.

No Registration FeesNo DepositsFlexible SessionsFamily-Run

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Food

Children are fed according to their hunger, schedule and diet.

Opening hours

Monday - Friday: 7:45am - 6pm

Registered with Ofsted

2016

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Bright Start Ramsgate

Last inspected 17 July 2024 · Sara Garrity

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

Staff are dedicated to working closely with children and their families, with effective settling-in procedures helping children to feel safe and form close relationships with staff. Children know daily routines and are becoming independent learners, supported by staff as they move within the nursery and on to school. Children's behaviour is appropriate to their development stage, showing kindness to friends and developing social skills through interactions with staff.

Inspector highlights

  • Children and their families are at the heart of this nursery.
  • They have established exceptional partnerships with parents.
  • The management team are devoted to providing high-quality opportunities for all babies and children.
  • Communication and language development are a high priority at the nursery.
  • Staff provide children with a good range of adult-led and child-focused activities.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the staff's understanding of how to focus the curriculum so that teaching has a clear impact on children's learning
  • 2make better use of group activities to make sure children are engaged and involved.
Inspection #10351093 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment on how they value the support they receive from the staff at the nursery.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) works very closely with parents, staff, and other professionals to ensure those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children who speak English as an additional language receive the support they need. For example, they have implemented focused activities to help support children's concentration and social skills, which enables staff to act quickly to close any identified gaps in children's learning.

Outdoor space

Staff offer children a multitude of experiences to develop and practise their physical skills. They take the children on outings to the forest school to play and explore in the woods, providing opportunities for managed risks and physical development.

Google Reviews of Bright Start Ramsgate

5.0
(3 Google reviews)
louise rubens
a year ago

The nursery is a home from home. Nothing but love and care for my children. I lost all faith in nurseries due to previous experiences however Stacey, Jodie, Marc and the team have completely changed my perspective. My children absolutely love going to nursery. Having now just put my 3rd baby with them. They are so extremely accommodating and nothing is too much. They learn yet have so much fun. I couldn’t recommend a nursery more.

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natasha turner
7 years ago

I was very impressed with the staff who appeared very genuine and knowledgeable. The staff I met appeared very loving and caring and my son seemed very confident being there. Staff are very observant with the children at all times and listened intently to my child’s routine. I feel 100 percent confident that I have picked the perfect nursery for my little boy.... keep smashing it guys .... ur doing amazing xxx

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Kaz Brannigan
7 years ago

The whole staff are amazing with all the children and very polite

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

4 October 2018

Good

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

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