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Harlequin Out of School Clubs - Coxheath

Ofsted: Outstanding
(May 2025)
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4.0(4 parent reviews)
·Stockett Lane, Coxheath, Maidstone, ME17 4PS · Kent
Number of places
30 places
Age range
2–5 yrs
Last inspected
May 2025
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

Harlequin Out of School Clubs - Coxheath, established in 2006, offers childcare on non-domestic premises in Maidstone, catering to children aged 2 to 11 years. 30pm on weekdays during school holidays.

Rated as Outstanding by Ofsted on May 7, 2025, the nursery prides itself on providing a welcoming and stimulating environment where all children are confident, settled and happy. The highly knowledgeable staff implement a challenging curriculum that motivates children and sparks a sense of awe and wonder, such as teaching them to use real tools to build a large hut, mirroring a story they enjoy.

The setting fosters outstanding physical development, with children confidently navigating equipment like hanging bars and vertical ladders. Staff are adept at supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), utilising beneficial training and consistent strategies, including visual emotion cards, to help children express their feelings.

This support also extends to children who speak English as an additional language. The curriculum encourages children to develop an outstanding respect for other cultures, languages, and celebrations, even cooking dishes from around the world and listening to stories in different languages.

Children are highly enthusiastic about participating in well-planned activities and developing their confidence in communication, learning new vocabulary daily. The setting maintains extremely positive partnerships with parents, keeping them well-informed of their children's achievements and next steps in learning.

What it's like

All children are incredibly confident, settled and happy in the welcoming and stimulating setting. Staff ensure activities and experiences highly motivate children and help them experience awe and wonder. All staff have an outstanding knowledge of how they implement their highly challenging curriculum.

Highly knowledgeable staffHeartwarming relationshipsExcellent SEND supportPositive parent partnershipsCultural understandingOutstanding outdoor play opportunities

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 7.15am until 6.30pm, term time only and 7.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday in the school holidays.

Term time / All Year

Mixed

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Harlequin Out of School Clubs - Coxheath

Last inspected 7 May 2025

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

What it's like to attend

All children are incredibly confident, settled and happy in the welcoming and stimulating setting. Staff ensure activities and experiences highly motivate children and help them experience awe and wonder. All staff have an outstanding knowledge of how they implement their highly challenging curriculum.

Inspector highlights

  • The highly knowledgeable and experienced staff are extremely dedicated and passionate in fulfilling their role of teaching children.
  • All staff and children have heartwarming and trusting relationships.
  • All staff, including managers, support children with SEND incredibly well.
  • Managers and staff establish extremely positive partnerships with parents and keep them incredibly well informed in their children's achievements and next steps in learning.
  • Staff support children to gain an outstanding level of respect and understanding of other people from around the world.

Areas to develop

  • 1The management highlights that they are keen to continue to strengthen their self-evaluation procedures, such as even more coaching and high-quality role modelling to be observed by the entire staff team daily.
Inspection #10392506 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All staff, including managers, support children with SEND incredibly well. They attend beneficial training and implement consistent strategies to support children, including using visual emotion cards to help children express their feelings.

Outdoor space

Children have outstanding opportunities to challenge their physical skills safely. This is evident when they confidently negotiate more-complicated equipment, such as hanging bars and vertical ladders.

Parent Reviews of Harlequin Out of School Clubs - Coxheath

4.0
(4)
Tilly Baker
3 years ago

Fantastic place where my very nervous son didn’t even want to cuddle me on day 2 of holiday club -he was THAT happy with the place!! Everyone’s always happy, extremely reassuring and completely in control of everything. I feel completely confident leaving him here without a shred of guilt or worrying he’ll be sad and lonely. Very chilled out but with structured activities they can join in if they want to. I love it

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Claire B
5 years ago

Rightly Closed there doors through covid crisis but failed to notify parents. No online response. Took fees but no communication.

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Katy Homewood
4 years ago

Not only caring and nurturing but really helping and supporting kids education and development

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Inspection history

Date: December 2008

  • May 2025Outstanding
  • August 2019Outstanding
  • February 2013Outstanding
  • December 2008Good

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