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Ickle Pickles Nursery School

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2024)
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4.8(13 parent reviews) ·1 School Mews, School Lane, SITTINGBOURNE, ME9 8UW · Kent
Number of places
61 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2024
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

Ickle Pickles Nursery School in Sittingbourne focuses on providing a nurturing and stimulating environment where children can thrive and develop their individual potential. The nursery prioritises creating a secure and happy atmosphere, extending this support to parents by integrating them into the "Storal family" from the outset.

Children benefit from settling-in sessions to ease their transition, and throughout their time at the nursery, each child is assigned a dedicated key person and team. These staff members work closely with families to address the child's unique needs and ensure a smooth adaptation through various developmental stages, including preparing them for school.

The school believes in strong parent involvement in a child's early education and fosters this through continuous communication, daily updates on activities and routines, learning journals, and parent evenings to discuss progress.

What it's like

Staff create a warm and welcoming environment for children and their parents, and children demonstrate that they feel happy and secure. The nursery implements an ambitious and sequential curriculum, with staff showing clear knowledge of child development. Staff also promote positive behaviour and support individual needs.

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday from 7.15am to 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2024

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Ickle Pickles Nursery School

Last inspected 24 October 2024 · Kate Williams

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 create a warm and welcoming environment for children and their parents, and children demonstrate that they feel happy and secure. The nursery implements an ambitious and sequential curriculum, with staff showing clear knowledge of child development. Staff also promote positive behaviour and support individual needs.

Inspector highlights

  • Babies enjoy a stimulating environment that appeals to their senses and allows them to be actively curious in their learning.
  • Children enjoy an engaging outdoor space, as well as taking part in outings in the local environment.
  • Leaders and staff are very reflective of their practice and of the ever-evolving learning environment, regularly rotating resources.
  • Young children speak confidently and fluently, and conversations with children are meaningful; children of all ages use sign language confidently to communicate their needs.
  • Parents speak very highly about this exceptional nursery and the dedicated staff team, commenting on regular communication and feeling a part of their child's learning.
  • Leaders provide staff with opportunities to extend and develop their own continuing professional development, feeling very well supported.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to reduce the noise levels in the setting, to fully enable children's communication and language development
  • 2provide children with clear and consistent instructions that support their understanding of the routines and expectations.
Inspection #10369712 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff include all children and support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities to make good relationships with their peers.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy an engaging outdoor space, as well as taking part in outings in the local environment. For example, toddlers practise their running and balancing skills and enjoy the ride-on toys available. Staff present physical challenges to all children to promote their large-muscle skills and encourage them to take managed risks.

Parent Reviews of Ickle Pickles Nursery School

4.8
(13)
Mary
a year ago

My daughter started at Ickle Pickles this month and they have been incredible in helping her settle in. The staff have been so helpful and have answered all of my questions. They done a really in depth questionnaire when she started so that they get to know all of her likes and dislikes, all the food she likes to eat, how she likes to nap and what her home routine is like this made me feel really reassured about leaving my daughter with them while I go to work as I knew this would mean that she would be looked after the way I wanted and it would help her settle in to going to nursery quicker. The food is great, they have a wonderful garden area and the staff are lovely. I couldn’t recommend this nursery enough, they have been incredible.

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Kenna Southwell
3 years ago

My son currently attends Ickle Pickles and absolutely loves it. My son comes home happy and content and can’t wait to tell us about all the activities he has done. The staff are friendly, caring and welcoming. The communication from the on site management is fantastic and nothing is too much trouble. So glad we picked Ickle Pickles for our son.

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K Savage
a year ago

My child absolutely loves attending Ickles. The team are wonderful and inviting and so welcoming which has made the experience so smooth. I would highly recommend Ickle Pickles.

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G D
a year ago

My son has loved his time at nursery, always built such lovely relationships with his key person in each room. He’s always bringing home new words he has learnt and seeing a daily picture of what he is doing on their app is so nice to see whilst we are at work.

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osa barbosa
a year ago

My son loves going to ickle Pickles, he is always excited when going in to see the staff that are so welcoming and always have different activities planned to keep the children engaged in play to develop there learning.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

24 October 2024

Good

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

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