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Junior's Day Nursery in Tonbridge

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2022)
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4.3(3 parent reviews) ·1 Waterloo Road, Tonbridge, TN9 2SN · Kent
Number of places
79 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2022
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

Junior's Day Nursery in Tonbridge is now part of the Happy Days Nurseries group, offering outstanding childcare and early years education. The nursery is committed to providing a secure and stimulating environment where children can thrive, learn, and play.

Experienced early years professionals nurture each child's development in a warm and welcoming setting. The nursery boasts thoughtfully designed indoor and outdoor spaces, providing a diverse range of enriching activities.

Children benefit from nutritious, homemade meals prepared on-site, ensuring a holistic approach to their well-being. Happy Days Nurseries has a strong reputation for delivering exceptional beginnings, having expanded its presence in Kent by integrating four well-established nurseries, all dedicated to high-quality care.

This expansion allows them to continue fostering a love for learning and discovery in children as they prepare for school. The nursery focuses on supporting children to become resilient, motivated individuals, healthy and independent explorers, inquisitive and ambitious thinkers, and strong, confident communicators.

Our ethos

Junior's Day Nursery is committed to providing a secure and stimulating environment where children can thrive, learn, and play. The nursery focuses on supporting children to become resilient, motivated individuals, healthy and independent explorers, inquisitive and ambitious thinkers, and strong, confident communicators.

What it's like

Children thoroughly enjoy their time at Junior's Day Nursery, becoming independent learners who make excellent progress. Babies form strong bonds with staff, and toddlers engage in imaginative play, supported by reassuring cuddles. Children gain skills that prepare them well for the pre-school room, including safely chopping vegetables, discussing dinosaurs, and creating artwork.

High-quality childcareStimulating environmentExperienced professionalsHomemade mealsDesigned indoor/outdoor spaces

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Open Monday to Friday, 7am to 7pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Food

Homemade meals prepared on site

Established

2015

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Junior's Day Nursery

Last inspected 14 March 2022 · Liz Caluori

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 thoroughly enjoy their time at Junior's Day Nursery, becoming independent learners who make excellent progress. Babies form strong bonds with staff, and toddlers engage in imaginative play, supported by reassuring cuddles. Children gain skills that prepare them well for the pre-school room, including safely chopping vegetables, discussing dinosaurs, and creating artwork.

Inspector highlights

  • The leadership team focuses on promoting staff well-being and professional development, leading to a harmonious atmosphere.
  • Teaching across the nursery is strong, with staff actively engaged with children and skilfully maintaining their interest.
  • The learning environment is stimulating, with accessible resources and a garden, fostering mixing between age groups.
  • The positive atmosphere helps children develop good social skills, following staff examples of speaking nicely and sharing.
  • The SEND lead has secure knowledge, working with parents and professionals to ensure coordinated support for children with SEND.
  • Staff use effective methods to promote children's good health, teaching oral hygiene through engaging activities.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to recognise when children would benefit from more encouragement to take part in activities to extend their learning and enjoyment
  • 2target support more precisely for individual staff to address minor inconsistencies in the effectiveness of behaviour management.
Inspection #10221112 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

parents feed back that they are happy with all aspects of the service they receive.

They feel well informed and appreciate the work that staff put in to ensure that each child's unique needs are met.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The member of staff with lead role for overseeing the provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities has a very secure knowledge of her role. She works alongside each child's parents, key person and other professionals to ensure that they receive coordinated support.

Outdoor space

Children have a base room and also share use of a garden and have an indoor garden area. Children make good use of the garden to develop their physical skills, moving with control and coordination as they create and navigate elaborate obstacle courses.

Parent Reviews of Junior's Day Nursery

4.3
(3)
Jessica Harrison
10 months ago

Both my Son and Daughter have attended juniors (my son almost in full from 1-5) and I cannot say enough good things about them. We have explored other care settings with more outdoor space etc and the Care and attention that the staff provide toward our children just didn't compare to Juniors in the slightest. Emotionally, we've always felt our kids are happy and well looked after, developmentally, they have thrived and our son has had great preparation for school and made lovely friends. Thank you Juniors and their wonderful key workers!

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Chloe Williams
5 years ago

I don't have enough good things to say about Juniors. My son has been there since he was 1 and they have really nurtured him. Having him in such a wonderful environment made going back to work that bit easier. The staff are fantastic. They have coped with covid absolutely amazingly. They are a small business unlike post nurseries now and you get that personal touch.

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Michael Williams
6 years ago

Very nice place and friendly staff. Sadly the only thing that let's it down for me is communication via email. Very poor in comparison to friends nursery's.

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Inspection history

Date: October 2016

  • March 2022Good
  • October 2016Good

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