Kids Inc Day Nursery in Greenhithe

Ofsted rating for Kids Inc Day Nursery

Last inspected 20 January 2022 · Liz Caluori

What it's like to attend

• Leadership and management is inspirational, with a newly established senior management team having extremely high aspirations and a very accurate knowledge of strengths and areas for improvement.
• All staff, including apprentices, receive a great deal of support to continually develop their professional skills and knowledge through extensive training and regular one-to-one supervision.
• Staff work very well together, creating an efficient service centred around promoting the well-being of children, with effective communication within rooms and throughout the nursery.
• The member of staff who coordinates care for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities has a detailed knowledge of each child's specific needs and works closely with key persons, parents, and outside agencies to update care plans.
• Children play and learn in an environment rich in language, with staff speaking clearly, introducing new vocabulary, and modelling good grammar for all age groups.
• Changes to sharing children's progress with parents, such as personalised letters summarising learning and future plans, have been very popular, showing how well staff know their children.

• 1review and improve the organisations of some aspects of the daily routine to maximise the support for children who like to spend time outdoors and to enhance further the opportunities for older children to engage in active play
• 2support staff to understand how to enable children to use the artistic skills and techniques they learn to explore their own ideas and to express themselves in their artwork.