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Kids Planet Bulwell

Ofsted: Strong standard·
4.9(11 Google reviews)
·Springfield House, Hucknall Lane, Nottingham, NG6 8AJ · Nottingham
Number of places
67 places
Age range
1–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2026
Local authority
Nottingham

About this day nursery

Kids Planet Bulwell is a childcare setting located in Nottingham, offering a warm and welcoming environment where children thrive. The day nursery prides itself on maintaining strong safeguarding standards, ensuring that all leaders and staff are dedicated to creating an open and positive culture of safety.

This commitment means that concerns are actively identified and managed, allowing children to feel secure and protected. Children at Kids Planet Bulwell make excellent progress from their individual starting points, preparing them exceptionally well for future educational stages.

The staff are highly responsive to children's needs, fostering secure attachments with key persons and working closely with parents to align care routines between home and nursery. Even the youngest children demonstrate confidence and independence, supported by staff who validate their emotions and provide calming spaces when needed.

The setting also excels in supporting children's health and wellbeing, offering nutritious meals and regular access to outdoor play, which helps develop their physical skills through activities like riding tricycles and navigating play equipment. The curriculum is thoughtfully designed, with leaders and staff collaborating with parents to build on children's existing knowledge and skills, ensuring a tailored approach to learning.

This includes developing early independence skills, such as using cutlery, and integrating mathematical language into play. The day nursery provides an inclusive environment, with dedicated groups and a well-resourced sensory room, ensuring that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive intensive, targeted support.

Parents consistently express overwhelmingly positive feedback about the care their children receive, noting significant social development and increased confidence, with effective communication and shared strategies supporting learning at home and transitions.

What it's like

Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this welcoming setting, building secure attachments with familiar staff and developing confidence. They engage in activities that foster independence, such as using serving spoons and cleaning themselves after eating. The setting provides an inclusive environment where all children, including those with special educational needs, make robust progress.

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Key facts

Term time / All Year

All_year

Registered with Ofsted

2025

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Jun 2026

Headline: Strong standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
1 to 10
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Kids Planet Bulwell

Last inspected 25 June 2026

What it's like to attend

Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this welcoming setting, building secure attachments with familiar staff and developing confidence. They engage in activities that foster independence, such as using serving spoons and cleaning themselves after eating. The setting provides an inclusive environment where all children, including those with special educational needs, make robust progress.

Inspector highlights

  • Safeguarding standards are met, with leaders fulfilling their responsibilities and establishing an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.
  • Children's speech and language skills are extremely well supported, with older children confidently engaging in back-and-forth conversations.
  • Children make excellent progress from their starting points and are very well prepared to transition between different stages of their education.
  • Staff are highly responsive to children's needs, prioritising secure attachments with key persons and working closely with parents to develop care routines.
  • Leaders consistently support children's health and wellbeing, ensuring nutritious meals and regular outdoor play access.
  • Staff accurately assess children's development to determine appropriate next steps, embedded within children's play.
  • Leaders work closely with staff, parents and external agencies to provide carefully tailored care and planned learning opportunities for all children.
  • Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about the care their children receive at the setting.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should continue to support staff to develop and implement consistent behaviour management strategies which build on children's understanding of the expectations.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are very well supported. Leaders have developed a well-resourced sensory room, enabling staff to provide intensive interactions for those children that need targeted support. They also share well-considered strategies with parents to ensure children with SEND make the progress they are capable of.

Outdoor space

All children get daily access to outdoor play. They use their leg muscles, pushing themselves along on tricycles, skilfully navigating around the large play equipment and their friends. This supports their developing physical skills.

Google Reviews of Kids Planet Bulwell

4.9
(11 Google reviews)
Adriana Clark
9 months ago

Such a friendly and lovely nursery. The staff is very kind and accommodating. The admin side is a bit of a mess, some mistakes in invoices and extra charges etc, but my boy loves going there and this is the most important thing. They seem to always do something new and have fun. Thank you 😊

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Valeria N
a year ago

My child attended Nursery here, and when he moved over to Primary school, I was told that he was the only one in his whole Reception class who could orally blend words together! This is a true reflection of the efforts the staff invest in the kids there with all the learning and making it enjoyable. Could not recomend them enough! The staff are an asset, thank you so much to everyone there, you are the best! 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Raluca Ani
a year ago

This place is lovely! All staff and management are nice! My baby boy have 2 weeks since is going there, and he is really happy. Thank you all! I strongly recommand them!

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Samantha Pritchard
7 years ago

Absolutely amazing nursery! Having had to change my son nurseries I chose this one on the basis it was close to us, the day I rang to the day of all his trials and the day he started they made us feel very welcome. My son has now started and been there since the 3rd and he absolutely loves it! His key worker is absolutely amazing, he's always looking for her and got such a great relationship with her already. Makes sure we understood everything! I can't thank you enough angelsbyday! THANKYOU!

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billie
2 years ago

Absolutely love the staff at this nursery, they are a lot better with my son then a child minders was, I always get photos and updates they are kind and patient

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

25 June 2026

Strong standard

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

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