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Kids Planet Padiham

Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2024)
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4.6(11 parent reviews) ·Thompson Street, Padiham, BURNLEY, BB12 7AP · Lancashire
Number of places
96 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2024
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

Kids Planet Padiham, established in 2022, provides childcare for children aged 0 to 4 years. 30am until 6pm, excluding bank holidays and a week at Christmas, the nursery ensures children arrive ready to play and learn, feeling safe with familiar and welcoming staff.

The curriculum thoughtfully balances child- and adult-led activities, fostering imagination and cooperative play, as evidenced by pre-schoolers engaging deeply in self-initiated role play. Staff also build on children's interests, using small-world toys to reinforce learning about topics like farm animals after family visits.

Partnership with parents is a priority, with staff offering advice on consistent sleep habits and sharing important health and safety information, such as recent alerts about button battery dangers. The nursery effectively supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) through timely referrals to specialists and individually tailored programmes.

They also cater to children who speak English as an additional language, and funding for disadvantaged children is utilised effectively, ensuring all children make good progress.

What it's like

Children arrive at nursery ready to play and learn and feel safe with the familiar, welcoming staff. Staff deliver a curriculum that balances child- and adult-led activities, promoting imagination and cooperative work. They also prioritise partnership with parents, offering advice on topics like consistent sleep habits and sharing information about health and safety.

Welcoming EnvironmentBalanced CurriculumStrong Parent PartnershipsEffective SEND SupportPromoting Social DevelopmentPhysical Development Focus

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 6pm, except for bank holidays and a week at Christmas.

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Kids Planet Padiham

Last inspected 3 December 2024 · Susan King

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 arrive at nursery ready to play and learn and feel safe with the familiar, welcoming staff. Staff deliver a curriculum that balances child- and adult-led activities, promoting imagination and cooperative work. They also prioritise partnership with parents, offering advice on topics like consistent sleep habits and sharing information about health and safety.

Inspector highlights

  • Children arrive at nursery ready to play and learn and feel safe with the familiar, welcoming staff.
  • Staff feel supported to become confident, skilled professionals, fostering a purposeful and harmonious atmosphere.
  • The curriculum promotes children's social development, teaching them appropriate strategies for responding to unwanted behaviour.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported effectively, with timely referrals and individualised programmes.
  • Children's physical development is supported well through activities like squeezing play dough and kicking balls.

Areas to develop

  • 1help staff to notice and continuously improve the detail and impact of their spoken interactions with children.
Inspection #10370813 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported effectively. Staff make timely referrals to specialist professionals and take account of their advice, when they plan children's individual programmes. Staff make sure that the needs of children who speak English as an additional language are catered for. Funding for children at risk of disadvantage is used effectively. All children make good progress from their starting points.

Outdoor space

Staff tell each other which children they are taking outdoors to play. This means that everyone knows children's whereabouts. Children begin to understand that they should not take toys from other children.

Parent Reviews of Kids Planet Padiham

4.6
(11)
Lucy Devine
4 years ago

Amazing staff with so much heart and caring mindset. It’s wonderful seeing my daughter get excited about going to nursery here. The staff make amazing efforts to engage with the children and develop them in a very individualised way. The management is really committed to providing a safe, fun, and loving environment and we’re very thankful for the whole team at Kinderbear Nursery ❤

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Nicky MaddCat
4 years ago

I can't rate Kinderbear highly enough! I'd give 10 stars if I could. My daughter has been going now for two and half years and loves it so much. They are all amazing and take such good care of my girl. Nothing is ever too much.

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Sall Jakaj
4 years ago

My daughter started a few weeks ago and I cannot explain how much she has come along and is loving it! The staff are so attentive and lovely, really really happy with the nursery with it being my first child too

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Isabel Howell
9 years ago

Brilliant loving atmosphere from start to finish. Both my girls have loved their time here. Will be sending my youngest when he is old enough too.

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Victoria Molloy
4 years ago

My son has been going here for 2 months now and absolutely loves it! Nothing is ever a problem for the staff there. Going to work is so much easier knowing the staff are lovely and attentive to my little one

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Inspection history

Date: December 2024

  • December 2024Good
  • December 2024Good

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