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Kidzproof

Ofsted: Strong standard·
5.0(3 parent reviews) ·Proof House, Centurion Way, Purfleet-on-thames, RM19 1ZY · Thurrock
Number of places
24 places
Age range
3–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2026
Local authority
Thurrock

About this day nursery

Kidzproof Ltd, located in Purfleet-on-thames, RM19 1ZY, is a childcare setting for children aged 3 to 4, with a capacity for 24 children. Registered with Ofsted on January 3, 2024, the nursery provides a highly nurturing and inclusive environment where children feel safe, valued, and supported in their learning.

The dedicated staff build strong, trusting relationships with children, responding sensitively to their individual needs, which fosters a secure sense of belonging. The curriculum is highly individualised and child-led, allowing children to explore sensory experiences like water and sand play, sustaining their attention and curiosity.

The nursery places a strong emphasis on developing communication and language skills through meaningful interactions and actively supports children in progressing from sounds and gestures to using words and engaging in simple games. Parents consistently report that their children are happy and eager to attend, appreciating the clear communication and supportive relationships with key persons.

The setting excels in promoting personal, social, and emotional development, helping children to regulate, engage, and build relationships through consistent routines and carefully adapted environments.

Our ethos

Kidzproof Ltd's educational philosophy is rooted in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, balancing child-initiated and adult-led activities to foster curiosity, independence, and physical development. They are committed to inclusive education, celebrating each child's unique personality and talents, and building strong partnerships with families through open communication. The nursery also leverages its proximity to a nature reserve for outdoor learning and integrates this into their approach.

What it's like

Children experience a highly nurturing and inclusive environment where they feel safe, valued and supported to engage in their learning. They develop strong, trusting relationships with staff, who respond sensitively to their individual needs. Children seek out familiar adults and accept support alongside them, demonstrating a secure sense of belonging. Children and their families are warmly welcomed into the setting and are fully involved in their children's learning. Families receive ongoing support, guidance and communication, helping them to understand their child's needs and next steps. This shared approach strengthens children's sense of security and continuity between home and the setting.

Nurturing environmentIndividualised curriculumStrong communicationSupportive staffChild-led play

Pricing & funding

This nursery operates fifty weeks a year, offering sessions in three-hour blocks alongside a daily breakfast club. Funding is stretched throughout the year, and funded hours can only be used between 9am and 3pm. Additional hours are charged at an hourly rate.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-oldsTax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Open 50 weeks of the year, closed for 1 week at Christmas and 5 training days.
  • Funding is stretched: 15 hours becomes 11 hours per week, and 30 hours becomes 22 hours.
  • Funded hours are only accepted between 9.00am and 3.00pm, Monday to Friday.
  • Funded hours are not accepted between 3.00pm and 6.00pm.
  • Sessions are structured in 3-hour blocks; extra hours outside of these blocks are charged hourly.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 08:00 - 18:00

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2024

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Apr 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 routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
3 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Kidzproof

Last inspected 9 April 2026

What it's like to attend

Children experience a highly nurturing and inclusive environment where they feel safe, valued and supported to engage in their learning. They develop strong, trusting relationships with staff, who respond sensitively to their individual needs. Children seek out familiar adults and accept support alongside them, demonstrating a secure sense of belonging. Children and their families are warmly welcomed into the setting and are fully involved in their children's learning. Families receive ongoing support, guidance and communication, helping them to understand their child's needs and next steps. This shared approach strengthens children's sense of security and continuity between home and the setting.

Inspector highlights

  • Children make substantial progress from their starting points across the curriculum, particularly in communication and language, developing early communication through sounds, gestures and emerging words, and increasingly engage in shared interactions.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those facing barriers to learning make significant and measurable progress.
  • Children develop increasing independence, communication and regulation skills, engaging more readily in routines, including snack time, where they begin to pour drinks and use utensils.
  • Leaders establish a calm, predictable and inclusive environment where expectations for behaviour are clearly understood and applied, creating a secure and reassuring atmosphere for children.
  • Staff consistently support children to engage alongside others and begin to collaborate, encouraging them to take turns, remain alongside peers, and tolerate shared spaces.
  • Leaders demonstrate a clear understanding of the quality of the curriculum and teaching, designing a highly individualised, child-led curriculum that meets the requirements of the early years foundation stage.
  • Staff place a clear emphasis on developing communication and language, modelling simple, purposeful language, and creating opportunities for interaction throughout the day.
  • Leaders prioritise children's personal, social and emotional development, supporting children to regulate, engage and build relationships through consistent routines, sensory experiences and carefully adapted environments.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should ensure continued improvement in the setting's successful work to remove barriers for children who need extra help to realise a transformational impact on all children's achievement and wellbeing.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders identify and meet children's needs effectively, ensuring that all children receive highly individualised support, working closely with parents and external professionals to implement targeted strategies that reduce barriers to learning, particularly in communication, regulation and independence. The setting uses additional funding, including interim Funding, Disability Access Funding and Early Years Pupil Premium, with clear intent to provide enhanced staffing, specialist resources and tailored interventions, and regularly reviews children's progress to adapt support strategies.

EAL / language support

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those facing barriers to learning make significant and measurable progress; children who initially showed limited engagement begin to initiate interaction, seek out others and participate in shared play, and in some cases, children who were previously unable to walk now move independently.

Parent Reviews of Kidzproof

5.0
(3)
Andrea Ratford
5 months ago

I just wanted to share my views on this amazing Nursery. being a mum of twin boys both with Autism, it is very difficult to find a setting that could cater for both their needs. I wanted to find somewhere that would be able to take care of my boys and treat them as the individuals they are. When we first went to visit the nursery the staff were very welcoming and warm. They took my boys from me immediately and took them to go play. I loved this because they knew it was not about impressing the parents it was about making the boys welcome and letting them explore the environment. I have been to places where the staff and management make it all about the parents but it’s not us that have to attend these places it’s our children. So for that i thank you. One of my boys is non verbal and self harms! Not only did they understand this straight away, they were generally comforting and made us feel like not only would the boys be going to a nursery they would be going to warm and calming place and I felt safe that they were going to join not just a place to be but be part of a unique family. I highly recommend Kidsproof. Take it from a mum who really does struggle on a day to day basis to help them with their needs Xxx

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J
5 months ago

My daughter started kidzproof about a year and a half ago now. When she started, she was completely non-verbal, she struggled with communication and also playing or interacting with other children or adults. After just a few weeks at kidzproof, i could see improvements straight away. My daughter starting humming nursery rhymes, doing actions to these nursery rhymes. She was so happy when coming out of nursery, sometimes even resisting to leave because she was having so much fun. She could'nt wait to go to nursery each week, she would run in without a second look. Today, my daughter is saying a lot of single words, espcially when associated with objects. She interacts more with her peers and adults. She participates in all activities, even ones that are messy. (She hated textures and things that were messy before she started kidzproof). I cannot thank the staff here enough for everything they have done for my daughter and continue to do. Leaving your child is such a hard thing to do, especially in the hands of people you dont know and even more so when your child has additional needs or cant tell you when something is wrong, but all the ladies here and harrison honestly treat all the kids as their own and this shows in how comfortable your child is around them and how happy they are when they come out. I would recommend kidzproof 100%. We will be sad to go when my daughter starts big school and i only hope her next school is as caring and encouraging as this pre-school.

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Samantha Finney
5 months ago

I had the pleasure of visiting the nursery this week and felt compelled to leave a review -something I don’t usually do. The staff were incredibly kind and clearly dedicated to meeting the children’s care needs and providing meaningful stimulation. Every child I saw appeared happy engaged and content in their activities. The atmosphere was joyful welcoming and full of fun. What a wonderful place - I would highly recommend it.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

9 April 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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