Food
Breakfast, morning and afternoon snacks, and a two-course cooked lunch are included in the fees. The nursery caters to vegetarian, vegan, and other dietary requirements. Meals are freshly prepared and nutritious.
Kinder Park Nursery Services
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Jul 2022)
Number of places
50 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2022
Local authority
Cumberland
About this day nursery
Kinder Park Nursery Services Limited in Carlisle provides a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 6 months to 5 years. The nursery focuses on creating a happy and secure setting where children can grow in confidence and develop their interests and skills.
They offer a variety of session options to accommodate different family needs, from full days to half-day sessions, with specific timings available. The curriculum is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience.
The nursery also emphasises healthy eating, providing freshly prepared meals and snacks, and accommodates various dietary requirements. Kinder Park is dedicated to environmental responsibility, utilising reusable cloth baby wipes.
The staff are described as friendly, welcoming, and genuinely caring, fostering a strong partnership with parents to support each child's unique development. Parents appreciate the transparent communication and the nursery's responsiveness to children's individual needs and interests.
The nursery aims to provide an exceptional quality of care, ensuring children feel safe and happy while learning and developing.
Our ethos
The curriculum is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), ensuring a comprehensive learning experience. They focus on creating a happy and secure setting where children can grow in confidence and develop their interests and skills, aiming to provide exceptional quality of care, ensuring children feel safe and happy while learning and developing.
What it's like
Leaders and staff place children at the very heart of what they do. Special video messages from key persons help preserve exceptional bonds, making children feel safe, happy, and settled. They enjoy every minute at this wonderful nursery.
Flexible session optionsFocus on healthy eatingEnvironmentally conscious practicesSupportive and caring staffStrong parent partnerships
Pricing & funding
Fees are structured by exact session times for full days, mornings, and afternoons. Additional hours outside of standard bookings are charged on an hourly basis, and hot lunches are billed separately.
Funding accepted
Tax-Free Childcare15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Good to know
- A deposit is required to secure a nursery place.
- Late payment charges are applied if invoices are not settled within 7 working days.
- Late collection fees apply starting from the first 15 minutes of delay.
- Two-course cooked meals are charged as an additional daily fee.
- Additional hours outside of standard session times are charged hourly.
Key facts
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, from 8am to 5.30pm
Age range
6 months to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Session types
Full day, Half day
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Kinder Park Nursery Services
Last inspected 13 July 2022 · Charlotte Bowe
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
Leaders and staff place children at the very heart of what they do. Special video messages from key persons help preserve exceptional bonds, making children feel safe, happy, and settled. They enjoy every minute at this wonderful nursery.
Inspector highlights
- Highly qualified staff provide outstanding learning opportunities and expertly intervene to extend play, supporting every child to reach their full potential.
- Leaders and staff work seamlessly to drive improvement, redesigning the baby room to boost communication and social skills, and sharing their superior practice with other settings.
- Thoughtful staff empower children to contribute to environmental sustainability, fostering care for the world and encouraging participation in tasks like recycling.
- Staff focus intently on supporting children's communication and language skills, introducing new language persistently and using photographs to spark conversation.
- Leaders and staff strategically connect with local initiatives to increase children's participation in physical activity and sports, offering rich activities like tennis coaching and personal training sessions.
- Partnerships with parents are superb; staff ensure parents are involved in all aspects of their children's care and learning, and go above and beyond to secure early help for children with SEND.
Inspection #10207302 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
staff inspire children to gain unique skills and talents that influence their life-long learning
staff create fabulous memories for all children
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are imaginative, pretending to be characters like 'Sonic' while whizzing between inspiring play spaces. Staff go over and above to secure early help and support for children with SEND. Outstanding consideration is given to the use of funding to support children to catch up, particularly those with SEND, by creating a captivating emotions station to help them identify and manage their emotions.
Outdoor space
The report does not provide specific details about the outdoor space or how children use it for physical play, apart from mentioning "inspiring play spaces".
Parent Reviews of Kinder Park Nursery Services
5.0
(1)
Dzintra Breidaka
5 years ago
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Inspection history
Date: August 2016
- July 2022Outstanding
- August 2016Outstanding
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