King David Nursery/Pre-School, located in Erith, provides childcare for children aged 1 to 4 years. The nursery offers a well-designed curriculum with a strong focus on communication and language development, creating numerous opportunities for children to practice speaking and expand their vocabulary.
Staff work closely with other professionals and implement effective learning strategies, including smaller group and one-to-one activities, to support children's listening and attention skills. This ensures that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress in their learning and development.
Leaders promptly identify and organise additional support for children with SEND. Children at King David Nursery/Pre-School form strong attachments with staff, fostering a sense of security.
They are encouraged to choose activities, promoting imaginative play and an understanding of rules and boundaries. The nursery actively involves parents in their children's learning through a home-reading programme and by setting homework tasks for older children, supporting continuity and consistency between home and nursery.
While the nursery provides some indoor physical activities and takes children on trips, outdoor learning opportunities for robust physical play and age-appropriate risk-taking are an area for further development.
What it's like
The staff implement a well-designed curriculum focused on communication and language development, creating numerous opportunities for children to practice speaking. They work closely with professionals to support children's listening and attention skills, ensuring all children, including those with additional learning needs, make good progress. Children form strong attachments with staff, feel secure, and are encouraged to choose activities, fostering imaginative play and an understanding of rules and boundaries.
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Last inspected 14 May 2025 · Josephine Afful
What it's like to attend
The staff implement a well-designed curriculum focused on communication and language development, creating numerous opportunities for children to practice speaking. They work closely with professionals to support children's listening and attention skills, ensuring all children, including those with additional learning needs, make good progress. Children form strong attachments with staff, feel secure, and are encouraged to choose activities, fostering imaginative play and an understanding of rules and boundaries.
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Areas to develop
Inclusion & environment
Leaders promptly identify and organise additional support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The staff team work closely with other professionals and implement effective learning strategies to help support children's listening and attention skills. Staff organise smaller group and one-to-one activities so that the teaching can be geared towards each child's specific needs. As a result, all children, including those who have additional learning needs, are making good progress in their learning and development.
Children have fewer opportunities to take age-appropriate risks in their play and build on their gross motor skills. Although staff provide some indoor physical activities and take the children out on trips, this is not embedded in the curriculum to ensure that children have regular access to outdoor learning to engage in robust physical play.
Both my boys attend King David's nursery but the Elm Road Slade Green premises. They absolutely love it there. Lots of space to run around & big outdoor space as well as well as a good variety of toys & the staff are absolutely excellent.
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I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the entire nursery team for their care, dedication, and genuine love for the children. My child truly enjoyed attending this nursery, even though before he didn’t always want to go. Thanks to the amazing teachers, their patience, and their ability to find the right approach, he started going happily every day. They create a warm, safe, and supportive environment where children feel comfortable and valued. I especially appreciate how much effort is put into the children’s development. There are always engaging activities, games, and opportunities for learning and communication. It’s clear that the staff really care and invest their time and energy into each child. Another thing I loved was the daily updates — photos and information about what the children did, what they ate, and how they spent their day. It gave me peace of mind and made me feel connected. Unfortunately, we had to leave only because we moved to another area. Otherwise, we would have happily continued attending this nursery. Thank you so much for your hard work and care — you are doing an incredible job!
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Do not send you children here. They do no learning what so ever. Safeguarding out the window. Awful place
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Most recent inspection
14 May 2025
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
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