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King Square Community Nursery at Rahere House

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Oct 2022)
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3.4(5 parent reviews) ·Rahere House, Central Street, LONDON, EC1V 8DE · Islington
Number of places
40 places
Age range
0–2 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2022
Local authority
Islington

About this day nursery

King Square Community Nursery is dedicated to offering a nurturing and secure environment for children, focusing on their well-being and development. The nursery emphasises a holistic approach to childcare, integrating fun and educational activities with healthy eating habits and physical fitness.

This philosophy aims to foster creativity, concentration, and learning in children. They also offer a Forest School programme, providing opportunities for outdoor exploration and learning.

The nursery is open to visitors, and prospective parents can arrange a visit or simply walk in. They are actively involved in promoting healthy early years and offer support for children with special educational needs.

Our ethos

King Square Community Nursery is dedicated to offering a nurturing and secure environment, with a holistic approach to childcare that integrates fun and educational activities with healthy habits, aiming to foster creativity, concentration, and learning. They also offer a Forest School programme for outdoor exploration and learning. The nursery is committed to promoting healthy early years and supporting children with special educational needs.

What it's like

Children positively flourish in this exceptional nursery. They develop strong attachments to the caring and attentive staff, which enables them to settle quickly and feel very safe and secure. Children receive outstanding support for their personal, social and emotional development, and benefit from an inspiring curriculum that supports their progress across all areas of learning.

Charity-runForest SchoolHealthy Early Years Programme

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (for telephone advice on admissions)

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2020

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for King Square Community Nursery at Rahere House

Last inspected 7 October 2022

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children positively flourish in this exceptional nursery. They develop strong attachments to the caring and attentive staff, which enables them to settle quickly and feel very safe and secure. Children receive outstanding support for their personal, social and emotional development, and benefit from an inspiring curriculum that supports their progress across all areas of learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders continuously evaluate the provision and strive for excellence, swiftly implementing development plans.
  • Staff are passionate about their roles and feel thoroughly supported, accessing highly effective training and supervision.
  • Children love to sing and share stories with staff, enjoying conversations and confidently expressing their thoughts and ideas.
  • Staff know the children exceptionally well, providing highly stimulating activities and excellent support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • The nursery participates in the 'Healthy Early Years London' scheme and has achieved a gold award, in recognition of their excellent support for children's health.
Inspection #10249039 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents report on the excellent progress their children make with this structured support in place.

Parents report that they are very well informed about their children's experiences at nursery and the progress that they make. They say that staff provide exceptional support, tailored to each family's needs.

Parents have a deep appreciation for the wonderful experiences the nursery provides and the difference this makes to their children's lives.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff promptly identify where children need extra help and provide excellent support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They have a very inclusive approach and are fully committed to enabling the best possible outcomes for all children.

Outdoor space

Children build strong bodies through daily exercise and outdoor play. They thoroughly enjoy activities such as 'play dough disco', which help them to develop their small- and large-muscle movements. Staff also organise outings further afield, such as to woodlands for 'forest school' activities.

Parent Reviews of King Square Community Nursery at Rahere House

3.4
(5)
Celine B.
2 years ago

Terrible place to leave your kid even for a few hours- stay away! The management team is aweful, ignorant and ineffective- especially the so-called office manager, Jo. That woman has zero interpersonal skills and I kept seeing her assimilating teachers, parents and other kids with mean/nasty attitude. I withdrew my application after a few weeks of experiencing poor treatment of my kid in all fronts. When I dropped off my kid, they would not let me leave a note for the teacher or ask questions. They have no interest in building a happy relationship with parents. They have a big TV in the toddlers room that is on loud speakers to pacify the kids in the morning. The teachers seemed nice but they are not free to take initiative when it comes to act fair. It is really a weird place. I even filed a complaint to Islington County to run another check on their Ofsted rating. How is it possible that they got a good rating with this terrible management and poor treatment of kids?? It is really fishy. Oh also, every time I was there to drop off my kid, I saw several kids having issues settling and crying on top of their lungs, but the teachers would just ignore it and would treat is as normal. No emphaty or creative/caring way of adapting the kids into the environment. They are forceful and look clueless in how to handle kids. This place certainly needs a proper inspection! I hope their next report reflects the truth. Fingers crossed and good luck!

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Carlene Harrison
6 years ago

Fantastic nursery very supportive, I've been able to go back to work because of their support, I highly recommend this nursery the staff are so kind and helpful my daughter has been attending this nursery since she was 2 shes now 3 and a half and shes loved it there every day I get home from work shes always got so much to tell me. I couldn't ask for a better nursery

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Carly Collins
7 years ago

Lovely family orientated nursery. I have sent both of my children here and cannot recommend them enough. They have gone above and beyond to support me as a parent to enable to work and complete my studies

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

7 October 2022

Outstanding

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

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