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Kingdom Preschool

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2023)
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4.6(39 parent reviews)
·Graceworks House, Port Zone, Dover, CT16 2JX · Kent
Number of places
108 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2023
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

Kingdom Preschool, situated in Dover, Kent, is a Christian nursery school committed to providing affordable, high-quality childcare. The preschool operates as a not-for-profit organisation, allowing for reinvestment into the setting, staff, and families to ensure optimal outcomes for children.

With a focus on child-centred, play-based learning, Kingdom Preschool offers a stimulating environment with various facilities, including dedicated nursery rooms for different age groups (Doves for babies, Lambs for toddlers, Lions for preschoolers), an all-weather outdoor Forest School nestled within its own woods, and a commercial kitchen with an in-house chef preparing fresh, home-cooked meals tailored to dietary needs. The preschool also provides an array of extra-curricular activities, special events, and resources to enrich children's experiences, such as local trips in an electric minivan, external expert-led activities like football and music, and hands-on learning through woodworking and pottery.

Kingdom Preschool also caters to older children with afterschool care and holiday club provisions. The leadership team is highly qualified and dedicated to continuous professional development for their staff, ensuring a clear career progression pathway and high standards of early years education.

Our ethos

Kingdom Preschool is committed to providing affordable, high-quality, child-centred, play-based learning, fulfilling its mission of reinvesting profits to optimise outcomes for children. Its distinctive approach is exemplified by an on-site Forest School and a focus on holistic child development through a range of extra-curricular activities and enriched learning experiences.

What it's like

Children respond well to the warm, caring interaction of staff and spend their time happily learning through play. All children make good progress in their physical development and rapidly develop their language and communication. Children behave very well and develop good social skills.

Forest SchoolIn-house chefChristian nursery schoolNot-for-profit organisation

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Food

In-house chef preparing fresh, home-cooked meals for all meals within chosen session, catering to baby-led weaning and all allergies.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2015

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Kingdom Preschool

Last inspected 25 January 2023 · Liz Caluori

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 respond well to the warm, caring interaction of staff and spend their time happily learning through play. All children make good progress in their physical development and rapidly develop their language and communication. Children behave very well and develop good social skills.

Inspector highlights

  • All children make good progress in their physical development.
  • Throughout the setting children rapidly develop their language and communication.
  • Children behave very well and develop good social skills.
  • The manager very effectively translates the provider's clear aim into an exciting curriculum that offers a good level of challenge.
  • Children benefit from very inviting and comfortable learning environments, indoors and out, including a popular forest school provision.

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance the monitoring and support of staff to identify and address any inconsistencies in the organisation and implementation of activities more precisely
  • 2strengthen the arrangements to share information between staff when children transition into new rooms
Inspection #10270064 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

They report that their children enjoy attending and progress well.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff maintain good working relationships with other relevant professionals to, for example, support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This helps to ensure that all children receive care that is coordinated and targeted to meet their individual needs.

Outdoor space

All children benefit from a broad selection of resources, indoors and outside, that offer a good level of physical challenge. The forest school provision is extremely popular with older children and very effectively captures their interest in the natural world.

Parent Reviews of Kingdom Preschool

4.6
(39)
Amy Jayne
3 years ago

Since our daughter started at Kingdom in September she has come on so much. Her speech has developed, becoming so much clearer and her confidence has drastically improved. It is clear to us that she loves the setting, she is excited to go in and tells everyone about what she has done in the day. The staff at the setting know the children on a 1:1 basis and show very good understanding of each child’s individual interests and how to build on their progress. She had a wonderful relationship with her key worker. The provision at Kingdom is fantastic and they use all space to its fullest with the outside area being used too. They have lots of additional staff come in to support the children in other areas and their forest school is a lovely extra. I cannot recommend Kingdom enough.

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Andreea Marshall
a year ago

Where do I start? Our son joined Kingdom when he was 12 months old. We were recommended the nursery by a friend having heard our previous experience. Our son joined another nursery when he was 8 months old. Since the first day he cried from the moment we dropped him off until we picked him back up. The staff kept telling us he's not settling, they put us in fear saying our son might have behavioral issues, we were getting emails saying :This might not be the right setting for him". They gave up on him and left him to cry. My husband, who was training and wfh at the time, used to spend 3 or more hrs with our son in nursery as their recommendation to settle him...making him even more upset when we left, suffice to say, it was a nightmare, until Kindown. After only 2 weeks out son settled. He was eating, sleeping and we saw such a huge improvement in his well being. The staff were formidable with him and continue to be so. Our son has no issues, he loves his time there and is more settled there than at home! Our minds are at rest when he is there and we don't feel full of despair and dread as we used to. I cannot thank this nursery and their staff enough, I have nothing but praise for them and for what they have done for our son who is now thriving.

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Kirsty Harper
6 years ago

My girl has been at Kingdoms for 8 months now, since she was 1 year old. She settled in really quickly, absolutely loves it and is always happy walking in. Lots of different sensory play, outdoor time, great meals. The staff are brilliant - they always welcome her and have really supported her development. The Famly app is great - giving updates after every session on meals, nappy changes and nap times as well as regular updates on what they have been up to and their development, along with photos and videos. Highly recommend and we'll hopefully be sending our second girl here too next year.

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Katie Amos
3 years ago

My son has been attending Kingdom Nursery for over 2 years. I could not praise this Nursery enough, the input the staff provide for the children and support for the parents is exceptional. I am very grateful to Kingdom for all that they do, my Son is very happy there.

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Paul Skeggs
3 years ago

Cannot recommend Kingdom more if we tried, such a brilliant school. The difference in Martha since starting is incredible and she has just come on leaps and bounds. The staff just have such a wonderful way of understanding each child's needs be this in their way of learning or through the emotional support needed. Any extra requirements for additional needs are just taken to so positively, and nothing seems too much trouble. Just a wonderful school, my daughter loves it adores all that work there. So pleased we chose here.

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Inspection history

Date: February 2018

  • January 2023Good
  • July 2018Good
  • February 2018Good

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