Opening hours
Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday : 08:00 - 18:00
Minik Kardes Childrens Centre and Community Nursery
Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.5(14 parent reviews)
·53-55 Balls Pond Road, Islington, N1 4BW · Hackney
Number of places
44 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2026
Local authority
Hackney
About this day nursery
Minik Kardes Childrens Centre and Community Nursery, located at 53-55 Balls Pond Road, Islington, N1 4BW, has been providing childcare on non-domestic premises since its registration with Ofsted on 11/10/2005. The nursery caters to children aged 1-4 years and has a capacity of 44 children.
It operates Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 18:00. The setting prioritises the attendance and wellbeing of its children, with leaders establishing strong relationships with parents and collaborating with other professionals to effectively support children's needs.
A bilingual staff team consistently supports children who speak English as an additional language, using home languages alongside English to build confidence in communication. The nursery demonstrates a strong commitment to inclusion and provides well-targeted support for children with additional needs, working closely with the special educational needs coordinator and external professionals to ensure appropriate and effective assistance.
Children benefit from opportunities for physical development both indoors and outdoors, developing good physical skills and practicing both small- and large-muscle development through various play activities. The curriculum is tailored to be age-appropriate and responsive to children's interests, fostering secure progress from their individual starting points and promoting healthy eating habits.
Our ethos
Our philosophy is: Qualified Carers, Learning Through Play, Healthy Eating, Regular Outings.
What it's like
Leaders create an environment in which children's attendance and wellbeing are prioritised. They establish strong relationships with parents and work closely with other professionals to support children's needs effectively. Staff deliver an age-appropriate curriculum that supports children to make secure progress and promote healthy eating.
Strong safeguardingBilingual staff teamTargeted SEND supportGood physical skillsAmbitious vision
Pricing & funding
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Established
2005
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Expected standard
Last inspected Jan 2026
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
AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Minik Kardes Childrens Centre and Community Nursery
Last inspected 28 January 2026
What it's like to attend
Leaders create an environment in which children's attendance and wellbeing are prioritised. They establish strong relationships with parents and work closely with other professionals to support children's needs effectively. Staff deliver an age-appropriate curriculum that supports children to make secure progress and promote healthy eating.
Inspector highlights
- Children behave in a respectful and considerate manner, listening to adults and responding positively.
- Children with additional needs are identified promptly and benefit from well-targeted support.
- All children make steady progress from their individual starting points and approach learning positively.
- Staff provide stimulating activities that enable children to play, explore and learn.
- Leaders set a clear and ambitious vision for the setting, which is understood and shared by the staff team.
- The setting has met the requirements of the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
- The setting has met the requirements of the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
- Safeguarding standards are met as leaders ensure an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed.
Areas to develop
- 1Leaders should continue to support staff to further develop the teaching of mathematics, embedding this further into the curriculum.
- 2Leaders should target training and support for staff more precisely to address and review minor inconsistencies in practice.
Inspection #10128436 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with additional needs are identified promptly and benefit from well-targeted support. For example, where children are identified as having gaps in their speech and language development, staff work closely with the special educational needs coordinator to complete referrals for speech and language therapy. Leaders ensure that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, as well as disadvantaged children, receive appropriate and effective support.
Outdoor space
Children have good physical skills and practise both small- and large-muscle development during indoor and outdoor play. All children take part in energetic physical play and demonstrate a range of movements, showing developing coordination, balance and mobility.
EAL / language support
Children who speak English as an additional language benefit consistently from a bilingual staff team that uses children's home languages alongside English. They develop confidence in their communication skills, using words and phrases from their home language alongside English to clearly express themselves.
Parent Reviews of Minik Kardes Childrens Centre and Community Nursery
4.5
(14)
cristina titilina
4 months ago
There’s different fun activities for the baby room however some( not all) teachers don’t pay much attention to the kids , year 2-3 way overcrowded (specially y 3)for the space they have , they should improve the garden and the girl at reception it’s so moody and a bit all over the place. So sad
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Dessy Jones
9 years ago
Lovely nursery, spotless, great staff, happy kids! The best care you could wish for your child and more. Great healthy Mediterranean food not the usual fish fingers you get elsewhere! Couldn't be happier. 10 out of 10!
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Mariia Pashenko
8 years ago
Dangerously overcrowded
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Esma Balkır
3 weeks ago
This is an amazing nursery. Our daughter has been there since she was 11 months old, goes happily every morning and doesn't want to leave when we pick her up. There is a real community feel and you can see the strong bonds the children develop with the staff. The food is great too. We feel very lucky that our daughter goes here.
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Beetles Moon Moth
4 weeks ago
It's so hard to find a nursery that isn't out of budget and actually works on enrichment and development of your kids. Most such places run like capitalist machines but Minik Kardeş cares. Any request I brought to them they gave it time and considered. It isn't perfect because no place is but as someone whose been a part of more than 5 nurseries I have a good comparison across London and can truly say they do their best to give you/your kid what you need. We travel around 1 hour to get to/from this place every day and no regrets. Ps. The home-cooked nutritious Turkish food is an incredible bonus!
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Inspection history
Date: June 2009
The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Outstanding). We're re-checking it against the original report.
- March 2020Outstanding
- June 2015Outstanding
- June 2009Good
Frequently asked about Minik Kardes Childrens Centre and Community Nursery
About the setting
Minik Kardes Childrens Centre and Community Nursery registered on AA/A0/2005. It is a childcare on non-domestic premises type of setting, located at 53-55 Balls Pond Road, Islington. It operates Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 18:00. The registered person is Minik Kardes Ltd. Inspections are carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006.
- URN
- EY314290
- Registered person
- Minik Kardes Ltd
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
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