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New House Nursery School

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Nov 2024)
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4.0(4 parent reviews) ·9 New House Lane, Canterbury, CT4 7BG · Kent
Number of places
55 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2024
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

New House Nursery School in Canterbury offers a nurturing environment where children from rising 2 to 5 years old are encouraged to develop at their own pace. With over 25 years of continuous operation under the same owner, the nursery provides a consistent and caring atmosphere.

Children benefit from a curriculum shaped around the Early Years Foundation Stage, with a strong emphasis on daily outdoor learning and forest school sessions. The nursery prides itself on maintaining small group settings and low staff ratios, ensuring individual attention for each child.

They offer both full-time and term-time placements, aiming for transparency in their fee structure. The nursery celebrates children's progress through careful observation, recording, and regular reports.

With multiple outstanding Ofsted outcomes, New House Nursery School focuses on fostering confident and independent learners, preparing them for their future educational journey.

Our ethos

New House Nursery School follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, with a strong emphasis on daily outdoor learning and forest school sessions. They aim to foster confident and independent learners in small group settings with low staff ratios, preparing children for their future education.

What it's like

The outstanding nursery offers children an incredibly warm, welcoming and fully inclusive environment for them to thrive in. The provider places an emphasis on supporting children to have a real love of learning and the world around them. Children are extremely well prepared for moving on to school, with a great deal of independence, self-esteem and a love of learning.

Owner-managedStrong outdoor play ethosTerm time and all year attendance optionsMultiple Outstanding Ofsted outcomesSmall group settings

Pricing & funding

Fees include a charge for the nursery kit, which covers outdoor wear and accessories. Additional charges apply for late pickups, and a full term's notice is required for withdrawals.

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • A full term's written notice is required to withdraw a child, or a term's fees will be charged in default.
  • Late pickups are subject to an initial charge and subsequent adhoc session costs after 10 minutes.
  • The initial fee includes a nursery smock, puddle suit, boot bag, water bottle, and loan of a sun hat.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday - Friday : 08:00 - 18:00

Age range

Rising 2–5 years

Session types

Full-time, Term-time

Food

Meals and snacks provided

Established

2000

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for New House Nursery School

Last inspected 13 November 2024

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

What it's like to attend

The outstanding nursery offers children an incredibly warm, welcoming and fully inclusive environment for them to thrive in. The provider places an emphasis on supporting children to have a real love of learning and the world around them. Children are extremely well prepared for moving on to school, with a great deal of independence, self-esteem and a love of learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff plan experiences that consistently build on children's knowledge over time, ensuring all make outstanding progress.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make exceptional progress through expert adaptation of teaching and practice.
  • Children demonstrate exemplary behaviour, treating each other and the environment with respect.
  • Staff are excellent at allowing children time to do things for themselves, fostering superb independence.
  • The provider is highly successful at providing children with a rich set of experiences to help them understand families and communities beyond their own.
Inspection #10368438 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make exceptional progress in their learning and development. Staff are extremely knowledgeable and are quick to put support in place once any gaps in children's development have been identified. They expertly adapt their teaching and practice so that children with SEND continue to benefit from an inclusive and challenging curriculum. The leadership team goes above and beyond to ensure that additional funding is best spent to help children with SEND.

Outdoor space

Staff use the impressive outdoor area to create many different learning opportunities to increase children's curiosity and wonder. For example, children thoroughly immerse themselves in a sensory experience of acting out the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'.

Parent Reviews of New House Nursery School

4.0
(4)
Jane Taylor
a year ago

On top of the deposit paid to secure the place, wanted £500 additional deposit 4 months in advance and refused to allow a chance to view the current state of the nursery (we had visited over 8 months ago and a lot can change in that time). Business comes first here and families second. Appearances can be deceiving.

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Inspection history

Date: August 2004

  • December 2024Outstanding
  • November 2024Outstanding
  • April 2019Outstanding
  • March 2019Outstanding
  • October 2013Outstanding
  • September 2013Outstanding
  • July 2009Good
  • May 2009Good
  • September 2006Good
  • August 2004Good

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