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Packington Childrens Centre @Bentham Court

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Feb 2024)
·Bentham Under Fives Centre, New Bentham Court, London, N1 3AA · Islington
Number of places
32 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2024
Local authority
Islington

About this day nursery

Packington Childrens Centre @Bentham Court, established in 2015, provides an outstanding childcare setting for children aged 2 to 4 years. Based in London, N1 3AA, the centre operates all year round, from 8am to 6pm, offering a highly welcoming and vibrant learning environment.

The dedicated team, celebrated for their kindness and care by parents, provides a rich and ambitious curriculum, with a strong focus on nurturing each child's full potential. Staff are highly skilled in identifying and supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring targeted help is swiftly put in place for them to flourish.

Similarly, children who speak English as an additional language (EAL) receive superb attention, with staff actively supporting their home language through key words and songs, and translating home learning activities into multiple languages to ensure all families feel valued. The centre expertly uses additional funding to offer enriching activities, such as weekly forest-school sessions, which provide children with first-hand experiences of nature, support their physical skills and emotional health, and broaden their understanding of the natural world.

Children also benefit from plenty of fresh air and exercise. Leaders and staff maintain extremely high expectations for all children's learning and behaviour, fostered by their passionate and reflective approach, which constantly aims for continuous improvements within the centre.

What it's like

The highly passionate leaders and staff create an extremely welcoming and vibrant learning environment that is carefully planned with an extensive range of fun and exciting activities, meaning children benefit from a very rich and ambitious curriculum. Leaders and staff have extremely high expectations for all children's learning and behaviour, with a strong emphasis on nurturing and supporting all children to reach their full potential. Staff are highly skilled at identifying children who need extra support, swiftly implementing targeted help to enable them to flourish.

Outstanding Ofsted ratingAges 2-4 yearsAll-year provisionEnriching forest-school sessionsExcellent SEND supportStrong EAL provision

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

8am and 6pm, all year round

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2015

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating

Last inspected 8 February 2024 · Amy Mckenzie

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 highly passionate leaders and staff create an extremely welcoming and vibrant learning environment that is carefully planned with an extensive range of fun and exciting activities, meaning children benefit from a very rich and ambitious curriculum. Leaders and staff have extremely high expectations for all children's learning and behaviour, with a strong emphasis on nurturing and supporting all children to reach their full potential. Staff are highly skilled at identifying children who need extra support, swiftly implementing targeted help to enable them to flourish.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders and staff form exceptional relationships with other professionals to best support children's individual needs and personal learning.
  • Staff are superb at supporting children's home language, regularly using key words and songs in their home language during play, and translating home learning activities into multiple languages.
  • Leaders expertly assess how to use additional funding, for example, providing enriching forest-school sessions throughout the week.
  • Staff are highly attuned to supporting children's and families' emotional well-being, engaging in high-quality training and using 'mood bears' to teach children about different feelings.
  • The inspirational team constantly evaluate their practice and are highly reflective, making continuous improvements to the centre and having strong arrangements to coach and mentor staff.
Inspection #10305183 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are extremely complimentary and have nothing but praise for the team.

They highly value how kind and caring the staff are and feel that their children are extremely happy and safe.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff are highly skilled at identifying children who need extra support with their learning. They swiftly put targeted help into place to enable children to flourish and move forward in their development. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive superb levels of attention from the well-qualified and knowledgeable team.

Outdoor space

Leaders expertly assess how to use additional funding. For example, children benefit from enriching forest-school sessions throughout the week. This gives them first-hand experiences of nature. Furthermore, it also supports their physical skills and emotional health and broadens their understanding of the natural world. Staff also ensure that children are active and benefit from lots of fresh air and exercise.

EAL / language support

Children who speak English as an additional language receive superb levels of attention from the well-qualified and knowledgeable team. Staff are superb at supporting children's home language. This is apparent when they gain key words and learn songs in their home language, which are regularly used during play and throughout the day. Furthermore, ideas for home learning activities are translated into multiple languages to make them accessible to all parents and carers.

Inspection history

Ofsted records show this provider has closed and was never graded. There's no inspection history to display.

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