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Spring - St Bart's House

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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4.0(4 parent reviews)
·St. Barts House Day Nursery, 17 Dover Road, SANDWICH, CT13 0BS · Kent
Number of places
80 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

Spring – St Bart's House, established in 2019, is a childcare setting on non-domestic premises in Sandwich, Kent. 30pm all year round, it welcomes children aged 0 to 8 years.

The nursery received an overall "Good" rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 7 January 2025. Children and their families are greeted with smiles by kind and caring staff who know them well, creating a secure and inviting atmosphere where children are eager to explore and play.

Managers and staff are dedicated to creating engaging learning environments that prioritise children's needs and interests, successfully supporting their emotional well-being. The nursery provides excellent support for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who make good progress with personalised plans.

The quality of education is good, with inspectors observing the positive impact on children's learning both indoors and outdoors. Staff effectively support children's physical development, with younger children riding bikes and using chalks outside.

Children benefit from a curriculum that promotes a love of books, fosters literacy skills, and encourages exploration of their local community through visits to elderly residents and local events. Parents speak highly of the wide range of healthy meals prepared by the chefs.

What it's like

Children and their families are greeted with smiles by kind and caring staff who know them well. Managers and staff work hard to create engaging learning environments where children's needs and interests are prioritised. This supports children's emotional well-being successfully.

Support for physical developmentLove of books encouragedCommunity engagementMathematical skills developedPassionate managementStrong parent partnerships

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 6.30pm all year round.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2019

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Spring - St Bart's House

Last inspected 7 January 2025

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 and their families are greeted with smiles by kind and caring staff who know them well. Managers and staff work hard to create engaging learning environments where children's needs and interests are prioritised. This supports children's emotional well-being successfully.

Inspector highlights

  • Managers are passionate and proactive, using local authority advice to significantly improve practice and provision.
  • Children benefit from staff who promote a love of books, fostering excitement and supporting literacy skills.
  • Staff support children's physical development effectively, allowing older children to use scissors safely and younger children to ride bikes and use chalks outside.
  • Children benefit from opportunities to learn about their local community, visiting elderly residents and attending local events.
  • Children are provided with opportunities to develop their mathematical and problem-solving skills, with older children challenged to work out how to make magnets attach and younger children counting knitted balls.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen staff's skills in helping children to develop a greater understanding of the impact of their actions on others
  • 2support staff to establish a more consistent approach to supporting young children's developing independence skills
Inspection #10366959 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

They speak highly of the wide range of meals the chefs prepare and say their children eat a range of foods now.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress. Children with SEND are provided with personalised plans to ensure that they access their full entitlement.

Outdoor space

Staff support children's physical development effectively. Younger children ride bikes and use chalks outside, making marks. The inspectors observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Spring - St Bart's House

4.0
(4)
Ben Collins
4 months ago

Amazing little nursery, kind and friendly staff. My little one has come on leaps and bounds being here. Would highly recommend

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Geena Frow
9 months ago

Fantastic nursery with wonderful & kind staff. Great educational support to get our children ready for school. Every day my little one comes home and can’t wait to tell me what she did at nursery. Thanks to the St Bart’s team for providing a wonderful nursery experience!

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Minecraft noob Pro
a year ago

This place is so annoying the manager Vicki does not do anything and the place is old broken and it's all cracked I do not recommend and the food is horrible the staff are OK some are mean but other's are nice so if u want your child to be in a good environment I DON'T RECOMMEND

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Inspection history

Date: August 2021

  • January 2025Good
  • January 2025Good
  • October 2024Inadequate
  • August 2024Inadequate
  • September 2021Good
  • August 2021Good

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