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Teeny Feet Day Nursery

Ofsted: Expected standard·118 Dargets Road, Chatham, ME5 8BP · Medway
Number of places
30 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2026
Local authority
Medway

About this day nursery

Teeny Feet Day Nursery, registered in Chatham in 2014, provides childcare for children aged 0-4 years. Operating Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm, the nursery offers an all-year-round service.

The nursery has a tailored approach to planning for individual children's needs, particularly for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Leaders and staff are proactive in implementing support swiftly and effectively, working alongside other professionals to provide comprehensive guidance and strategies.

The curriculum is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and children are supported in their communication and language development, with staff using various methods including signs. Daily outdoor play is a key feature, with children enjoying bikes, a mud kitchen, and a new playhouse for toddlers and babies.

While children are warmly welcomed and develop a sense of belonging, further attention is needed to ensure activities consistently align with their developmental stages to maximise learning.

What it's like

Children are warmly greeted and confidently enter the nursery, developing a sense of belonging. Staff tailor plans for individual needs, especially for those with SEND. Children enjoy daily outdoor play, including a mud kitchen and bikes, and explore new additions like a playhouse. Staff encourage children's creative ideas, though some activities need closer alignment with children's developmental stages to maximise learning.

Tailored SEND supportDaily outdoor playEarly Years Foundation StageStrong safeguarding

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday : 07:30 - 18:00

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2014

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Feb 2026

Headline: Expected standard

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 routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Teeny Feet Day Nursery

Last inspected 19 February 2026

What it's like to attend

Children are warmly greeted and confidently enter the nursery, developing a sense of belonging. Staff tailor plans for individual needs, especially for those with SEND. Children enjoy daily outdoor play, including a mud kitchen and bikes, and explore new additions like a playhouse. Staff encourage children's creative ideas, though some activities need closer alignment with children's developmental stages to maximise learning.

Inspector highlights

  • The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders and staff fostering an open culture where everyone is responsible for safeguarding.
  • Staff work closely with parents to understand children's development, ensuring those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are fully supported.
  • Children with SEND benefit greatly from consistent and effective practices tailored to their individual development.
  • All children, including those with barriers to achievement, progress well from their starting points.
  • Staff support children's communication and language development, with opportunities for singing and dancing for babies and toddlers.
  • Children show persistence in completing tasks and enjoy warm praise from staff, helping them build skills for school.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should support staff to develop mealtimes to ensure that children fully benefit from a range of learning opportunities during these times.
  • 2Leaders should strengthen staff's teaching knowledge to ensure that activities are more closely linked to children's age and stages of development to help them make the most of their learning.
  • 3Leaders should develop staff knowledge to create a consistent approach to agreed strategies for supporting children's behaviour to help them further understand how their action affect others.
Inspection #10420214 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders receive suitable training to support them in their lead roles as special educational needs coordinators. They are very proactive in making sure that any support children with SEND need is swiftly implemented while waiting for input from other professionals. They work well with other professionals to seek further guidance and support and implement any agreed strategies. Staff receive training to help build their skills to support the needs of individual children. Any additional funding is used effectively to assess individual needs and circumstances for each child and ensure their needs are met.

Outdoor space

Children like the opportunity to play outside daily and explore bikes, a mud kitchen and the opportunity to be more physically active. Toddlers and babies enjoy a new playhouse in their garden. Staff support children's engagement with the natural world well, discussing plants and worms with them.

EAL / language support

Leaders and staff consider other ways of communicating with children, such as through signs, to help promote communication and language development across the setting effectively.

Inspection history

Date: September 2016

The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Inadequate). We're re-checking it against the original report.

  • November 2025Inadequate
  • May 2022Good
  • September 2016Good

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