Session types
Morning (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM), Afternoon (12:30 PM - 3:30 PM), Full Days (9:00 AM - 3:30 PM), Lunch Club (12:00 PM - 12:30 PM)
Toybox Pre-School
Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2021)
Number of places
26 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2021
Local authority
Kent
About this day nursery
Toy Box Pre School, situated in Dartford, has dedicated over 15 years to fostering young minds, operating under the belief that children thrive in a magical learning environment that encourages growth, exploration, and the discovery of their full potential. The nursery prides itself on offering nurturing care within a safe and loving setting, ensuring every child feels valued throughout their learning journey.
Their curriculum artfully blends structured learning with creative play, designed to ignite curiosity and promote holistic development. Prioritising safety, the facility boasts secure premises and a team of rigorously vetted and trained staff.
Toy Box celebrates every child's progress, encouraging them to explore, discover, and build confidence. The overarching mission of Toy Box Pre School is to deliver outstanding early childhood education within a warm and supportive atmosphere, cultivating creativity, boosting self-assurance, and preparing children for their future educational endeavours.
They actively collaborate with families, acknowledging parents as primary educators, to support each child's individual development and commemorate their achievements.
Our ethos
Our mission is to provide exceptional early childhood education in a warm, nurturing environment that encourages creativity, builds confidence, and prepares children for their educational journey ahead. We partner with families to support each child's unique development and celebrate their achievements. Toy Box Pre-school recognises parents as the first and most important educators of their children. All of the staff see themselves as co-workers with you in providing care and education for your child.
What it's like
Effective settling-in procedures help children form secure attachments to their key person. Children are happy, safe, and secure in this setting. They quickly learn the routines to follow, needing no reminders to hang up their coats as they arrive. Staff have high expectations and act as positive role models, which helps children to behave well, share and take turns.
Play-based learningNurturing environmentPartnership with parents
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Opening hours
Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Age range
18 months to 5 years
Term time / All Year
Term Time
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Toybox Pre-School
Last inspected 1 October 2021
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Effective settling-in procedures help children form secure attachments to their key person. Children are happy, safe, and secure in this setting. They quickly learn the routines to follow, needing no reminders to hang up their coats as they arrive. Staff have high expectations and act as positive role models, which helps children to behave well, share and take turns.
Inspector highlights
- Effective settling-in procedures help children form secure attachments to their key person.
- Children behave well, share and take turns.
- Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are effectively supported.
- Staff help children to understand how to keep safe, for example, by reminding them to face the right way before going down the slide.
- Children have many opportunities to play outside in the fresh air with a range of ride-on toys, scooters, and bicycles.
Areas to develop
- 1plan activities that take better consideration of the interests and abilities of the children, including using appropriate resources that help to support their learning needs
- 2give children time to think about their responses to questions to help them express their own ideas.
Inspection #10190223 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents are very pleased with the care their children receive.
Parents say that they help to establish children's starting points and receive frequent updates about their progress.
Staff are always available to discuss any issues parents have and they feel well supported.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are effectively supported. Gaps in learning are promptly identified. Parents receive guidance to help them access additional support from external professionals, such as the specialist teacher service. Staff work cooperatively with other agencies to support children with needs. The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND.
Outdoor space
Children have many opportunities to play outside in the fresh air. A range of ride-on toys, scooters, and bicycles are available, suited to the ages and abilities of the children. A group of children play together on the see-saws, singing their favourite songs. In the longer term, the aim is to have an additional outdoor classroom.
Parent Reviews of Toybox Pre-School
5.0
(2)
SONIA ROUTSI
7 years ago
Priya Parashar
7 years ago
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Inspection history
Most recent inspection
1 October 2021
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
View full Ofsted reportFrequently asked about Toybox Pre-School
About the setting
Toybox Pre-School re-registered in 2018; it originally registered in 2005. It is open Monday to Friday 9am to 3.30pm, term time only. They are in receipt of funding for two-, three- and four-year-old children. There are 12 members of staff employed, of whom nine have relevant early years qualifications at level two or above.
- URN
- EY557994
- Registered person
- Sutherland, Carol
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Not applicable
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