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Whizz Kids Pre-School

Ofsted: Expected standard·Ashford Park Primary School, Station Crescent, ASHFORD, TW15 3HN · Surrey
Number of places
26 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2026
Local authority
Surrey

About this early years setting

Whizz Kids Pre-School, registered with Ofsted in 2008, operates from Ashford Park Primary School in Ashford, Middlesex, offering a childcare setting for children aged 2-4 years. The pre-school provides a nurturing environment where children are encouraged to build social skills and engage in physical play, with opportunities to play hide and seek in the garden.

Children are supported in developing secure attachments with staff and peers, enabling them to feel safe and confident in their surroundings. The setting provides healthy snacks and encourages balanced lunchboxes, with staff discussing food with children during mealtimes.

While children enjoy activities like yoga and exploring topics such as Space, the inspection highlights areas where teaching consistency and support for children's individual needs, particularly for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who speak English as an additional language (EAL), could be strengthened to ensure more consistent progress across all areas of development. The pre-school operates with varied session times throughout the week, offering a blend of morning, afternoon, and full-day care.

What it's like

Children's learning through play is varied due to inconsistencies in teaching, impacting the effectiveness of their learning, particularly for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. While care needs are generally well-met, staff do not always support children to practice independent skills or healthy hygiene habits. Children form good relationships with peers and staff, arriving confidently for sessions and enjoying activities like yoga.

Engaging activitiesPositive environmentSecure attachmentsEmotional wellbeing supportedLearning through playGood relationships

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 09:00 - 12:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 12:30 - 15:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 09:00 - 15:30

Age range

2 years plus

Session types

morning, afternoon, full day

Registered with Ofsted

2008

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected May 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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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
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
2 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Whizz Kids Pre-School

Last inspected 15 May 2026

Actions the provider must take

  • Put in place an improved process for supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities so that robust and effective support is provided for all children (by 19/12/2025).
  • Ensure staff have a secure knowledge of the curriculum and how to implement it effectively so that all children's learning is catered for (by 16/01/2026).
  • Monitor staff's teaching and practice to ensure any gaps in their knowledge and skills are identified and supported with professional development (by 16/01/2026).
  • Collate all children's starting points in a timely manner so that staff use them to plan effective next steps in learning that support children's development (by 19/12/2025).
  • Ensure staff know how to consistently support children to understand the rules and boundaries that are in place and why they are in place (by 16/01/2026).
  • Ensure that all staff support children to create hygiene habits, such as good handwashing after nose blowing, that support their wellbeing (by 19/12/2025).

What it's like to attend

Children's learning through play is varied due to inconsistencies in teaching, impacting the effectiveness of their learning, particularly for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. While care needs are generally well-met, staff do not always support children to practice independent skills or healthy hygiene habits. Children form good relationships with peers and staff, arriving confidently for sessions and enjoying activities like yoga.

Inspector highlights

  • Children enjoy playing.
  • Staff create a positive environment and have good relationships with their colleagues.
  • Children feel safe and secure and are confident to ask staff for help.
  • Children’s emotional wellbeing is well supported.
  • Children form good relationships with their peers and staff.
  • Leaders evaluate the setting's strengths, understanding they have built a team with secure relationships.

Areas to develop

  • 1Put in place an improved process for supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities so that robust and effective support is provided for all children.
  • 2Ensure staff have a secure knowledge of the curriculum and how to implement it effectively so that all children's learning is catered for.
  • 3Monitor staff's teaching and practice to ensure any gaps in their knowledge and skills are identified and supported with professional development.
  • 4Collate all children's starting points in a timely manner so that staff use them to plan effective next steps in learning that support children's development.
  • 5Ensure staff know how to consistently support children to understand the rules and boundaries that are in place and why they are in place.
  • 6Ensure that all staff support children to create hygiene habits, such as good handwashing after nose blowing, that support their wellbeing.
Inspection #10108679 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities do not make progress as swiftly as they could, as there is not enough focus on evaluating what children already know and can do to ensure accurate next steps. Staff knowledge of how to support children with SEND is inconsistent, leading to variable quality of support. Leaders do not prioritise their overview of the processes and procedures for supporting children with SEND, meaning progress and assessments are monitored and evaluated inconsistently. The setting works with external professionals and families to seek support and provide information, and staff implement suggestions from these professionals.

Outdoor space

Staff provide children with plenty of opportunities to build social skills and physical play. For example, children enjoy playing hide and seek together in the garden.

EAL / language support

Children who speak English as an additional language are not fully supported to make sufficient progress, as they are not always given enough time to process what they have heard in order to think and respond.

Inspection history
Improved from Needs attention → Expected standard in 2026

Date: June 2009

  • May 2026Expected standard
  • November 2025Needs attention
  • June 2020Good
  • May 2015Outstanding
  • June 2009Good

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About the setting

Whizz Kids Pre-School was registered with Ofsted on 09/10/2008 and is a childcare on non-domestic premises. The registered person is Charlotte Clough. The setting operates Monday to Friday from 09:00 - 12:00, 12:30 - 15:00, and 09:00 - 15:30.

URN
EY368363
Registered person
Clough, Charlotte
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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