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Play Place The Ark

Ofsted: GoodNursery

Stone Baptist Church hill House Road, Dartford, DA2 6HQ

Provider type

Nursery

Capacity

36 children

Key details

Capacity

36 places

Ofsted Inspection Summary

Play Place The Ark was inspected by Ofsted on 8 January 2025 and received an overall rating of Good. In their report, inspectors noted: "Children arrive at pre-school and are greeted by the enthusiastic and nurturing staff. They are sensitive to children's emotional well-being and take time to find out about their interests. This means that most children are happy and confident when they arrive."

Key strengths

  • Staff engage in meaningful conversation with the children.
  • Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is good.
  • Staff work hard to build relationships with families.
  • Staff encourage the children to behave well.
  • Children have lots of opportunities to develop their mathematical skills.

Areas for improvement

  • build further on relationships with parents to strengthen the key-person system
  • support staff to give consistently clear messages so that children know and understand the expectations for their behaviour.
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Location

Stone Baptist Church hill House Road, Dartford, DA2 6HQ

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