Grace's Day Nursery - Ruxley Manor

Inspection of Grace's Day Nursery - Ruxley Manor Ruxley Manor Garden Centre, Maidstone Road, Sidcup, Kent DA14 5BQ

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Inspection date: 12 August 2025 - 23 September 2025

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Outstanding

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The provision is outstanding

Children of all ages, including babies, appear incredibly confident and enthusiastic to learn in the stimulating and impressive setting. The passionate staff have an outstanding knowledge of their inspirational curriculum and plan highly challenging experiences that they know will enthral children in their learning. For example, staff take children to a sea life centre and go on to teach them about marine biology. Staff teach all children how to use real tools safely. For example, children use drills and saws to create their own resources, such as wooden necklaces. Children develop their skills and knowledge to remarkably high levels and make excellent progress in their development.

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The provision is outstanding

Staff build on children's learning exceptionally well. Children gain in-depth knowledge about the world, such as during World Elephant Day when learning about the life cycle of an elephant. For instance, they learn that elephants grow tusks when they are two years old. Children confidently name the different types of elephants, including Pygmy, Desert and Sumatran.

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The provision is outstanding

All staff are outstanding role models and children's behaviour is impeccable. Children have outstanding opportunities to challenge their physical skills. This is evident when they confidently participate in highly interesting activities safely, such as athletics and ballet. Children have an incredibly good understanding of healthy eating and lifestyles. They learn about the importance of having the correct amount of food groups, such as protein and carbohydrates at mealtimes. Children grow healthy produce, such as beetroot and spring onions, and go on to cook them on their campfire.

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n The managers and staff carefully use additional funding and meet the individual needs of children extremely well. They purchase a wide range of resources to support children's development and successfully prepare them for their future. This includes games to help children develop exceedingly high levels of focus and concentrate. n The entire staff team are exceptionally dedicated. They provide children with excellent levels of learning opportunities and exceptional care. They successfully instil children with awe and wonder, and children are naturally curious and inquisitive. This helps children of all ages and abilities to learn new skills and have an extremely positive attitude towards their learning. For example, even the youngest children explore interesting techniques, such as making their own drawing paper out of recycled materials. n All staff and children have incredibly inspiring relationships. They support

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children's cognitive abilities extremely well. They skilfully help children to

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12 August 2025 develop their sense of humour in their interactions with them. Children develop high level social skills as they tell and understand jokes with each other and staff. All children demonstrate excellent levels of well-being and self-esteem. This is evident when children are extremely proud to be the 'helper' and 'problem solver' of the day. n The managers and staff know all children incredibly well. They fully understand children's individual traits and embrace their uniqueness. For example, they ensure plans are individual to meet children's needs and fully understand how each child prefers to learn, planning accordingly. All children make outstanding progress. n All staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities amazingly. Staff attend specific training and embed extremely effective strategies. For instance, staff teach children to use colour coded 'raindrops' to

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express their emotions. Staff implement daily sensory circuits to support children to self-regulate. This includes activities such as calming breathing techniques. n Staff have admirable partnership with parents. They include parents in training and all aspects of the setting, including self-evaluation and planning of renovations, such as the outdoor space. Parents comment that the setting and staff are incredible and truly go above and beyond, offering support with no judgement but with excellent knowledge and expertise. n The managers and staff evaluate their practice together incredibly well. They highlight that they would like to continue to strengthen the opportunities children have outdoors. Staff are supported incredibly well through an extensive range of purposeful training. For example, they have recently learned about unconscious bias and how this may impact children and families. n Staff support children of all ages to develop excellent communication skills.

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Children and staff make up songs and remember the tunes they made up the day before and sing them excitedly. Children of all ages show they have an impressive and extensive range of vocabulary. n Staff do an incredible job of teaching children about other people outside of their own communities and experiences. For example, children learn key words and nursery rhymes in other languages, such as Spanish and Turkish. Children learn about traditions of other countries, such as the vibrant Spanish festival Semana Santa. They develop a deep understanding and appreciation of other cultures and backgrounds.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY419730 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 10399860 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 124 Number of children on roll 181 Name of registered person Grace's Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 0208 300 7460 Date of previous inspection 17 December 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Grace's Day Nursery - Ruxley Manor registered in 2010. It is located in Sidcup, Kent. The setting is open Monday to Friday, from 7am until 7pm, all year around. The setting receives funding to provide free early education for children aged one, two, three and four years old. The setting employs 59 members of staff, 42 of whom hold relevant early years qualification at level 2 and above. This includes thirty-six members of staff who hold a relevant early years qualification at level 3, three staff who hold a relevant early years qualification at level 4 and four staff hold a relevant early years qualification at level 6.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector carried out a learning walk with the managers. The inspector assessed the impact of the quality of staff interactions and the learning opportunities staff provide children. n The inspector viewed the indoor and outdoor learning environments and considered the positive impact of the environment on children's learning and engagement. n The managers shared written documentation for the inspector to review. This included safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures and information on management of any accidents that may occur. n The inspector spoke to the managers, children, parents and staff at convenient times and considered their views. n The managers and inspector carried out a joint observation on a planned activity, focusing on supporting children's communication and language skills.

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We carried out this inspection under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children's learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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