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Next Steps Preschool | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Next Steps Preschool
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Next Steps Preschool
- Nursery
- Dover CT17 9LW
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Good |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children benefit from staff who work hard to develop exciting spaces for them to play and learn.
Activities: Older children enjoy playing outside in the 'next steps' car garage, chatting about fire engines. Younger children make play dough shapes with staff.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff plan an interesting and motivating curriculum based on children's needs and interests.
Communication: Communication with parents is very good. Parents appreciate the additional lengths staff go to, including stay-and-play sessions to understand helping children at home.
Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities demonstrate comfort and confidence at the setting.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff welcome children at the door with smiles and cuddles, effectively supporting children's emotional well-being.
Safeguarding Training: There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.
Play and Learning Integration: Children demonstrate high levels of engagement, enjoying activities like playing outside in the 'next steps' car garage and making play dough shapes.
Child Safety Management: There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.
Happiness and Settling: Children and families are warmly welcomed, supporting emotional well-being effectively. Children exhibit good behavior and celebrate their friends' achievements.
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Next Steps Preschool is a Nursery, Nursery located in Kent, South East.
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Future Steps St. Martins Church Hall on Church Road in Dover is where the preschool is located.
From the time a kid is two years old until they are prepared to enter primary school, we offer daycare.
This website is intended to answer many of your questions and provide you with details about the preschool, including all of our policies.
Please contact us via our contact page with any questions, and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
We do enhanced disclosures (DBSs) on each member of our staff and volunteer corps to make sure your child is being protected.
We place a high priority on your child's safety.
For your youngster, learning should be engaging and fun, in our opinion.
You can go through a photo gallery that displays our location and amenities if you click on any of the little pictures on the right side of this website.
To provide children from 2 years old to school age with high-quality care and education.
to collaborate with parents to support children's learning and growth; to improve the life and wellbeing of the neighbourhood.
The preschool complies with the 0鈥�25 years Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice criteria as of January 2015.
Gaynor Hammond is the designated Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) for the preschools.
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From the time a kid is two years old until they are prepared to enter primary school, we offer daycare.
This website is intended to answer many of your questions and provide you with details about the preschool, including all of our policies.
Please contact us via our contact page with any questions, and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
We do enhanced disclosures (DBSs) on each member of our staff and volunteer corps to make sure your child is being protected.
We place a high priority on your child's safety.
For your youngster, learning should be engaging and fun, in our opinion.
You can go through a photo gallery that displays our location and amenities if you click on any of the little pictures on the right side of this website.
To provide children from 2 years old to school age with high-quality care and education.
to collaborate with parents to support children's learning and growth; to improve the life and wellbeing of the neighbourhood.
The preschool complies with the 0鈥�25 years Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice criteria as of January 2015.
Gaynor Hammond is the designated Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) for the preschools.
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Holidays & terms
Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
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