Chestnut Grove Kindergarten

5 Pathfields Road, Clacton-on-Sea CO15 3JH
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9.8 94 Reviews
  • Chestnut Grove Kindergarten, Clacton-on-Sea
Chestnut Grove Kindergarten is a very warm, welcoming child care setting with great indoor and outdoor space for children to enjoy.

There is a very strong ethic of 'learning through play'.

It has a well-established and popular baby to two-year-old's room and places are always in high demand, leading into the two and rising three's room.

The setting also has a very popular pre-school room which focuses on preparing each child to take their all important step into school.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Owner

  • Denise Hawke
  • Privately Owned

Person in Charge

  • Denise Hawke (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 23

Total Places for Children

  • 100

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • Full Day 0-2 years £52, 3-4 years £50
    School Day 0-2 years £39.50 3-4 years £39
    Morning or Afternoon Session 0-2 years £29.50 3-4 years £28
    Extra Hours Hourly Rate £8.50ph

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Parking

  • The car park is situated right next to the setting and has plenty of space for parents to park.

Chestnut Grove Kindergarten Reviews (94)

9.8

Chestnut Grove Kindergarten has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.752) out of 10, based on 16 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Chestnut Grove Kindergarten has 94 reviews.

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Review from Nikki R (Mother of Child) published on 4 December 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been attending Chesnut Grove since September 2015 and I am extremely pleased with his progress.
I feel that he is in safe hands when I leave him there and the staff are everything I could ask for.
Reply from Jason Hawke, Business Manager at Chestnut Grove Kindergarten
Thank you so much for your lovely review Nikki. The Chestnut team really appreciate it

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Review from Abi C (Mother of Child) published on 30 November 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son absolutely loves going to school! Never had any issues. The staff are wonderful, polite, communication is lovely, my son comes home praising his teachers and tells me all about his day, lovely to know he's settled and comfortable there. My son has gained so much confidence since starting Chestnut
Grove and I would highly recommend this nursery.
Reply from Jason Hawke, Business Manager at Chestnut Grove Kindergarten
Thank you so much for your lovely review.

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Review from Tanya K (Mother of Child) published on 15 November 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I recently moved my little boy over from another nursery to Chestnut Grove Kindergarten. My son has autism and is supported by their SENCO.


Since starting in September, he has achieved things I didn't think would be possible this year such as integrating into circle time and sitting to read stories.

The consistency of the staff has helped him go from not wanting to go to the nursery to ask if I'm ready in the mornings.


As a mother of a SEN child and my daughter who attends once a week in the younger class, I can not recommend Chestnut Grove Kindergarten enough. It's a fantastic nursery.

Reply from Jason Hawke, Business Manager at Chestnut Grove Kindergarten
Thank you, Tanya for your very kind words, as a nursery setting we are continually looking to create a fully inclusive environment for all children's needs.
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Review from Georgie W (Mother of Child) published on 14 November 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been attending Chesnut Grove Kindergarten for the last 18 months and I cannot fault them at all. He has changed from room to room with age and has grown to know a lot of staff members and has made lots of friends.
It so lovely to know he is safe and looked after in such a clean, lovely controlled
environment.


Managers and staff have been brilliant with him and have all also been there when I've needed advice or had general concerns regarding him.


Will be sad when he has to leave them and go big school next year :-(


Keep up the good work all.

Reply from Jason Hawke, Business Manager at Chestnut Grove Kindergarten
Thank you very much for your kind words.
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Review from Marta M (Mother of Child) published on 31 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Lovely nursery with friendly and very helpful staff members. My daughter attended it a few years ago, now she attends breakfast club and holiday club organized by this nursery. She absolutely loves it. Safe and clean environment. Opening hours are very good, cheaper than a childminder. I highly recommend
this nursery together with breakfast and holiday club :)
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Review from Marie H (Mother of Child) published on 31 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff at Chestnut Grove are second to none they helped my daughter so much in her time there and I would not hesitate to recommend the nursery to anyone. Very clean welcoming nursery with great staff and facilities. My daughter loved going for the whole 2 years she attended.
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Review from Katherine H (Mother of Child) published on 27 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Brilliant. My daughter started at 11 months and has loved it. It's like they're the extended family looking after your child. They tell you everything just like your family would all those cute little things she did were shared with you on pick up. Any concerns are discussed and working together to
make sure my daughter was happy and content.
My daughter still wants to make pictures for the staff and take them in. It was also lovely to go back and visit now that she has finished, still felt so welcome. Thanks Chestnut Grove for a lovely few years caring for my daughter.
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Review from Kelly (Mother of Child) published on 26 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child has been at chestnut grove from the age of 2 and he continues to go there. He has become very confident and outgoing since being at the nursery.
The staff here are fantastic. They are willing to help me as a parent help my child progress in any way they can. They promote independence, support
and fun with my child. He's very happy whenever I pick him up. So I would highly recommend Chestnut Grove Kindergarten.
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Review from Jordan H (Mother of Child) published on 25 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This nursery has worked wonders with both my children, they both started out very quiet and now are confident. Every member of staff is friendly and welcoming. They go out of their way to give any help or support you may need. It is an appropriate, wonderful environment for any child to spend time in.
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Review from Kelly L (Mother of Child) published on 25 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I can not praise Chestnut Grove enough, they helped my daughter so much. The staff are brilliant, polite and very helpful and the office staff bent over backwards to keep accommodating my daughters change in hours due to my work commitments. They're open all year round which enabled me to carry on working
through the school holidays. My daughter has made some lovely friends for life from this nursery. I would definitely recommend Chestnut Grove.
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Review from Louise S (Mother of Child) published on 25 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son went here from 9mths - 4 1/2 years old. Very friendly staff immaculate inside. The outdoor play area was fantastic. Lots of fun stuff to do. My son made so many friends and learnt so much in preparation for school. I highly recommend this nursery. Were fabulous with food allergies. Security
was fantastic.
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Review from Gemma L (Mother of Child) published on 25 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This amazing nursery was totally amazing with my little boy and I would 10000% recommend for anyone to take their children here! The staff can never do enough to help and are so friendly and understanding with any situation! My little boy had a speech and hearing problem and the amazing staff and the
nursery as a whole we're just fantastic! My other boy will be starting after Christmas.
Reply from Jason Hawke, Business Manager at Chestnut Grove Kindergarten
Thank you so much for your review Gemma we really appreciate it.
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Review from Stacey (Mother of Child) published on 21 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Brilliant nursery with amazing staff that can't do enough for you! My child was there for 2 and a half years in 3 different age range rooms and absolutely loved it, loved the graduation ceremony as well :) Highly recommend!!
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Review from Robynn B (Mother of Child) published on 21 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Brilliant nursery and fantastic staff. Very friendly would recommend to family and friends. Looking forward to using them again next year. My daughter came on leaps and bounds since joining and is now doing really well in school.
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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.752)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.752) out of 10 for Chestnut Grove Kindergarten is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 16 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.8 out of 5 from 16 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.952 for Chestnut Grove Kindergarten is calculated as follows: ( (178 Excellents x 5) + (7 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 186 Ratings = 4.952
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.8 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Chestnut Grove Kindergarten is based on 16 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 100 number of registered child places is 20. 16 Positive Reviews ÷ 20 = 0.8
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Meet the Team (2)

Sabrina

Sabrina Havell

Job Title: Setting Deputy Manager Joined: 2010

Sabrina has been with Chestnut Grove since opening in 2010 and has worked her way up to Deputy Manager in that time.


She has an NVQ level 3 qualification in child care and has 12 years experience working within early years.

Denise

Denise Hawke

Job Title: Nursery Principal/Manager Joined: 2010

Denise is a BA(Hons) level 7 practitioner in Early Years in Child Care, she recently attained this qualification with a 2.1


Her experience spans over a 30 year period starting out working within various settings becoming room leader, deputy manager, manager and eventually owner of Chestnut Grove.


Denise has a huge commitment to creating the best possible start for all the children in her care at Chestnut Grove and it always brings her great pleasure when children come back to visit her.

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