Nursery Days

The Old School, The Street, Upchurch, Sittingbourne ME9 7AJ
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  • Nursery Days, Sittingbourne
Nursery Days is fully and beautifully refurbished and now has large natural playgrounds.

It is based within the grounds of The Old School in the rural village of Upchurch close to Rainham, Sittingbourne and Gillingham. Nursery Days offers childcare for 3 months to 5 years.

Individuality is celebrated, and through observations and discussions with parents and carers, is something that really ensures children's time at Nursery Days is based on their interests and personal needs.

A highly qualified, experienced and skilled staff team, include qualified teachers who are dedicated to continually enabling children to feel confident and secure at Nursery Days.

Indoors, Nursery days is a well designed homely environment that promotes emotional well-being, togetherness and friendship. Here children can feel comfortable to snuggle down or explore with confidence, and will always be at home.

Outdoors, Nursery Days experimental playground is an extra asset to the nursery. The children also get to experience a natural learning adventure at daily forest school (with a nursery forest school leader) at their private orchard which is local to the nursery.

Nursery Days has a highly qualified and experienced cook to prepare fresh and healthy food daily for the children. The heartwarming home-cooked lunches, snacks, breakfast and tea use locally farmed fruit and vegetables.

They offer a huge range of experiences every day for the children at Nursery Days. These include baby yoga and massage, professionally lead sports class, cooking and gardening club, woodwork classes, musical and movement sessions and much more.

Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Amy Brookman (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 20

Total Places for Children

  • 100

Age Range

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

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:15-18:30
    Tuesday 07:15-18:30
    Wednesday 07:15-18:30
    Thursday 07:15-18:30
    Friday 07:15-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Parking

  • A small carpark to the rear of the premises.

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Nursery Days has a Review Score of 10 (10.000) out of 10, based on 42 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Nursery Days has 114 reviews.

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Review from Laura H (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My boys have really enjoyed the nursery. They love getting ready and look forward to coming. They both have always been happy there. The indoor and outdoor activities are fantastic. The food cooked onsite always looks good and smells great. The team here are fantastic. Highly recommended.
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Review from Hayley W (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have 2 children at Nursery Days - one in preschool and one in the baby room. They both love coming here and are thriving and learning so many new things. Having a qualified teacher in preschool is excellent. Lots of attention and excellent communication in the baby room. Only negative is there seems
to be a high turnover of staff sometimes.
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Review from Lisa W (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Both of my children attend this nursery and they thoroughly enjoy their time here. They are happy to be dropped off in the morning and settle quickly with their friends and staff engaging in whatever activity is out. At the end of the day, my youngest always says 'had fun today'. What better way for
them to play and learn!
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Review from Jennie S (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter has attended Nursery Days since she was nine months old, she is now 4 and ready for school. Throughout her time at Nursery Days, staff have encouraged and nurtured her. She loves everybody at the nursery, in particular, more recently SEN staff have supported with additional learning needs.
She wouldn't have progressed so well without this fantastic team.
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Review from Lenore S (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our child has been at Nursery Days for almost two years. We have had a very good experience. The staff are the most caring and kind you could hope for. Our child has developed really well and is prepared to move up to school now. I really liked how the staff are interested in the individual child, picking
them up where they are and meet their needs at the time. We as a family are very grateful to Nursery Days for all they have done in the last year and really recommend it to anyone who is thinking of finding a good, safe caring place for their child.
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Review from Joanne M (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending Nursery Days since she was 10 months old. She absolutely loves attending. The staff are so friendly and go above and beyond to help out if we have any queries or concerns.


My daughter has made so many friends here that we see outside of nursery.


I highly recommend

Nursery Days to all parents and children.
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Review from Claire S (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has enjoyed Nursery Days. She has grown into a happy, confident young girl and I'm positive Nursery Days has contributed to this. My daughter has always been happy here and will miss the environment and staff very much.
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Review from Katie K (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have been using Nursery Days for 4 years and have always felt confident leaving my children in their care. The staff throughout are always approachable and happy and have made my children's time very enjoyable.


They continue to keep up to date and engage the children in play, keeping the parents

informed of their progression.
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Review from Terri S (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child has been attending Nursery Days for at least two years now and he has been really happy here. The facilities are brilliant and he particularly enjoys the outdoor space. He has built strong relationships with all of his teachers and looks forward to the days he is at nursery. I am really pleased
we chose Nursery Days and would recommend the nursery to anyone I know. It really is a lovely nursery.
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Review from Lindsay W (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
I have been using this nursery since 2013. All of my children have been well loved and cared for throughout that time. There is always a good range of activities for him to explore. Staff are friendly, caring, approachable and obviously passionate about what they do.


I love being able to track my

children's development on Tapestry and now with electric billing things are much easier. In the past, the nursery has perhaps not been as responsive to suggestions but this has got better. If I have a problem of a query this has always been dealt with in a timely manner. Wouldn't and don't hesitate to recommend.
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Review from Caren S (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Nursery Days is a wonderful setting for my one and a half-year-old. She loves coming here and has developed into a confident, happy little girl. The staff are amazing and genuinely care for the children and their wellbeing. The facilities are fantastic and a range of activities stimulating for all ages.
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Review from Emma P (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both of my children attended this nursery a few years apart and even though new staff have joined, the standard of care you get has never gone below outstanding. Both children were so happy here and I would recommend this nursery to anyone. A really lovely environment for children to enjoy and flourish.
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Review from L P (Mother of Child) published on 12 July 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son started at Nursery Days when he was 9 months old. He is now due to start school in September. All the staff at Nursery Days are really nice, helpful and supportive of my son's developments. I highly recommend Nursery Days and would without a doubt use them again in the future should I need to.
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Review from Claire P (Mother of Child) published on 19 June 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are very pleased with the care that our son receives at Nursery Days.
He absolutely loves going into the nursery and we see via Tapestry all of the excellent activities he is able to take part in.
Since his time there he has been supported by his key workers brilliantly and especially of late
with additional support for his speech and language development.
We are looking forward to our daughter starting there too in a few months!
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Current Review Score: 10.0 (10.000)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (10.000) out of 10 for Nursery Days 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 42 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 42 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 5.000 for Nursery Days is calculated as follows: ( (504 Excellents x 5) ) ÷ 504 Ratings = 5
  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 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Nursery Days is based on 42 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, which has been reached with 42 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  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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