Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Orpington

The nursery is owned by local businessman Arlind Marku, who graduated from Middlesex University in 2007 with a BA Hons in Business Studies and Italian. Since graduating he has run a number of family businesses, always with the intention of returning back to his dream of owning a children’s day nursery. Arlind was always aspired “to own a nursery that is full of happiness and joy, creating an environment where children can thrive”.

He grew up with very strong family values where children’s upbringing and education was always paramount. “I believe that a child’s successful journey starts from very early education so it was extremely important for me to choose sites which provide the best settings for children to have enjoyable and fun learning experiences”.
I enjoy using my business knowledge and passion for children to support our team and improve the opportunities for our children. I am a firm believer that children are our future and we must give them an understanding of how powerful, important, valuable and perfect they are.” I am now extremely excited to be embracing the challenge of opening our third nursery and creating another wonderful setting within the local community of Orpington. Keeping children safe and happy alongside meeting and developing their needs will always be at the forefront of what we promote and value as a team.

Nick has been working within early years for over 15 years and joined the company as our Operations Manager. Nick supports our Bromley, Orpington and Tunbridge Wells nurseries providing valuable support to our management teams and overseeing recruitment and operations of the nurseries.
“Our vision is to create a wonderful space where children will be safe, cared for, loved and happy. Our children and families will always remain at the centre of what we do. We will provide a space where children and our team can learn, grow and develop with support, encouragement and positivity being the keys to ensuring a high-quality provision.” Nick has previously worked for Asquith Nurseries where he began as a volunteer. He completed his Early Years qualification and worked towards becoming Manager of the company’s flagship nursery helping to achieve an Outstanding Ofsted grade twice and being held over 9 years. Nick’s passion is focused upon supporting both the children’s and the team’s development and helping to deliver the highest standards of childcare across all areas of the nursery. The best part of the day though is always seeing the smiles on the children’s faces as they laugh, learn and play. Nick is a huge sports fan, who especially enjoys football, tennis and cycling. He also loves watching films, reading, visiting the seaside and meeting up with friends over a good cup of coffee to help relax.

I have been in childcare for 24 years now and I absolutely love it, I started out as an apprentice and gained my level 3 in childcare through work.

I was lucky enough to get promoted throughout my career, right through to a manager where I gained my level 4 in management, followed by my diploma in management. I absolutely love being around children, seeing them progress through nursery life, and knowing that I was privileged to be a part of that.

I am a mother myself, to my son of 12, stepdaughter of 17 and stepson of 22. I love baking cakes, but they’re not always very good and I’m also a keen fisher lady.

I am based at our Bromley branch but I also support our Orpington and Tunbridge Wells nurseries.

I have worked in Early years for over 10 years and I could not imagine doing anything else. We have achieved the highest standards for our families and team.

I love being a part of watching the children develop and grow, supporting them to reach their personal milestones.

I have previously supported and led Ofsted inspections supporting nurseries to achieve Outstanding outcomes. I felt extremely proud that

I have had experience in a variety of different roles, I started my childcare journey, newly qualified as a bank member of staff. I was offered a full time position as a nursery nurse and not long after I became a Room Supervisor and began to develop my leadership skills.

A few years later I was given the opportunity to work as a third in charge in the nursery. This is where I gained more managerial skills and began the children and the teams across a range of ages. After a few years, I was a Deputy Manager where my passion for supporting children continued to flourish and I added the role of SENDCO, supporting children with additional needs and further developing our inclusive practice.

I continue to support many children with additional needs, their families and our staff teams with children’s learning outcomes working closely with the Bromley Borough and relevant agencies.

As part of my role, I support providing enabling environments and with the quality of teaching and learning.

In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my family and going on holiday to visit new places.

I have been working with children in different roles over the last 5 years as an Au Pair, a tutor and as an Early Years Practitioner. Early Years are my passion and I am extremely excited to be able to follow my dreams of supporting children in their most crucial years of life!
My favourite part of working with children is observing and supporting their experiences, seeing how they navigate between their different emotions. Watching and supporting them in their very own unique way of learning and creating an enabling environment based on their personal needs is extremely important to me.
In my spare time, I enjoy relaxing with some good music or a wonderful book but also enjoy powerlifting as a form of exercise.

I am Kitty, I have a level 3 Diploma in Childcare and have been working within nursery settings for the last three years and also did Nannying for three years. I love watching children grow and seeing them achieve their next steps.

In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my family and going shopping!