Fennies Kidbrooke

Fennies Kidbrooke received a Good rating across all areas in its first routine inspection (April 2023), operating under the pre-November 2025 framework. The report has been mapped to the new 7-area November 2025 structure: Safeguarding (Met), Inclusion (Good/70), Curriculum and Teaching (Good/72), Achievement (Good/71), Behaviour/Attitudes/Routines (Good/70), Welfare/Well-being (Good/71), and Leadership/Governance (Good/70). The nursery demonstrates strong foundations with effective safeguarding, good curriculum planning, and positive staff-child relationships. Two explicit improvement areas were identified: inconsistent use of home language information for children learning English as an additional language, and key-person system inconsistency due to staff changes affecting individual planning continuity. The new manager is driving positive change with focus on staff development and curriculum evaluation. Overall score calculated at 71 (Good standard), with realistic potential to reach 78-80 (Strong Standard) through targeted investments in EAL support systems and key-person consistency protocols.