Monkey Puzzle Hither Green - SE13 5RA

Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Hither Green received a Good rating across all areas in its first inspection (November 2024). The setting demonstrates strong leadership, effective SEND support, and good curriculum implementation with particular strengths in communication and language development. The report uses the legacy 4-area framework (Quality of Education, Behaviour & Attitudes, Personal Development, Leadership & Management), which has been mapped to the November 2025 7-area structure: Safeguarding (Met), Inclusion (Good/75), Curriculum and Teaching (Good/75), Achievement (Good/75), Behaviour/Attitudes/Routines (Good/72), Welfare/Well-being (Good/76), and Leadership/Governance (Good/76). The single area for improvement focuses on practitioners' confidence in helping children acknowledge feelings and understand the impact of their actions on others, particularly during conflict resolution.