Our Ofsted Rating & Awards

We are proud to have achieved the following awards and accreditation:

Ofsted Rated OUTSTANDING in 2023!

We've had 4 "Good across all areas of childcare and education" ratings for Glebe Kids Nursery & Play Centre, in 2005, 2009, 2015 and 2017, and we've received an "OUTSTANDING" in 2023, which is an accolade to the hard work and dedication of our team. Here's what Ofsted had to say in our most recent report:

"All children benefit exceptionally well from attending this caring and nurturing setting, where staff are highly effective at prioritising and meeting children's individual needs."

"Children are at the heart of everything the staff do. They thrive at this setting and learn what they need to be successful in their future. This means they make exceptional progress."

“Children are confident and show that they feel very safe and secure. They are completely content in their surroundings due to the excellent relationships they have with staff.” 

"Children's communication and language skills are outstanding. All staff have received specialist training to effectively support children to be articulate and expressive communicators. "

Parent & Baby Awards 2024

We are winners again! We have been honoured at the prestigious national 2024 Parent & Baby awards for the sixth year in a row! This is the third consecutive year we have won the big one - Nursery of the Year for the whole of Hertfordshire! Congratulations to all our wonderful practitioners - This is a much deserved accolade to go along with our previous 5 awards and our outstanding rating!

Parent & Baby Award 2023

We are winners - again! We have been honoured at the prestigious national 2023 Parent & Baby awards for the fifth year in a row! This is the second consecutive year we have won the big one - Nursery of the Year for the whole of Hertfordshire! Congratulations to all our wonderful teachers - This is a much deserved accolade to go along with our outstanding rating!

Parent & Baby Award 2022

We are winners - again! We have been honoured at the prestigious national Parent & Baby awards for the fourth year in a row! This is the second year we have won the big one - Nursery of the Year! Congratulations to all our wonderful teachers!

Elklan
We are delighted to announce that Glebe Kids has been awarded ‘Elklan Communication Friendly Setting Status’!
 
Elklan Communication Friendly Setting Status is an official Level 4 accreditation. We have achieved this accreditation by training and supporting all our practitioners in communication and language development for children aged 2-4! 
 
Communication and language is at the heart of everything we do at Glebe Kids and we are very proud to have been awarded this prestigious accreditation.
Parent & Baby Award 2021
We are winners - again! We have been honoured at the prestigious national Parent & Baby Awards for the third year in a row! You can read our winner’s article here
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Parent & Baby Award 2020
 We are winners - again! We are delighted to announce that Glebe Kids has been voted the Most Supportive Nursery of the Year at the 2020 Lux Life Parent and Baby awards! We are so proud to have received this prestigious national award in recognition of our commitment and support to children with SEN and their families. To be winners two years in a row is a real testament to our wonderful team of teachers and we couldn't be prouder of them! 
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Parent & Baby Award 2019
We are winners! We are delighted to announce that Glebe Kids has been voted the Private Nursery of the Year at the Lux Life Parent and Baby awards! We are so proud to have received this prestigious national award in recognition of our high outcomes for children and commitment to Special Educational Needs. It is a real testament to our wonderful team of teachers to receive such high praise and recognition and we couldn’t be prouder of them!

Please click below to see the article - Glebe Kids is on page 8.
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Childcare & Playwork Award 2009
We are proud to announce that Anna Atkinson won the Early Years and Childcare category at the Hertfordshire Childcare and Playwork Awards 2009. This achievement was also featured in Nursery World magazine in July 2009!