Kids Planet Stafford
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open a few years
A day nursery in Stafford for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2022, with 59 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Staffordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Staffordshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
ST16 3TAWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 21 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and confidently leave their parents and carers at the door.
Staff are kind and nurturing in their interactions. This helps children feel safe and secure. Children freely choose and explore the appealing activities, planned to ignite their natural curiosity. They move around between the stimulating indoor and outdoor areas with purpose and engagement. Children make good progress from their starting points, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Knowledgeable staff work together to identify children's emerging gaps quickly. They implement personalised programmes to help address children's additional needs.
Staff guide children's behaviour through gentle reminders, such as using 'kind hands' when playing with others. They follow effective strategies that help older children to reflect on their behaviour and understand how their behaviour impacts others. Staff praise children in their efforts, recognising their achievements and helping to raise their self-esteem. Staff seize all opportunities to discuss different emotions with children, for example when staff read the word 'furious' in the story, they stop to check children's understanding of this word.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- promote children's independence further to build their confidence in managing more tasks for themselves n ensure staff delegate the timing of tasks effectively during busy times to better support children's learning.
- 21 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 28 May 2024Needs improvement
- 11 July 2023Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kids Planet Stafford
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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