Kids Planet Chapelfields

A purpose-built nursery with daily outdoor play gives Kids Planet Chapelfields a clear practical identity: three age-appropriate rooms, an outdoor area and care spanning babies through to preschool. The emphasis is on children exploring, making choices and becoming more independent. Physical play has space in the day.

At its 23 November 2023 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good overall. The setting now trades as Kids Planet Chapelfields, at the same Mount Street address as the nursery inspected under its former name. It has capacity for 61 children and accepts ages from 2 to 60 months.

For parents, the useful combination is a purpose-built setting and a choice between morning, afternoon and full-day attendance. The shorter sessions matter: families can choose a portion of the day rather than committing to the full opening window.

Rooms and Ages

Children use three rooms arranged for different stages of development. Their design supports exploration and play, while the outdoor area provides daily opportunities for movement. That gives the nursery day an indoor and outdoor rhythm, rather than making fresh air an occasional extra.

In November 2023, babies explored water and sand, with songs and familiar rhymes accompanying their play. Preschool children mixed their own dough, using dispensers to add ingredients while adults introduced words for its changing texture. These were concrete opportunities to connect an action with language, rather than learn vocabulary in isolation.

Learning and Activities

The nursery follows the early years foundation stage, the framework for children's learning, development and care. In everyday terms, play, communication and growing independence belong together: handling materials, talking about discoveries and practising personal tasks all contribute to learning.

In November 2023, staff gathered information about children when they joined and used it to plan their learning. Children chose activities and practised pouring drinks, washing their hands and managing coats, with help adjusted to the task. Those small responsibilities gave children an active role in daily routines.

There was also a clear teaching weakness. In November 2023, adults sometimes moved conversations on before children had enough time to consider a question and answer it. Staff development was required to make interactions more responsive and strengthen children's listening, reasoning and speech. For parents who value language development, the difference between supplying new words and allowing a child time to use them is an important one.

Outdoor and Community Life

Daily access to the outdoor area is part of the current offer. Sports activities also sit within the group-wide package used here, adding organised physical activity alongside exploratory play.

In November 2023, planting and growing helped children investigate nature. Leaves, mud and pine cones were used for exploration both outside and indoors. The value was in handling and investigating real materials, with outdoor experiences feeding back into play inside.

Relationships and Communication

In November 2023, settling arrangements helped children become familiar with nursery life, and babies' individual care needs shaped their routines. Links between rooms supported children as they moved through the setting. For a family starting with a baby, those connections matter as much as the activities themselves: care needs and learning should travel with the child.

Communication also had a personal route through each child's key person in November 2023. Parents could discuss their child's learning with an adult who knew them, keeping the relationship centred on the individual child.

The current package includes the group-wide Famly app, which provides updates in real time. That adds a digital connection during the nursery day alongside direct conversations with staff. It is a useful distinction for working parents who want updates while their child is in care.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the November 2023 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and assessed support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities positively, including prompt help for families and coordination with relevant services. These are dated judgements, with practical substance beneath them: concerns were addressed through action and partnership rather than reassurance alone.

Sessions and Attendance

The nursery opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. Its Full Day runs from 8am to 6pm; Morning attendance is 8am to 1pm, and Afternoon attendance is 1pm to 6pm. Full Time is also offered with an 8am to 6pm daily window.

Early Bird covers 7.30am to 8am, giving families an earlier start before the main day. Ad hoc hourly care is another option. Opening hours and booked attendance are separate practical choices here: the main full-day session begins after the doors open.

Getting There

The address is 69 Mount Street, Coventry, CV5 8DE. Families can contact the nursery by telephone on 02476 679 581 or email chapelfields@kidsplanetdaynurseries.co.uk; tour and application routes are also offered.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded childcare is offered alongside privately paid attendance. The group-wide inclusive fee package used at Chapelfields includes meals and snacks, plus formula, wipes, nappies and sun cream; freshly prepared food caters for dietary requirements.

Funded attendance has a separate charge structure: meals, activities and consumables attract additional charges on days when early years funding is applied. The charge category depends on the amount of funding used that day. Families receive current prices in the nursery's written quotation, so the cost of the intended booking can be considered alongside its hours.

• Conversation and thinking time. The November 2023 improvement point concerned adults allowing children time to respond. On a tour, ask how practitioners now adjust questions and pauses to each child's communication needs.
• Baby-room fit. Three age-appropriate rooms serve children from infancy onwards. During a visit, ask about the youngest room's usual group size and how settling and sleep would work for your baby.
• Funding and daily costs. Funded days carry separate meal, activity and consumable charges. Ask for a written breakdown showing the funding pattern, paid hours and treatment of extras for your proposed attendance.

Kids Planet Chapelfields suits families seeking morning or afternoon sessions as well as full-day attendance, with an earlier start available through Early Bird. Its purpose-built accommodation, daily outdoor play and inclusive private fee package give parents concrete reasons to consider it.

The November 2023 teaching concern deserves attention alongside the Good judgement. A visit should concentrate on the quality of everyday conversations and the fit of the youngest room for your child. Those details will matter more than a broad promise about preparing children for school.