Jacqueline's Gems, Northumberland Heath Primary

This is an active out-of-school childcare setting based at Northumberland Heath Primary School in Wheelock Close, Erith. It has capacity for 48 children and is listed on all three childcare registers, including the Early Years Register. This is not evidence of a conventional day-nursery offer: the authoritative provider subtype is out-of-school day care.

The latest supplied inspection event took place on 23 January 2024. Inspectors recorded effective safeguarding, but no overall effectiveness grade accompanies that event. Families should therefore judge the setting as wraparound-style childcare rather than treating it as a graded day nursery.

The evidence identifies the school site and the provider's out-of-school scope, but publishes no room names, room age bands or branch curriculum detail. For children in the early-years age range, the statutory Early Years Foundation Stage means children learn through play, with care linked to development goals. The current information does not describe how this setting puts that framework into practice.

At the January 2024 inspection event, inspectors found safeguarding effective. Beyond that dated finding, current public information does not detail settling arrangements, key-person practice, support for children with SEND, meals or communication with families. Families need confirmation of how care is organised for younger children and how information passes between the club, school and home.

The setting is at Northumberland Heath Primary School, Wheelock Close, Erith, DA8 1JE. Its capacity is 48 children, but that figure is a maximum, not current availability.

No provider website, session timetable or booking model is published in current public information. The provider must confirm which before-school, after-school or holiday patterns currently operate, which ages they accept, and whether children must attend Northumberland Heath Primary School. Funding participation, meals, non-food consumables and current charges are also not published; A written quotation should separate each category.

• Out-of-school scope. The official subtype is out-of-school day care, not a day nursery. Confirm that the actual hours and age range match the care your child needs.
• Booking details. No branch session pattern is documented. Confirm current clock times, term dates, minimum attendance and notice rules before relying on the setting for work-day cover.
• Early-years arrangements. Early Years Register coverage does not itself describe the daily offer. Families of younger children need details of staffing, key-person care, play planning, rest, food and toileting.

Jacqueline's Gems offers registered out-of-school childcare on a primary-school site, with effective safeguarding recorded at the January 2024 inspection event. No broader quality judgement is available. It may suit families seeking school-linked before-school, after-school or holiday care, but none of those individual patterns is confirmed in current public information, so direct verification is essential.