Welcome

Welcome to Carmel Caterpillars Pre School Sittingbourne, Kent. We offer a safe, stimulating, fun and exciting environment where infants will develop a positive sense of self worth and secure attachments by participating in a safe, nurturing learning environment.

Carmel Caterpillars Preschool is the perfect venue for letting your child’s mind and heart grow with knowledge and emotional fulfilment. We have a breadth of child care knowledge and experience along with a wide selection of educational resources, essential for enhancing the development of your child.

We work using the Early Years Foundation Stage and within a framework which encourages equality of opportunity for all children and their families. We provide the best possible care for your child, in our parent-involved, community based setting. We claim EYPP (Early Years Pupil Premium) for those families that qualify and we involve them in allocating these funds, to ensure the best Learning & Development outcomes for their child.

We have a virtual walk through of the hall on our Facebook site (Carmel Caterpillars)  But we strongly recommend coming in for a visit with your child to get to know us and have a relaxed look round. Either send us a message using the Contact Us page, drop us an email at carmelcaterpillars@hotmail.co.uk or call on 07946547347 to book a visit. Remember it doesn't matter how young your precious ones are, we now have a waiting list for January 2025 and beyond!

We had a very positive audit on Safeguarding and child Welfare requirements - details are in the 'KCC feedback section'.

Previously we have had a Brilliant Ofsted Inspection  with a GOOD rating, receiving praise for our high quality of teaching and learning with our enthusiastic and motivated staff team! The link to our Ofsted Report is here using our code 127083 here 

In our ECERS (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale) review we scored a fantastic maximum score of 7 in 11 provisions. I have listed details of this and also attached a very complimentary letter from the Corporate Director from Early Years Childcare, KCC in the 'KCC Feedback' section. 

There are also some lovely comments from our leavers families in the For Parents tab and new photos from recent activities in the Gallery, so please take a look.

Latest News/Upcoming Events

Welcome back everyone after the holidays, hope you've all had a lovely break!

Our Theme this Term continues to be Looking after our World – (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair & Repurpose)  This time we are focusing more on our planet, what the children do to throw away less and think more about our Environment and the wildlife in it. This is all working towards our EYFS Sustainability Climate Control Plan.

We have 2 new children starting this Term and I'm sure you will all join us in giving them a warm WELCOME!

We have sessions left for September 2026 and we have a waiting list for 2027 already! So if you know of any little ones please do encourage them to come in and get a form from me anytime! Thanks x Jo

 Term 5 - Wednesday 22nd April - Friday 22nd May

The best way to tell whether you like a nursery is to come along and see it for yourself, just give us a call. You can also drop us an email with any questions or visit our group facebook site to comments from our parents.

We have a very experienced, enthusiastic staff whose priority at all times is the well-being and development of your child.

Throughout the year, we hold various fun activities for everyone to enjoy. These include our Spring Fayre, Parents pancake race, Summer Outing, Christmas Craft day and Nativity. At the end of the school year we always hold a Leavers Graduation.