Kiddi Caru Day Nursery Whiteley

Gull Coppice, Whiteley, Fareham PO15 7LA
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9.5 122 Reviews
  • Kiddi Caru Day Nursery Whiteley, Fareham
This Kiddi Caru nursery is located in the heart of the Whiteley Community Centre, next to the primary school. They offer flexible childcare for all families plus free childcare for all three and four-year-olds, as well as school days and a 45-week option, allowing you to take the summer holiday off with no childcare costs.

They understand that, as a parent, you have a million things to do and prepare for your child every morning. So, they were hoping to ease your daily routine by taking care of nappies for your little one whilst they are at nursery.

The nursery is proud of its well-resourced, age-appropriate playrooms, offering a wide and exciting range of learning experiences. Children are encouraged to learn through play and to follow their own interests. All educational activities are planned by the highly trained Early Years Practitioners. They have an amazing sensory room which is even used by external childcare services, an area that creates a calm learning environment.

Ask about the nursery's all-inclusive activity programme which is delivered by its very own staff and includes Sing & Sign, Boogie Mites; all fun activities with lots of educational benefits which the children love to do throughout the week.

The wholesome food is prepared fresh and daily by the onsite chef and caters for all stages from weaning to older children serving themselves to encourage independence.

Your little one is in very safe hands, not just within the secure environment which includes a double door entry system, but with the staff team all paediatric first aid trained and regularly attend training courses.

Care Provided by Kiddi Caru Day Nursery Whiteley

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Erika Maindrou (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 40
  • Total Places for Children
  • 134
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 0 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:00-18:30
    Tuesday 07:00-18:30
    Wednesday 07:00-18:30
    Thursday 07:00-18:30
    Friday 07:00-18:30
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & Christmas to New Year

Kiddi Caru Day Nursery Whiteley Reviews (122)

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9.5

Kiddi Caru Day Nursery Whiteley has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.515) out of 10, based on 18 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Kiddi Caru Day Nursery Whiteley has 122 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The people make this Nursery great, my little girl loves one staff member in particular and you genuinely get the feeling this member of staff (and the other staff) love her, the smile on my little girls face when she sees her makes it worth taking her there.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Friendly staff. My son has adjusted to nursery within 2-3 weeks and is very happy to go to nursery every morning.
Really appreciate the staff in Dolphin room.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Great nursery with lovely staff who makes children’s time there lovely. My little one loves coming in and is always happy when picked up.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My little boy has moved up from the baby room and us now in preschool. The staff are all lovely, young and old. I feel confident in them. There’s ability to look after his individual needs and his development
Outside term time it's great that you work 7 am-6.30 pm, perfect for our needs.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am happy that I chose this nursery for my daughter. I could not made a better choice. She has developed so much and she is so happy here.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My little one loves attending nursery and has learnt so much. All staff are lovely but especially her key carer who we know she loves and is happy to go to her in need. We know she is in safe hands.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Lovely place for my children to be looked after and develop. Staff are friendly, supportive and helpful.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My daughter has been attending Kiddi Caru Whitely since she was a year old, she is now only months away from Primary School and I can honestly say I couldn't have picked a better nursery. The staff are also willing to help and listen to the parents.
My daughter has also been attending speech therapy
and alongside the nursery (which they heavily wanted to be involved in to help) I have seen a dramatic change in her since the start of her preschool class.
I would definitely recommend this nursery to all parents looking to choose a nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My little girl is always happy to be dropped off in the morning. Staff is always friendly and helpful, happy to answer any questions. It’s great to see that my little one has been enjoying every day since starting the nursery in September.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent nursery, with caring staff that my little boy really enjoys attending. The range of activities, both indoor and outside is well balanced.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Both of our children attend Kiddi Caru, Whiteley and we could not be happier. All of the staff are happy, caring and knowledgeable. Nothing is too much trouble. Both of our children have developed both socially and academically since starting. We honestly couldn't recommend them enough.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son always comes away from nursery very messy and dirty which is a good thing. He is clearly enjoying himself. On the days he has been at nursery he goes to bed very well - clearly had an exhausting day. I would gladly recommend this nursery to everyone. Staff are always courteous and polite and
always make time to speak to me. Thank you.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Wonderful, friendly staff. Great communication.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

This nursery is brilliant. The managers are thorough and approachable and the nursery workers plan and deliver a range of learning experiences for the children. I am impressed at how well they know my child in comparison to my experiences with another nursery and value their partnership in helping her
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Kiddi Caru Whiteley have looked after both my children from the baby room until preschool (youngest child will go to school Sept 2019). The nursery is excellent and the staff really care about the children. It's a fabulous nursery and I would definitely recommend it.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter goes for 2 days a week. She loves the staff!! Loves everything they make and the activities. Always has lots to tell me about at the end of the day!! Lots of different meals each day and week!! Overall lovely nursery!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My 4-year-old son currently attends this nursery three days a week and is our second child to do so. We moved away from the area 8 years ago but still add the 1 hour+ trip to our daily commute so that we can make sure he attends somewhere we are happy to leave him.
The staff are friendly and take a
genuine interest in him. He is advancing socially and academically and is learning so much at nursery. Most importantly, he looks forward to going.
Having massively stressed about leaving my children in childcare while I am at work; it so important to have comfort knowing that they are being well cared for.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I would highly recommend Kiddi Caru nursery. My nearly three year old loves it here, the staff are so friendly, engaging and professional; he has a real connection with his key worker. The nursery is very well equipped, with a newly refurbed sensory room and excellent outdoor play area. The nursery
also encourages site visits to the local shops and train station, to assist with educational and role-playing activities. All staff accommodate my son's medical and dietary needs and I have complete trust leaving my son in their care.


The management has changed in the past year and the level of service (as well as parents request for feedback) has vastly improved - credit to them. Thank you!


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son loves it here. He is well looked after, fed a really interesting healthy variety of meals and has lots of enjoyable activities to engage in through his days. The facilities are lovely and so are the staff.


My son is learning, singing, has lots of good conversations with staff and children

alike and sometimes doesn’t want to come home!


We have recently transitioned into preschool and he was very apprehensive but actually settled really quickly and that is all down to how quickly the staff got to know him and engage with him. Thank you all!


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The carers and staff have an excellent relationship and understanding of my child and his development and needs.


He is always engaged and happy in the room at pickup, and the environment really seems to challenge his imagination


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Current Review Score: 9.5 (9.515)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.5 (9.515) out of 10 for Kiddi Caru Day Nursery Whiteley is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 18 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.7 out of 5 from 18 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.843 for Kiddi Caru Day Nursery Whiteley is calculated as follows: ( (188 Excellents x 5) + (23 Goods x 4) + (4 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 216 Ratings = 4.843

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 4.672 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Kiddi Caru Day Nursery Whiteley is based on 18 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 134 number of registered child places is 26.8. 18 Positive Reviews ÷ 26.8 = 0.672

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Erika

Erika Maindrou

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Erica has 14 years of nursery experience and has a great passion to inspire her team to provide exceptional childcare. She takes the greatest care in delivering the right level of support and encouragement, ensuring all children grow in confidence, build on important social skills, and learn at their own pace in an enabling and creative environment.