Our fantastic team work hard, even at the weekend. Last Saturday, they spent the whole day doing a face-to-face paediatric first aid course. They had also spent 6 hours doing the online section in the weeks beforehand.

We all got together and trained as a team with outside trainers.

Don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t all work, we had fun and laughs along the way.

The Ofsted requirement is for one first aider to be on duty.

We don’t feel this is good enough!

ALL Harlequin staff have an Ofsted compliant, paediatric first aid certificate.

Everyone passed. Well done team. So proud.

We are proud to be able to offer our wrap-around care for children for the 2026–2027 school year. Parents are invited to register their child for our after school club.

To meet the needs of working parents, our breakfast club opens at 7:15am every day.

Sessions can be booked on a regular basis or ad hoc if spaces are available. With Harlequin you only pay for the sessions you book. Sessions run from end of school until 6pm, or you may prebook a late pick-up until 6:30pm.

At our Southborough site in Tunbridge Wells we collect from the following schools:

Fordcombe Primary

Penshurst Primary

St Matthews Primary

St Johns Primary

Southborough Primary

At our Coxheath site in South Maidstone we collect from the following schools:

Coxheath Primary

Hunton Primary

Laddingford Primary

Yalding Primary

We are a small childcare company with a passion for providing really good childcare and an environment where children feel included, happy and supported, whatever their age or ability. We believe, because it was true for us, that parents can only really settle when they know that their child is happy and safe. When the children look forward to coming to Harlequin, then the parents can be effective in their daily lives.

Harlequin provides superior and affordable childcare for children aged 2–12 years old in pre-school, breakfast, after school and holiday clubs based in mid and west Kent. The clubs are open 7:15am–6:30pm every weekday except bank holidays.

Pre-school runs from 8:45am to 3pm during term time (funded sessions available). Plus the pre-school children can attend breakfast club and after school club sessions. Children in Harlequin’s pre-school can also access Harlequin’s holiday club, providing childcare 52 weeks a year. This gives reassurance and support to working parents and offers children continuity.

In after school club, the focus is on the children’s “down time”. We are very proud to be not just a babysitting service or an extension of school. Children need down time to support their mental health. This supports learning both in school and in life, generally. There is plenty of research that proves children in wrap-around care thrive in settings that are not hosted in their school or in a building like the one they’re taught in for school. In after school club, children have access to a huge range of resources, toys and activities.

We have a planned activity each day that the children can take part in or not, as they prefer. It’s their down time, so they get to choose. This could be cooking, challenges, craft, team games or competitions. Often, a child might ask to start a specific project, e.g. making a space station. As always, we are happy to facilitate and support this. We are always open to suggestions. Parents may collect their child at any time during the booked session.

We provide forest school in our private 13-acre fenced and established forest for holiday club and pre-school children giving them experiences and skills, plus social interaction that they otherwise miss out on by not being in conventional schooling.

Harlequin also provides traditional and bespoke forest school services for local schools and police-supported specialist forest sessions for adolescents aimed at deflecting them away from crime.

Harlequin’s unique approach fulfils the social, physical and emotional needs of each child as an individual by providing quality care in a happy, safe and fun environment for all children.