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Childcare in Hythe

Hythe has 6 day nurseries, 2 pre-schools, 1 childminder and 1 after-school club. Ofsted has inspected 9 of them and rated 7 Good or better. 1 has never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Of those that publish a price, a full day runs from £28 to £80, typically £57. Across Kent there are 33 places per 100 children under five, about the same as England as a whole at 32.

33places per 100 under-fives in Kent, against 32 for England
77%of the 9 inspected here are Good or better
£57typical full day, from 7 published rates here
3 of 10are recorded as taking the funded hours; the rest are unknown, not a no

Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Kent, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 138 school nursery classes across Kent, because nobody publishes how many children they take.

Everything 10Day nurseries 6Pre-schools 2Childminders 1After-school clubs 1
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Day nurseries 6

Hythe Bay

Day nursery · Hythe Bay Childrens Centre, Cinque Ports Avenue, Hythe, CT21 6HS

GoodTakes funded hours£71.61 a dayBirth to 8+Babies from 3 months08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week69 placesLong established
01303 267802Their website

Little Explorers Hythe

Day nursery · Unit 3, Pennypot Industrial Estate, Hythe, CT21 6PE

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Babies from 3 months08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week★ 5.0 Google, 1065 placesLong established
01303 487877Their website

Happy Little Hedgehogs

Day nursery · Palmarsh Village Hall. Dymchurch Road, Hythe, CT21 6NG

Report card May 2026Birth to 5Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm23 placesNewly opened
07711995758

Pre-schools 2

Childminders 1

Only childminders who agreed to be listed publicly appear here. Ofsted holds many more and does not publish their details.

Menzies, Caroline Louise

Childminder · Hythe, CT21 4EU

GoodBirth to 8+Hours arranged with the childminder12 placesRegistered for decades

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Recently

What has changed here

Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.

  • Jun 2026Opened Beetles and Blossom Out-of-school day care
  • Jun 2025Opened Happy Little Hedgehogs Full day care
Questions

What people ask about childcare in Hythe

Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.

How much does nursery cost in Hythe?

Of the 7 full-day rates published by settings in Hythe, the typical price is £57 a day, ranging from £28 to £80. These are prices the settings publish themselves, not an average of quotes.

Which nurseries in Hythe take funded hours?

3 of the 10 settings in Hythe are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.

Which nurseries in Hythe take babies?

9 settings in Hythe are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.

Is it hard to get a nursery place in Hythe?

Kent has 33 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.

Nearby

Towns close to Hythe

Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.

Folkestone41 settings · 4.2 milesRomney Marsh6 settings · 7.9 milesNew Romney4 settings · 8.3 milesAshford88 settings · 10.1 milesDover33 settings · 10.8 milesCanterbury71 settings · 13.6 miles
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