Avenue Nursery & Forest School Limited
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Herne Bay for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2008, with 40 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Kent
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Kent from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
CT6 5RGWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 23 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children love coming to this nurturing and exciting nursery. They part from their parents easily and settle into the various activities on offer. Children's behaviour is good and they understand the importance of practising manners and kindness.
They show they feel safe at the nursery, as they have strong relationships with the adults. Staff know their children well and can speak at length about their current levels of learning as well as individual needs. Children enjoy curiosity as they explore the inside and outside curriculum. They visit the forest school regularly, where they take part in activities that invoke interest and encourage independence, risk and challenge.
Children thrive from visits that provide enriching experiences. For example, they visit the local shops to choose musical instruments. They return to the setting to paint and decorate a board on which the instruments will hang. The children enjoy the sounds made by the new resource and revisit it, together with friends, to make music and sing songs. Additionally, children benefit from trips to the local animal park with staff and their family members. They travel by bus and train to the beach and practise using money in exchange for gifts for others. This prepares them exceptionally well for their future experiences.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance resources to extend opportunities for children to build on learning as it occurs, within the wider provision n provide further opportunities for children to see written numerals and refer to numbers during learning experiences.
- 23 June 2022Good
- 16 July 2014Outstanding
- 10 July 2009Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Avenue Nursery & Forest School Limited
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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