Benjamin Rabbit Nursery At Holborough Lakes
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Snodland for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:00 to 19:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2018, with 77 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours and 30 hours free funded education options for 9mths, 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. You can vary your hours but this must be finalised at the beginning of each term. We also offer stretched funding over the year.
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
ME6 5GBWhat 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, 27 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and positive relationships are quickly established at this nursery.
There are clear procedures for settling children and building relationships with parents from the very beginning. For example, the youngest children follow routines from home to ease their transition. The effective key-person system, and strong bonds that staff form with children, enables them to feel safe and secure in their environment.
Children benefit from an ambitious curriculum that succinctly builds on previous learning as they transition through the nursery. There is a focus on communication and language development. The staff understand the importance of children being effective communicators, ready for their eventual move to school. Children are motivated as they explore the activities on offer. For example, outside children show perseverance to learn new skills such as how to climb the steps to the slide.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support all staff to have a clear understanding of the curriculum intent so that their teaching is consistently focused on what they want children to learn particularly in the baby room n improve the organisation of transition times, such as lunch time and preparation for outdoor play, to ensure that all children are fully engaged at these times.
- 27 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 13 November 2019Good
- 2 April 2019Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Benjamin Rabbit Nursery At Holborough Lakes
- What it costs
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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