Briary Pre-School
Ofsted report card Nov 2025Takes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open a few years
A pre-school in Herne Bay for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £59.50 a day, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in November 2025. Open since 2023, with 35 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £59.50All Day | £25.50Morning or Afternoon, 3 hrs | £8.50fees for non-funded children and top-up hours |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £8.50 a day Early Risers clubnon-funded, includes breakfast snack
Funded hours
Free for Two funding; Working Families Entitlement for children aged 9 months and above; 15 hours free childcare funding for 3- and 5-year-olds; Working Families Entitlement for 2-, 3-, and 5-year-olds; Tax-Free Childcare registered.
Worth knowing. Our entitlement hours are: Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 11.30am = 15 hours; Monday - Friday, 12.30pm- 3.30pm = 15 hours; Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 3:30pm = 7 hours (6 hours funding to make it 30 hours a week, additional hour added for all day sessions, 7 hours).
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 7RSWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
Still missing for Briary Pre-School
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- Is £59.50 a day still the rate? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.