Brightstart Preschool
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Sevenoaks for from 1 year 8 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 7 days a week. £10.25 an hour for 20 months – 2 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2021, with 40 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, price list dated 1st April 2026.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 months – 2 years20m to 2y | £10.25Children 20 months – 2 years | |
| 2-3 years2y to 3y | £9.90Children 2-3 years | |
| 3+3y to 5y | £8.80Children 3+ | |
| All ages | £8.50Afterschool club |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.65 a day Hot Lunch
- £9.00 a day Breakfast club
- £22.85 a term Termly voluntary support feeincludes Hot and cold snacks am and pm, suntan lotions
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 & 30 hours funding for 3 + years; 15 & 30 hour funding for working parents from 20 months – if eligible; Free For Two funding for 2 year olds.
Worth knowing. Limited ’30 hour’ spaces available for 3&4 year olds (certain criteria required).
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
TN15 8RQWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 14 June 2023.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for Brightstart Preschool
- Nappies
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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £10.25 an hour 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.