Burham Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Rochester for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £17.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 1990, with 32 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
£17 per session 3hour session
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
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
ME1 3RJWhat 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, 8 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children of all abilities are confident and happy during their time in the welcoming pre-school. Staff have a good knowledge and understanding of their curriculum and how they successfully implement it. All staff have high expectations of children.
They carefully plan interesting and motivating activities to capture children's attention and enthusiasm to learn. When children build a tall tower with large blocks, staff encourage them to learn about different buildings and structures. For instance, children look at photographs of famous landmarks. They excitedly tell each other, 'Look, our tower is leaning like the leaning tower of Pisa.'
Staff are positive role models. All children behave well and are polite. They are kind and empathetic. For example, they are understanding of other children's differing needs. Staff teach children about the importance of healthy lifestyles. For instance, they talk about the importance of oral health, and they follow thorough handwashing routines. Children develop good physical skills and learn to move in different ways. This is demonstrated when they confidently and safely use equipment, such as stilts and balancing beams. Staff teach children about the importance of caring for the environment. For example, they carry out litter picking activities and visit the local recycling centre.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- encourage all staff to understand how daily routines impact on children's learning and development n support staff to understand how to develop children's creative thoughts and ideas.
- 8 July 2024Good
- 3 October 2018Good
- 23 March 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Burham 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 £17.00 a session 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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