Care4kids Childcare
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Ashford for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2022. Open since 2014, with 30 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
TN27 0JJWhat 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.
- 12 November 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 6 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children, even the youngest, are settled, confident and very happy at the setting. They are independent and are confident to choose their own play and complete their own tasks. Children are eager to join in with the challenging and interesting activities that staff carefully plan for them. For example, younger children enjoy exploring numbers as they use dominoes to make a train track.
Older children enjoy making their own fire trucks and use pipes to make 'hoses'.
They enjoy bringing their imaginations alive and 'putting out fires'. Children explore and investigate the world around them. For example, they make 3D models using clay and different foliage, such as ivy and conifer leaves. They talk about how they smell and what they feel like.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build further on staff's questioning techniques to encourage children to think about and respond to questions in their own time n ensure all staff are clear about procedures for sharing information with other settings, to provide a consistent approach for children's learning and development.
- 6 December 2022Good
- 11 May 2017Good
- 15 July 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Care4kids Childcare
- 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.