Cherubs Pre School
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Maidstone for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £7.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2003, with 32 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
The fee is £7 .00 per hour which we request is paid at the beginning of each term other payment plans are available if required.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours funding from the start of the term following their 3rd birthday, 30 hours funding for eligible children, and funding for 2 year olds (FF2).
Worth knowing. Voluntary consumable charge of 83 pence per hour for all funded hours received.
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
ME17 4AWWhat 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, 3 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children of all ages and abilities are incredibly confident, settled and happy in the stimulating and motivating setting. Children are warmly welcomed and are very excited to be there. The extremely dedicated staff have an outstanding knowledge of how to implement their curriculum effectively to instil a fascination for learning in all children. Children are incredibly enthusiastic to join in the highly challenging and motivating activities staff carefully plan for them. For example, staff teach children about the extensive range of dinosaur names. Children explore dinosaurs in ice. They go on to learn about the concepts of 'evaporation' and 'solidifying' and use these mature terms accurately in context.
Children are extremely intrigued by nature and birds. Staff build on this admirably.
For instance, they organise an owl to be brought into the setting. Children learn about different types of owls and facts about them. Children are very confident to tell their friends what they have been taught. This includes knowing that owls' ears are openings on their heads hidden under their feathers. Learning is recapped constantly in a highly skilful way. Therefore, all children retain extremely good knowledge to support their excellent progress.
- 3 December 2024Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 1 February 2019Outstanding
- 3 March 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Cherubs Pre School
- 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
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 £7.00 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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