Clocktower Childcare Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Snodland for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £70.00 a day for 2 year old, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2013, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
48 weeks a year, price list dated May 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 year old2y to 3y | £70.00Non funded | £35.00Non funded | |
| 3/4 year old3y to 4y | £60.00Non funded | £30.00Non funded |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £10.00 Joining Feenew children
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 per 15 minutes Late Collection Chargelate to collect without warning
Funded hours
Free Early Education funding, registered '30 hours' provider for eligible working families, including the new roll out for 2 year olds, Free for 2 funding.
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
ME6 5HLWhat 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, 10 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff organise the environment in a way that is inviting and supports children to settle in quickly. Children leave their parents at the gate and confidently start their day. They know which room they need to go to when they arrive, and they engage in play. Children have access to a garden area where they engage in imaginative play. For example, they use herbs they have picked from the sensory garden and squash them using a potato masher. Children work together, mixing in water to make pretend potions. Staff ask the children about the leaves they have used and what the potions smell like.
Children make daily visits to the forest area that is located in the school playground, where they engage in a range of exciting activities. Staff support children to climb trees and remind them how to do this safely. Children use crates and planks of wood to build structures. Staff encourage children to work together and agree where they should put the next plank. Staff talk to children about the tomatoes they are growing and look at the plants together. They introduce new vocabulary such as 'spiky' and 'smooth'. Children remember that they must wash the tomatoes before eating them in case they have any bugs on them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff understanding of their roles and responsibilities to ensure they are consistently supporting children, particularly regarding care practices n improve the organisation of transition times, including lunchtime, to minimise disruption to children's learning and ensure children remain engaged and focused.
- 10 October 2023Good
- 20 September 2018Outstanding
- 6 September 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Clocktower Childcare Ltd
- 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 £70.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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