Dawn to Dusk Day Nursery (Maidstone) Ltd
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A day nursery in Aylesford for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £84.00 a day for 0-3 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2006, with 76 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full Day 0-3 Years £84
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
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Funded hours
The government funded childcare support is now available for children the term after they turn 9 months. Families may be entitled up to 1140 hours of funded early education or childcare a year. Your child is entitled to a maximum of 30 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year.
Worth knowing. At Dawn to Dusk Day Nursery you can claim a maximum of 10 hours per day up to the maximum of 30 hours per week. In order help our parents budget we divide the available funding in equal instalments over the 12 monthly invoices. In addition to full day care, Dawn to Dusk Nursery offers a limited number of 30 hours completely free sessional care. The free sessional care is offered between the hours of 9am and 3pm Monday to Friday term time only.
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
ME20 6BQWhat 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, 31 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children have positive attitudes and are eager to learn and explore. For example, babies enjoy the opportunity to try and pour their own drinks, with support, at a pretend tea party. Toddlers like to roll balls and mark make using brushes. Older children busily create crowns and show their skills using scissors and glue to make individual pieces. Staff use these opportunities well to have discussions with children about their own safety.
All children settle well and staff are close by for support and comfort if needed.
Staff want the best for children. Children are confident and self-assured. Staff encourage them to begin to solve problems for themselves. Older children are beginning to develop their independence skills. For example, staff guide them to learn how to cut up their own lunch. Children use the garden daily and have the opportunity to spend time with others from different rooms. Toddlers happily explore the sandpit, ride bikes and role play on the pirate ship.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop ways of providing greater support for younger children's communication and language to ensure that teaching is consistent throughout the nursery n review and take action to support younger children with transitions through the day to ensure that wait times are minimised to help them further engage in learning.
- 31 May 2022Good
- 5 January 2017Good
- 2 April 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Dawn to Dusk Day Nursery (Maidstone) Ltd
- Meals
- 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 £84.00 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.
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