Farm Work Play
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Faversham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £26.50 a day for enhanced-Funded, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2017, with 52 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | |
|---|---|---|
| Enhanced-Funded | £26.509am-3pm £28.508-5pm | |
| Babies | £68.00Non-funded £82.00Non-funded | |
| Toddlers & Preschool | £68.00Non-funded £82.00Non-funded |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £80.00 registration feenot refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £5.00 Care
- £8.00 Early
- £8.00 Late
- £10.00 Late Late
- £10.00 Activity
- £15.00 Extra Late
- £15.00 Food
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Enhanced-Funded All Inclusive Package.
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
ME13 9EHWhat 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, 24 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff make children very welcome in this homely setting. The well-established keyperson system helps children to feel safe and secure. Relationships are very strong.
Children and their key person form secure and trusting bonds. Children are happy and confidently engage with all staff and visitors. Staff encourage children of all ages to share and take turns. For instance, children voluntarily pass the gold glitter to a friend. Staff support children to make friends, such as by creating a recipe for friendship as they mix the coloured glitter. At mealtimes, staff help children to be independent. They encourage children to serve themselves, use age-appropriate cutlery and dispose of leftovers. Children practise using good manners. They are reminded to say 'please' and 'thank you'. Staff provide a wide range of sturdy, good-quality resources for children to use. These are accessible to all children, providing further support for children to make independent choices.
The staff in each room work together to plan an ambitious and sequenced curriculum. They ensure that the curriculum is based on the interests of the children and that it meets all needs, including for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Activities are interesting, building on what children know and can do. This helps children to have positive attitudes to learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide support for staff in planning activities that have a clear learning purpose to challenge children even further in their thinking n support staff in using consistent behaviour management strategies to help children self-regulate their behaviour.
- 24 September 2024Good
- 28 November 2018Good
- 22 January 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Farm Work Play
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £26.50 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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