Home Farm Children's Nursery Ltd
Good★ 2.6 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Tenterden for children from birth to 5, open 00:00 to 24:00, 3 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2009, with 36 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
TN30 6LTWhat 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, 12 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are full of enthusiasm when they arrive at the nursery. They are pleased to see their key person and confidently separate from parents and/or carers.
Children are familiar with the daily routine. For example, on arrival, older children hang up their coats and find their name cards to self-register. This enhances their independence and literacy skills, which helps to prepare them well for starting school.
Children show high levels of confidence. This can be seen when they independently choose what they want to play with from the wide range of resources available.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further develop the outdoor learning curriculum, to enable children to have equally high-quality experiences outdoors as those of the indoor environment n develop systems to share ideas with parents to further extend children's learning at home.
- 12 January 2023Good
- 25 February 2022Needs improvement
- 9 November 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Home Farm Children's Nursery Ltd
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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