Jo Jo's Day Care Nursery Ltd.
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Herne Bay for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2017, with 46 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Up to 30 hours per week funded childcare for children from 9 months to 4 years since September 2025; 15 hours per week funded childcare for children aged 2 years; 15 hours per week funded childcare for all children aged 3 years; 15 hours per week funded childcare for children aged 3–4 years.
Worth knowing. If you’re a working family in England and either you or your partner earns at least £183 a week (equivalent to 16 hours at the National Minimum or Living Wage), you may qualify for: Up to 30 hours per week funded childcare for children from 9 months to 4 years since September 2025*; However, families with an individual net income of £100,000 or more won’t be eligible. Once your application is approved, funding will begin at the start of the next term.
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
CT6 8QZWhat 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.
- 20 November 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 27 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this fun and welcoming setting. They enter with smiles and separate from parents well. There are strong relationships between staff and children. All children are treated with care and respect. Staff model good behaviour and are gentle and kind. Children seek their friends and smile as they access a wide range of activities that appeal to their age and stage of development.
Leaders and staff want the best for all children. They ensure that they seek information about them, to know them well from the start. They provide attentive care and focused learning opportunities. Children happily participate in activities and demonstrate positive attitudes to their learning. For example, babies are curious to discover different sensory experiences. They explore the strange texture of jelly and focus intently on the bubbles in the fish tank.
Staff plan from a well-designed curriculum. They consider the children's interests, as well as their next steps for learning. Children of all ages demonstrate high levels of independence. All children are respectful and tolerant. They share resources and listen to each other's opinions.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consistently manage the noise levels in the room for children aged two to three years so that children can maintain high levels of concentration in their learning n support staff to help improve the quality of teaching for older children's communication and language development.
- 27 January 2023Good
- 16 January 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Jo Jo's Day Care Nursery Ltd.
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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