Jumping Beans Village Preschool Limited
GoodBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Bean Dartford for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2025. Open since 2022, 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
DA2 8ASWhat 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, 4 March 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide children with an interesting array of activities to engage with. The children feel safe as they confidently explore the environment. Staff make effective use of children's interests to plan a focused curriculum. For instance, the children are learning how colours can be changed as they mix yellow and red paint to match the colour of the tiger in their story. Staff are attentive and know their key children incredibly well. This ensures that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those with English as an additional language, are included and their needs are met.
Children are keen to explore nature. For instance, they use spades to dig in the mud to find worms. Staff follow the children's lead as they help them to construct a home for the worms. Staff are teaching the children about how to care for living things and remind them to return the worms to their original location when they have finished playing with them. Staff foster children's curiosity in their environment as they learn about the world around them.
Staff provide children with numerous opportunities to develop their independence.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to adapt the daily routine more swiftly to consider all children's needs n strengthen the use of staff supervision and training to raise the quality of teaching to a consistently high level.
- 4 March 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
Still missing for Jumping Beans Village Preschool Limited
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.