Jumping Jacks Pre School
Good★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Folkestone for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2009, with 49 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
CT20 3HLWhat 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, 8 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children and their families are welcomed at this homely setting. Children enjoy playing with resources provided by staff who know them well. They spend time making maps and talking with staff about directions to get to the beach. This encourages their communication and thinking skills. Staff promote children's emotional well-being. They encourage children to identify how they are feeling using different 'emotion' bottles. This supports children's understanding of themselves. Staff plan activities to develop children's language, physical and social skills. Babies use soft-play equipment to climb and balance. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported to walk around the garden. This successfully builds children's confidence.
Children behave well. They offer to help staff by being 'special helpers'. Staff frequently praise and encourage them. Children delight in feeding the guinea pigs and helping staff count how many children are in the pre-school today. This develops children's personal and social skills well. Staff plan a motivating and stimulating curriculum based on children's interests. For example, children sustain high levels of interest when looking for bugs outside. Staff promote children's talking and thinking skills well. They explain patiently to children how they can turn their magnifying glass around to look more closely at the stick insects they have found.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance staff's deployment and their awareness of where to position themselves to support all children fully in their play and learning n extend staff's knowledge and understanding to recognise when they can support children's engagement and language skills further n support staff to identify when older children can do things for themselves to support their developing independence skills.
- 8 March 2024Good
- 23 October 2023Inadequate
- 16 January 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Jumping Jacks Pre School
- 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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