Kid Ease Dover Buckland
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Dover for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2004, with 58 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours funded early learning for two year olds receiving support; 15 hours universal funding for all 3-4 year olds; and up to 30 hours funding for eligible working families with children aged 9 months to 4 years.
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
CT16 2BJWhat 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.
- 15 August 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 24 October 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 28 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Families are warmly greeted at this friendly and welcoming setting. Staff know the children and parents very well and show kindness and care towards them. Children arrive happily, eager to go into their rooms to play and see their friends. This helps children to feel settled and secure. Staff provide a range of activities for children, which engage and motivate them. For example, younger children delight in exploring a 'winter wonderland' tray, sprinkling snow into cake cases and talking about the wintery weather with staff. Older children enjoy scooping coloured ice and explaining how it melts. These activities promote children's imagination and thinking skills successfully.
Staff develop environments to support children's individual needs and interests effectively. For example, staff have created cosy, calm spaces for children to promote relaxation and reflection. These help children to learn to manage their feelings, promoting their emotional well-being. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported well. For example, children enthusiastically explore the special sensory space staff have developed for them.
They maintain interest and concentration well when choosing different resources to play with. This helps promote children's positive attitudes to learning successfully.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to identify when they can further extend children's language and communication skills more consistently.
- 28 November 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 19 February 2020Outstanding
- 27 June 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kid Ease Dover Buckland
- 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.
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