Kiddiwinks Pre-school
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Gillingham for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:15 to 14:45, 5 days a week. £33.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 1993, with 42 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
· 1 FULL DAY 6hr SESSION £33.00 ·
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Every three and four year old in England is currently entitled to 15 hours of free childcare per week. Working parents of 2, 3 and 4 year old maybe eligible for the 30hour free funding entitlement. We are also able to offer funding for other 2 year old children.
Worth knowing. 30hrs FREE ENTITEMENT = 5 FULL DAYS; 15hrs FREE ENTITLEMENT = 2 FULL DAYS PLUS A MORNING SESSION; voluntary contribution of £10.00 per term for those children who attend 30hrs per week, £5.00 per term for other children.
What childcare usually costs in Medway
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Medway 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
ME7 2LUWhat 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, 25 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are greeted by kind and nurturing staff, and they feel settled when they arrive at this warm and friendly setting. They enter with confidence and know the routines, which have been well embedded. As soon as children arrive, they settle down to play seamlessly due to the well-planned environment, which meets their needs and inspires their interests.
There is a strong focus on developing children's communication, supporting their resilience and their personal, social and emotional development. All staff understand the curriculum and know how to guide and support children's learning.
This helps children to acquire positive attitudes towards their education, as they become inquisitive learners. For example, books are embedded throughout the environment. Children have developed a love of stories and regularly approach staff to read their favourites. They know that they can use books to find out more information.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the arrangements for supporting children's individual needs and helping them build secure relationships when their key person is absent.
- 25 January 2024Good
- 2 May 2018Good
- 28 September 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kiddiwinks Pre-school
- Meals
- Nappies
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.
- Is £33.00 a day still the rate? 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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
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