Little Oaks Pre School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Folkestone for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2007, with 40 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
CT19 5BYWhat 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, 14 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy attending the pre-school. They develop strong friendships and secure bonds with their key persons. Staff warmly welcome children into the preschool, creating an atmosphere of excitement and belonging. Children communicate enthusiastically and actively participate in activities, such as arts and crafts, outdoor play and educational games that are prepared by staff. They share resources and play cooperatively, fostering teamwork and supporting their social development.
Children learn about the wonders of the natural world around them. For example,
They enjoy experimenting with ice and discuss what might make it freeze and what happens when the temperature around it warms up. All children have regular opportunities to practise letters and sounds. The youngest children enjoy listening to familiar sounds in their environment and joining in with action rhymes. Older children re-tell their favourite books to staff and discuss alternate endings to stories. The curriculum is clearly sequenced and builds on what children already know and can do. This prepares them well for their next stage in learning. For example, older children take part in PE lessons as part of their preparations for starting school. They practise getting dressed and undressed independently, which builds their self-help, self-care and positive self-esteem.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage, the provider must: Develop effective communications with parents and staff about children's good health including oral hygiene and dietary requirements. (by 13/02/2025)
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to be more consistent in their approach to managing children's behaviour n encourage staff to make better use of their knowledge of children's interests when planning activities n support staff to be more consistent in implementing the setting's healthy eating policy and procedures.
- 14 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 3 April 2019Good
- 1 July 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Oaks 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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