Magpie Pre-School
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Faversham for children from birth to 5, open 08:45 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 November 2022. Open since 2016, with 24 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
ME13 9AWWhat 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.
- 7 February 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 1 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this fun and welcoming pre-school. The leaders have worked hard to improve since the last inspection, and the results show clear progress.
Children benefit from a range of different resources that appeal to their sense of awe and curiosity. For example, they tinker in a basket filled with old cameras, mobile telephones, and remote controls. Children ask questions and compare their experiences with the items. This offers good opportunities to communicate, sharing similarities and differences between themselves and others. Children behave very well and where there are minor situations, staff deal with these appropriately.
Children learn that their choices may affect others, their safety or well-being.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance staff's modelling of language and questioning techniques, to further extend children's thinking and communication skills n refine the implementation of adult-directed activities to give older children opportunities to practise speaking, listening and turn taking within a group.
- 1 November 2022Good
- 10 May 2022Inadequate
- 25 April 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Magpie 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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