Mother Goose Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Ramsgate for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £21.00 a session for 2 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 1970, with 38 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Single Session (8.30am - 11.30pm or 12.00pm - 3.00pm) · 2 Years · £21.00
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours, plus 2-year-old funding.
Worth knowing. Two Year Old and 30 hours funding is subject to meeting certain criteria.
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
CT11 8LBWhat 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, 19 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The dedicated and enthusiastic staff provide an exciting environment. Children have strong attachments to staff, often seeking them out for reassurance throughout the day. New children settle quickly and begin forming close friendships with their peers. Children are often engrossed in imaginative play with their friends, such as feeding hungry dinosaurs in the sand and going on adventures in the garden.
Staff use visual and verbal reminders of the rules and routines of the day. They support children to show consideration for others by taking turns and sharing.
Children learn valuable social skills as they interact well with others during activities. Staff are animated in their interactions with children, and this encourages children to have a positive attitude to their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff's understanding of how to support older children better during planned activities, to enable children to gain the intended skills and knowledge n support staff to monitor and manage the noise levels indoors, to help older children to fully engage in activities and concentrate on their learning.
- 19 October 2023Good
- 23 March 2018Good
- 15 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mother Goose Nursery
- 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.
- Is £21.00 a session 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.
- 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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