My Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Margate for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £67.50 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2022. Open since 2004, with 25 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2birth to 2y | – | – | £10.00Under 2 | – | |
| All ages | £67.508.00- 5.00 | £7.50Early Morning (8.00-8.30) or Lunch time (12.30-1.30) £13.00Late afternoon (5.00-600) £26.25Afternoon (1.30 –5.00), 3.5 hrs £30.00Morning (8.30-12.30), 4 hrs | £7.50Additional hours | £330.00Full week (8.00-5.00) |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15-hours of free childcare for 2 year old children, 15-hours of free childcare for 3 and 4 year old children, 30-hours of free care for children from 3 or 4 years.
Worth knowing. Additional hours and sessions over your entitlement will be charged at the full nursery fees and charged all year round.
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
CT9 1TFWhat 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, 22 February 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children form strong bonds with their key person, allowing them to feel safe and secure. Children benefit from the well-managed process to help them settle in. This focuses on their emotional well-being. The staff know the children very well and understand how to develop and engage their interests. Children have fun exploring their environment and making choices about the activities they want to take part in. They enjoy making 'dinner' with real pasta in the home corner, as well as creating different types of pretend food with play dough. This helps children to develop their imagination.
Children behave exceptionally well and demonstrate a kind nature towards their friends and members of staff. They follow the boundaries and routines of the setting confidently and have consistently positive attitudes towards play. For example, children enjoy helping each other and are eager to complete tasks together. This helps them to develop their confidence and social skills by building positive relationships with others. Children enjoy engaging in planned activities and exploring the outdoor space. They listen to staff and to their friends, expanding their ideas as they consider how to do things differently.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- extend the opportunities for the youngest children to explore making marks, in preparation for writing n provide more targeted support for staff to recognise opportunities that arise to extend children's learning further
- 22 February 2022Good
- 1 July 2016Outstanding
- 22 October 2015Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for My 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 £67.50 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.
- 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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