Nursery Days
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sittingbourne for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:15 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £8.50 an hour for 2-3, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2024. Open since 2007, with 100 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
2-3 - £8.50
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
All 3 and 4-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours per week, which we stretch to 11.18 hours weekly across the year at our all-year-round nursery. Working parents of children aged 9 months to 5 years can access 30 hours, stretched to 22.36 hours per week.
Worth knowing. To qualify for 30 hours, parents must work 16+ hours per week.
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
ME9 7AJWhat 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, 21 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are at the heart of this unique setting. Staff plan an excellent range of experiences that children thoroughly enjoy. For example, older children delight in going to the orchard to see how their crops have grown and to investigate if the chickens have laid eggs. They use knowledge they have gained over time to talk excitedly about making jam when the fruits are ripe. This successfully supports their knowledge and understanding of nature and the world around them. Staff prioritise children's imagination and curiosity very effectively. They encourage children to explore and investigate. For example, children sustain high levels of engagement and concentration when exploring woodwork resources and clay to make models. This supports their physical and problem-solving skills very well.
Staff celebrate when children keep on trying to finish tasks, offering praise and encouragement. Staff skilfully motivate children to sample various foods, while demonstrating patience and care. Younger children take pleasure in creating their own dips for snacks. This fosters their positive attitudes and self-reliance. Children learn to behave well. Older children confidently help to prepare tables for lunchtime, inviting their friends to assist and engaging in lively discussions about what they are going to have. This nurtures their social abilities and friendships effectively. All children make considerable progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen consistency in staff practice to further support the youngest children in their learning and development.
- 21 August 2024Good
- 17 April 2019Good
- 21 June 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Nursery Days
- 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 £8.50 an hour 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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