Oakley Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Sevenoaks for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £80.71 a day for over 2, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2014, with 43 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated April 2023.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2birth to 2y | £85.76 | £47.93Afternoon £50.45Morning | |
| Over 22y to 5y | £80.71 | £44.14Afternoon £46.66Morning |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £15.00 per 15 minutes Late collection feefirst fifteen minutes
- £25.00 Late payment feefees paid after the due day
Discounts
- 10% 10% discount for children attending at least five days a
- 10% 10% sibling discounteldest child
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government funding for 2+ year olds or for 3+ year olds for 15 or 30 hours a week, for 38 weeks of the year.
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
TN13 1JYWhat 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 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children across the nursery enjoy the warm interactions they have with staff. When children need comfort or reassurance, they seek out the member of staff they have become attached to. This meets the individual emotional needs for all children, including young babies and children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). This helps children to settle well at the nursery.
Staff plan activities based on children's interests, which ignites their curiosity and keenness to learn. For example, children eagerly wait their turn to feed the partridge chicks that have recently hatched. Staff introduce mathematical language as they show children how much food they should give to the chicks, which helps them to learn about different quantities. Children also learn to tolerate delay as they wait for their turn to feed the chicks. This supports them to develop an understanding of how to manage their own behaviour.
Children share their knowledge during group time. They talk about the 'brooder'
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's understanding of how to further enhance their communication skills so that they can provide more effective support for children n support staff to consistently implement good hygiene practices and routines.
- 14 June 2023Good
- 27 November 2018Good
- 16 June 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Oakley Day Nursery
- 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 £80.71 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.
- 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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