Owl Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Gravesend for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:45 to 15:45, 5 days a week. £25.00 a session for 2 to 4 years old, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2025. Open since 2000, with 29 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
If your child is not eligible for local authority funded education, the fees are £25.00 per session, payable monthly in advance.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Nursery education funding for two, three and four-year-olds.
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
DA11 7JFWhat 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, 23 September 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy, safe and settled. They arrive confidently and quickly engage in play. Staff know children well and plan activities around their interests. This keeps children motivated and helps them enjoy learning.
Children behave well. They make choices in play and show independence in daily routines. They build strong relationships with staff and chat confidently with unfamiliar adults. Staff respond quickly to children's needs and offer a nurturing approach.
Children benefit from a rich and stimulating environment. They have access to farm animals and take part in seasonal experiences, such as hatching chicks and watching them grow. These opportunities spark curiosity and deepen children's understanding of the world.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the quality of teaching across the staff team so that children consistently benefit from opportunities to extend their thinking and deepen their learning.
- 23 September 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 23 January 2020Good
- 10 November 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Owl Pre-School
- 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 £25.00 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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