Precious Gems Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Open a few years
A day nursery in West Malling for children from birth to 5, open 07:00 to 19:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2025. Open since 2024, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded places for two to five-year-olds for early learning sessions specified by the local authority.
Worth knowing. Allocation is on a first-come, first-served basis and can be booked a term in advance. Please note that admissions for government-funded nursery education places follow a termly intake beginning the term following your child's second birthday. We reserve the right to limit and/or have specific funded sessions based on our business requirements.
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
ME19 6RLWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 12 June 2025.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for Precious Gems Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Nappies
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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.