St George's Community Children's Project Ltd
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A day nursery in Tunbridge Wells for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £51.00 a day for under 3s, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 1991, with 118 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 1st September 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 3sbirth to 3y | £51.00Under 3s full day | £25.50Under 3s per | |
| 3 months-2 years3m to 2y | £93.00Squirrels (3 months-2 years) per day | £46.50Squirrels (3 months-2 years) per | |
| 1.5-2.5 years12m to 5y | £93.00Hedgehogs (1.5-2.5 years) per day | £46.50Hedgehogs (1.5-2.5 years) per | |
| 2-3 years2y to 3y | £93.00Moles (2-3 years) per day | £46.50Moles (2-3 years) per | |
| Over 3s3y to 5y | £47.00Over 3s full day | £23.50Over 3s per | |
| 3-5 years3y to 5y | £93.00Badgers and Otters (3-5 years) per day | £46.50Badgers and Otters (3-5 years) per | |
| All ages | – | £28.00 |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £100.00 to £200.00 Deposit
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £10.00 Penalty charge for not letting know child doesn’t needif you do not let us know that your child doesn’t need collecting
- £20.00 per 15 minutes Late collection penalty
- £20.00 per 15 minutes Late Feelate collection
- £20.00 per 15 minutes Late collection charge
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £4.23 a session Charge for extra half an hour in funded sessions
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 or 30 Hours for 38 weeks of the year; from September 2025: 30 hours for eligible working parents of children from the age of 9 months until they start school.
Worth knowing. We can only claim 5 hours’ Free Early Education Funding per session therefore there is a charge of £4.23 for the extra half an hour in the nursery for funded sessions.
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
TN4 9LPWhat 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.
- 8 August 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 4 November 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 4 October 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 26 July 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 20 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children of all ages are happy and confident and enjoy their time in this extremely welcoming nursery. Children's emotional well-being is a high priority. Staff know children and their families well, and they use this knowledge to ensure children feel safe and secure. Staff implement an ambitious curriculum and provide exciting activities that help to build on children's interests and curiosities, motivating them to learn. For example, as children explore the outdoors with energy and inquisitiveness, they find ice inside tyres. Staff engage well in children's play and encourage them to explore the texture and think about how ice is made. Children show excitement as they explore the ice and learn about the impact of the weather and how ice has formed overnight. Children relish spending time outdoors. They build their balance and coordination as they explore on climbing apparatus and join in with games that motivate them to move their bodies in different ways. Younger children enjoy pulling themselves up onto low-level equipment, which helps to support their physical development.
Leaders set high expectations for all children, including those identified as having special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders and staff work closely with parents and outside agencies to implement support plans for these children to help ensure that the curriculum meets their needs.
Staff act as good role models and encourage children to be kind and to develop good friendships. They encourage children to play with and alongside their friends throughout the day. This helps to build children's personal and social development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review the organisation of routines for the youngest children to help them fully engage in their learning n support staff to consistently help children to understand the expectations for their behaviour and the impact of their behaviour on others.
- 20 November 2024Good
- 22 November 2019Outstanding
- 13 April 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St George's Community Children's Project Ltd
- 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 £51.00 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.
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