St Paulinus Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Edenbridge for children from birth to 5, open 09:15 to 12:15, 5 days a week. £6.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 1992, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £18.003 hour, 3 hrs | £6.001 hour Lunch Club |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 a session consumables
Funded hours
30 funded hours.
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
TN8 6JSWhat 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, 19 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children successfully develop their communication and language skills. They listen with enjoyment to stories and learn new words. Staff use different ways to support children's communication skills, such as signing and picture cards. This helps children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to communicate their needs and understand what is coming next.
Children enjoy the many opportunities staff provide to enhance their physical skills.
For example, they build their large-muscle strength as they practise climbing the steps to the slide. Additionally, they strengthen smaller muscles in their hands when they cut out shapes in play dough.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop the curriculum to help children learn about other people and communities different from their own n review and strengthen the organisation of routines to minimise unnecessary disturbance to children's learning.
- 19 November 2024Good
- 18 March 2019Good
- 30 September 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Paulinus Pre School
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £6.00 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.