The Grove Daycare Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open a few years
A day nursery in Gravesend for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:00 to 19:00, 5 days a week. £1870.00 a month for 2 to 3 Years Olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2025. Open since 2023, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
5 Days · £1870 · £1699.06 · £1387.53 ·
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
30 Hours of Funded Childcare for Working Parents of 9-Month-Olds; 15 Hours of Funded Childcare for Disadvantaged 2 Year-Olds (FF2); 30 Hours of Funded Childcare for Working Parents of 2-Year-Olds; 15 Hours Universal Funding For All 3 to 5 Year Olds; 30 Hours of Childcare Funding for Working Parents of 3 to 5 Year Olds.
Worth knowing. All our fees are inclusive of our nursery consumable charges; Nursery consumable charges are extra fees for items like food, nappies, wipes, sunscreen and non-funded hours not covered by government-funded “free” hours. Meals £10.20 per day | Nappy & Wipes £3.60 per day | Suncream £0.25p per day | Non-funded hours – variable monthly fee depending on age, funding type and sessions. PLEASE NOTE A CONSUMABLE CHARGE WILL BE APPLIED TO FUNDED HOURS FOR THIS AGE GROUP IF YOUR CHILD IS NOT TOILET FULLY.
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
DA12 1DPWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 20 May 2025.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for The Grove Daycare 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £1870.00 a month 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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