Tiny Explorer Kids Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Bexleyheath for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 19:00, 5 days a week. £91.00 a day for 0-3 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2022, with 77 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
1 · £91 · £396 · £61 · £262 · £289 ·
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Free entitlement 15 and 30 hours per week.
Worth knowing. "If you do not wish to pay for specific consumables, for example because you wish to provide your own, please make us aware so next steps can be discussed".
What childcare usually costs in Bexley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bexley 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
DA7 6HDWhat 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, 25 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children separate from their parents with ease as friendly practitioners welcome them. Children arrive happy and excited to start their day. They show high levels of confidence in their interactions with adults. For example, they approach the inspector to say 'hello' and talk to her about the colours they are wearing. Children demonstrate they feel safe and secure as they build good relationships with practitioners and seek comfort or support from them when needed throughout the day. Children enjoy a morning 'wake up' session of music and movement. This helps to give children energy to focus on the activities ahead.
The manager plans a broad and interesting curriculum that supports all areas of development and motivates children to learn. Practitioners support all children to make good progress. They know their key children well. They offer activities that teach the curriculum and support children to meet their next steps in development.
The manager and practitioners identify and plan experiences that children may not otherwise have, such as travelling by train and bus or visiting a farm. These experiences give children context to their learning and help them to understand the wider world.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop consistent approaches for managing children's behaviour to support them to understand what is expected of them n build on opportunities for children to talk about their feelings and emotions.
- 25 July 2024Good
Still missing for Tiny Explorer Kids Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £91.00 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.
- 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
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