Woodlands Nursery and Preschool
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sheerness for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £58.00 a day for over Two's Room, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2021. Open since 2010, with 38 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under Two's Roombirth to 2y | £60.00Daily 8am 6pm | £40.00Morning 8am to 1pm or Afternoons 1pm to 6pm, 5 hrs | |
| Over Two's Room2y to 5y | £58.00Daily 8am 6pm | £38.00Morning 8am to 1pm, 5 hrs |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.75 to £8.70 a week 1 Session (5 Hours)funded sessions
- £5.50 to £17.40 a week 2 Sessions (10 Hours)funded sessions
- £8.25 to £26.10 a week 3 Session (15 Hours)funded sessions
- £16.50 to £52.20 a week 6 Session (30 Hours)funded sessions
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
9 months to 5 years funding (15 or 30 Hours).
Worth knowing. Food charge for meals and snacks; if you wish to not pay for the food charge, you are required to provide healthy snacks and meals; funding is over 38 weeks of the year, no stretched funding; any hours in addition to the 570/1140 free hours are paid at our normal session rate.
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
ME12 3PEWhat 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, 4 November 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children have a wonderful time as they play and learn in the stimulating, wellorganised environment. Those in the under-two's room confidently explore and discover, returning regularly for a reassuring cuddle from their trusted staff. Older children become engrossed in their play. They gain a wealth of skills as they independently create unique artwork, practise reading or work collaboratively with construction materials. The unhurried routines allow children a lot of time to follow their interests. For example, several children who chose to cut pumpkins sat for extremely long periods of time, concentrating intently on their task. They engaged in very charming and relaxed conversations with the staff member overseeing the activity.
All children make good progress. This is because staff monitor each child closely and very successfully offer increasing levels of challenge. For example, a group of children using crates as rockets displayed impressive space-related knowledge.
They were skilfully supported to extend their thinking and language by a member of staff whose involvement in their play significantly enhanced their enjoyment.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review the arrangements to attend to children's personal care needs so that, where possible, they benefit from the one-to-one attention of their trusted key person.
- 4 November 2021Good
- 23 October 2019Inadequate
- 30 October 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Woodlands Nursery and Preschool
- 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 £58.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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