Dockside Day Nursery and Pre-school

Unit NURS 1, Dockside Outlet Ctr, Maritime Way, Chatham Maritime, Chatham ME4 3ED
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  • Dockside Day Nursery and Pre-school, Chatham
Dockside Day Nursery and Pre-School is a full day care nursery situated in the Dockside Outlet Shopping Centre. The nursery has a unique, modern and fully secure rooftop garden looking out onto the picturesque Chatham Maritime Marina.

The nursery features five spacious and well equipped age-appropriate rooms ranging from babies to rising fives attended to by well qualified and experienced staff.

The Baby Room follows the home routines of younger babies, providing a loving and secure environment to meet all their needs. The Toddler Room features comfy areas, exciting activities and resources positioned around safe, fun physical equipment for those children who are toddling and explore a great deal more, but still may need aspects of their home routines. Staff work as closely as possible to match home routines for babies and toddlers.

The Nursery Rooms 1 and 2 cater for intrepid two-year-olds and all the excitement that being two brings. The engaging environment encourages a wide range of skills to be learned to aid independence with cosy areas to rest.

The Pre-School Room and Rising Fives Rooms inspires three and four-year-old children to gain the literacy, maths and self-care skills ahead of the crucial time of starting primary school ready to be life long learners.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Hayleigh Fry (Manager)

Admission Information

  • Minimum of three half day sessions or two full day sessions

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 35

Total Places for Children

  • 109

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 4 years 11 months

Funding & Fees

  • Email Dockside Day Nursery for more information.

  • Dockside Day Nursery provides high quality childcare and education with experienced, qualified staff in a fantastic environment with a unique rooftop garden. We have five rooms - Babies, Toddlers, Nursery 1, Nursery 2, Pre-School and Rising Fives. All meals are freshly cooked on the premises by our nursery chef.


    **Funding terms and conditions apply **


    Parents and Carers are able to use the fifteen hour funding from 9 months old up to and including the 15 and 30 hour funding for three and four year olds, stretched over 51 weeks of the year.


    Sibling Discounts also available (Terms & Conditions apply)

    Additional Information:
    •   In order to secure your place, a deposit of £200 and a non refundable registration fee of £50. If you decide not to join the nursery, the deposit is not refundable as the place would have been held.
    •   Fees are based on 51 weeks per year, paid monthly in advance (1st of every month)
    •   A minimum booking of two full days or 3 half days per week is required
    •   Fees to be paid monthly by direct debit or tax free childcare
    •   No refunds will be given for sickness or holidays.
    •   Fees are subject to review in accordance with the Terms and Conditions
    •   The nursery will be closed on all Bank Holidays (normal charges still apply)

    NHS workers and Emergency Services get 5% off and there is also a 10% discount for full-time places.

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Parking

  • Plenty of free parking for up to one hours at the Dockside Shopping Outlet car park

Dockside Day Nursery and Pre-school Reviews (82)

9.9

Dockside Day Nursery and Pre-school has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.923) out of 10, based on 26 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Dockside Day Nursery and Pre-school has 82 reviews.

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Review from Atul Singh B (Father of Child) published on 2 October 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Dockside Day Nursery has started recently and my child is amongst the first few children to start at nursery. He is really liking it and learning lots of new stuff every day. Staff at nursery very caring and soft-spoken and is good in taking care of children. My child loves to go nursery.
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Review from Vanessa S (Mother of Child) published on 2 October 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Dockside Day Nursery and Pre-school is by far the best nursery that we have found. My son has attended for a couple of months and absolutely loves it. All the staff are amazing and it feels like a family, nothing is ever too much for them and they are always smiling. I feel 100% comfortable when leaving
my son at the nursery and know that he will have an amazing time and trust that he is in a safe environment. My son has attended a nursery previously but never settled however since starting at Dockside Day Nursery he has come out of his shell and has progressed more than we could have imagined in such a short period. I would 10000% recommend this nursery.
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.923)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.923) out of 10 for Dockside Day Nursery and Pre-school is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 26 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 26 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.923 for Dockside Day Nursery and Pre-school is calculated as follows: ( (288 Excellents x 5) + (20 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 310 Ratings = 4.923
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Dockside Day Nursery and Pre-school is based on 26 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 109 number of registered child places is 21.8, which has been reached with 26 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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