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Nurseries in Ramsgate

There are 14 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Ramsgate, and 2 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Ramsgate

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention, 6 Urgent improvement)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 11 settings (1 Outstanding, 10 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Bright Start Ramsgate - Day nursery, Ramsgate CT11 9RT, ages 0 to 5, 82 places
    Ofsted, 17 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Buttons Preschool - Pre-school, Ramsgate CT12 6DF, ages 2 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 28 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Explorers Nursery - Day nursery, Ramsgate CT11 9SQ, ages 2 to 4
    Ofsted, 16 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Fledgelings Day Nursery LTD - Day nursery, Ramsgate CT11 0BS, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 10 November 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Growing Together Nursery - Pre-school, Ramsgate CT12 6HX, ages 2 to 4, 62 places
    Ofsted, 3 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hand in Hand Nursery - Day nursery, Ramsgate CT11 7AJ, ages 1 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 28 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Scarecrows - Day nursery, Ramsgate CT12 5BA, ages 1 to 4, 17 places
    Ofsted, 28 February 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Manor House Minster Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Ramsgate CT12 4PS, ages 0 to 4, 82 places
    Ofsted report card, 19 May 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Needs attention in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Monkton Under 5's Playgroup - Pre-school, Ramsgate CT12 4JQ, ages 2 to 4, 12 places
    Ofsted, 29 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Mother Goose Nursery - Day nursery, Ramsgate CT11 8LB, ages 1 to 4, 38 places
    Ofsted, 19 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Playwise Childcare Limited - Day nursery, Ramsgate CT11 7JX, ages 0 to 4, 53 places
    Ofsted report card, 24 August 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Rock of Ages Nursery - Day nursery, Ramsgate CT12 6JD, ages 1 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted report card, 14 May 2026: Urgent improvement in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The Learning Tree - Day nursery, Ramsgate CT11 0LQ, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 22 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • U1R Thanet Nursery - Day nursery, Ramsgate CT12 6RL, ages 0 to 4, 93 places
    Ofsted, 15 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Bon Bon's Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Ramsgate CT12 4DE, 32 places
  • Khickster Wraparound Care - Monkton - Out-of-school club, Ramsgate CT12 4JQ, 40 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Ramsgate

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.