Full-day nursery in West Dumpton, Kent
Hand in Hand Nursery
Newlands Children's Centre, Dumpton Lane, RAMSGATE, CT11 7AJ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Newlands Children's Centre, Dumpton Lane, RAMSGATE, CT11 7AJ · More nurseries in CT11
Stations
- Dumpton Park7 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Ramsgate16 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Sherwood Gardens, Prestedge Avenue and Dumpton Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Kent there are about 3.2 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Hand in Hand Nursery is a full-day nursery at Newlands Children's Centre, Dumpton Lane, RAMSGATE, CT11 7AJ, in West Dumpton, Kent. It is registered for 44 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 3 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Thanet Early Years Project.
Run by Thanet Early Years Project (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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| Hand in Hand NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Newlands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 under 0.1 miles
- St Lawrence College Junior School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.4 miles
- Ramsgate, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.5 miles
- Foreland Fields School ages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.6 miles
- Priory Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.7 miles
- Wellesley Haddon Dene School ages 2–13has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Hand in Hand Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Hand in Hand Nursery Good at its inspection on 28 November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Hand in Hand Nursery take?
Hand in Hand Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 44 children at any one time.
Who runs Hand in Hand Nursery?
Hand in Hand Nursery is run by Thanet Early Years Project, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Hand in Hand Nursery?
Dumpton Park is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Hand in Hand Nursery?
You can call 01843 587465 and visit www.thanetearlyyears.org.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY336529 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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