Play Place The Ark
Dartford · DA2 6HQ
Inspected by Ofsted on 8 January 2025 under the report card framework.
Registration
- Ofsted URN
- EY539836
- Provider type
- Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises, Sessional day care
- Registered since
- 29 September 2016
- Local authority
- Kent
On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.
Where it is
Dartford · DA2 6HQ. Location from the Ofsted register.
Inspection history
Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall rating rather than grading each area.
- 26 April 2019 inspection Good
- 31 October 2018 inspection Inadequate
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Play Place The Ark in Dartford was last inspected on 8 January 2025. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.
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Play Place The Ark has been registered with Ofsted since 29 September 2016. Its unique reference number (URN) is EY539836.
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