Full-day nursery in Shepway, Kent
Bright Horizons Maidstone Boughton Lane Day Nursery and Preschool
Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QF · 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.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since January 2005Reference EY302109Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 2 September 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places61 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 26 August 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QF · More nurseries in ME15
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground3 min walk
© 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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Bright Horizons Maidstone Boughton Lane Day Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QF, in Shepway, Kent. It is registered for 61 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.3 from 7 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited.
Run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited (company), which runs 245 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Five Acre Wood School ages 4–19Ofsted: Outstandinginspected July 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Tiger Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Leigh Academy Oaks Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.3 miles
- Leigh Academy Molehill Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected December 2024 0.5 miles
- Loose Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.6 miles
- Park Way Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.8 miles
- Greenfields Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.9 miles
- South Borough Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Bright Horizons Maidstone Boughton Lane Day Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons Maidstone Boughton Lane Day Nursery and Preschool Good at its inspection on 2 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons Maidstone Boughton Lane Day Nursery and Preschool take?
Bright Horizons Maidstone Boughton Lane Day Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 61 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons Maidstone Boughton Lane Day Nursery and Preschool?
Bright Horizons Maidstone Boughton Lane Day Nursery and Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited, which runs 245 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Bright Horizons Maidstone Boughton Lane Day Nursery and Preschool?
Maidstone West is the nearest station we know of, 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Horizons Maidstone Boughton Lane Day Nursery and Preschool?
You can call 01622 230025 and visit www.brighthorizons.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY302109 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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