Full-day nursery in Grove Green, Kent
Bright Horizons Maidstone Turkey Mill Day Nursery and Preschool
Turkey Mill, Ashford Road, Maidstone, ME14 5SF · 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 December 2011Reference EY438654Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 14 May 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places96 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 8 July 2026Food 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
Turkey Mill, Ashford Road, Maidstone, ME14 5SF · More nurseries in ME14
Stations
- Maidstone East21 min walk · 0.8 miles
- Maidstone West24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Turkey Mill and Invicta Girls' Grammar School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Mote Park3 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 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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Bright Horizons Maidstone Turkey Mill Day Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at Turkey Mill, Ashford Road, Maidstone, ME14 5SF, in Grove Green, Kent. It is registered for 96 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 18 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
- Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.3 miles
- Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- South Borough Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.7 miles
- Park Way Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.8 miles
- Archbishop Courtenay Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.0 miles
- North Borough Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 1.1 miles
- St Paul's Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected July 2025 1.1 miles
- Leigh Academy Bearsted Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected January 2023 1.2 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 Turkey Mill Day Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons Maidstone Turkey Mill Day Nursery and Preschool Good at its inspection on 14 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons Maidstone Turkey Mill Day Nursery and Preschool take?
Bright Horizons Maidstone Turkey Mill Day Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 96 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons Maidstone Turkey Mill Day Nursery and Preschool?
Bright Horizons Maidstone Turkey Mill 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 Turkey Mill Day Nursery and Preschool?
Maidstone East is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Horizons Maidstone Turkey Mill Day Nursery and Preschool?
You can call 01622 235145 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.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY438654 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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