Full-day nursery in Cherry Orchard, Kent
Busy Lizzy Nursery Ltd
Fant Hall, Fant Lane, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8NN · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Fant Hall, Fant Lane, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8NN · More nurseries in ME16
Stations
- East Farleigh20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Gatland Lane, Cherry Tree and Ridgway.
Parks and playgrounds
- Clare Park11 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 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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Busy Lizzy Nursery Ltd is a full-day nursery at Fant Hall, Fant Lane, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8NN, in Cherry Orchard, Kent. It is registered for 32 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busy Lizzy Nursery LtdThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Busy Bees at Maidstone OakwoodFull-day nursery | Requires improvement | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
| Cece's Rainbow Kids Hermitage ParkSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Bower Grove School ages 4–16Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Jubilee Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.2 miles
- West Borough Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.2 miles
- St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.6 miles
- Barming Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.7 miles
- Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.9 miles
- St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.9 miles
- Archbishop Courtenay Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.1 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 Busy Lizzy Nursery Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Lizzy Nursery Ltd Good at its inspection on 11 October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Lizzy Nursery Ltd take?
Busy Lizzy Nursery Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 32 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Busy Lizzy Nursery Ltd?
East Farleigh is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Lizzy Nursery Ltd?
You can call 07857 008437 and visit www.busylizzynursery.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
- 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 EY557385 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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