Full-day nursery in Crabble, Kent
Choochoos Day Nursery
Crabble Road, DOVER, CT17 0QD · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Crabble Road, DOVER, CT17 0QD · More nurseries in CT17
Stations
- Kearsney22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Carlsden Close, Crabble Avenue and Recreation Ground.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Green11 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground12 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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Choochoos Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Crabble Road, DOVER, CT17 0QD, in Crabble, Kent. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by The Old Station Nursery Limited.
Run by The Old Station Nursery Limited (company), which runs 12 nurseries.
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| Choochoos Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.4 miles
- Green Park Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)inspected May 2023 0.5 miles
- White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.5 miles
- River Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Barton Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.8 miles
- Charlton Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.9 miles
- Priory Fields School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 1.0 miles
- St Martin's School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 1.2 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 Choochoos Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Choochoos Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 2 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
Who runs Choochoos Day Nursery?
Choochoos Day Nursery is run by The Old Station Nursery Limited, which runs 12 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Choochoos Day Nursery?
Kearsney is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2629641 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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