Full-day nursery in Thurston Park, Kent
Choochoos Day Nursery
Whitstable Railway Station, Railway Avenue, Whitstable, CT5 1QS · 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
Whitstable Railway Station, Railway Avenue, Whitstable, CT5 1QS · More nurseries in CT5
Stations
- Whitstable2 min walk · under 0.1 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Railway Station, Railway Station Forecourt and Hamilton Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Kingsdown Park Gardens12 min walk
- Plot 1012 min walk
- Westmeads Recreation Ground playground4 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 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 Whitstable Railway Station, Railway Avenue, Whitstable, CT5 1QS, in Thurston Park, Kent. It is registered for 106 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 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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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Westmeads Community Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.3 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.3 miles
- Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected December 2022 0.4 miles
- Whitstable Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.4 miles
- St Alphege Church of England Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Joy Lane Primary Foundation School Primaryages 1–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 1.0 miles
- Swalecliffe Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 1.1 miles
- The Whitstable School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.5 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 30 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Choochoos Day Nursery take?
Choochoos Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 106 children at any one time.
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?
Whitstable is the nearest station we know of, under 0.1 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 2630365 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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