Full-day nursery in The Park, Kent
Delarue Crickets Pre-school
Poplar Meadow, Welland Road, Tonbridge, TN10 3TD · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Poplar Meadow, Welland Road, Tonbridge, TN10 3TD · More nurseries in TN10
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Uridge Road and Greyhound House.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 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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Delarue Crickets Pre-school is a full-day nursery at Poplar Meadow, Welland Road, Tonbridge, TN10 3TD, in The Park, Kent. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.0 from 2 reviews (November 2026).
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| Delarue Crickets Pre-schoolThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hilden Grange School ages 2–13has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- Hilden Oaks Preparatory School and Nursery ages 0–11has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- Long Mead Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.4 miles
- Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.6 miles
- Cage Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.7 miles
- Woodlands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 1.1 miles
- Stocks Green Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 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 Delarue Crickets Pre-school's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Delarue Crickets Pre-school Outstanding at its inspection on 4 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Delarue Crickets Pre-school take?
Delarue Crickets Pre-school is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Delarue Crickets Pre-school?
Tonbridge is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Delarue Crickets Pre-school?
You can call 07496 288372 and visit www.delaruecrickets.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY538754 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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