Full-day nursery in Buckland, Kent
Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble Hill
Buckland House, Crabble Hill, Dover, CT17 0RX · 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
Buckland House, Crabble Hill, Dover, CT17 0RX · More nurseries in CT17
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Dodd's Lane, Trefor Jones Court and Buckland Bridge.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Green5 min walk
- Evison Close Play Area playground7 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 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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Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble Hill is a full-day nursery at Buckland House, Crabble Hill, Dover, CT17 0RX, in Buckland, Kent. It is registered for 74 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 9 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Discovery Nursery Ltd.
Run by Discovery Nursery Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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| Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble HillThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.2 miles
- Green Park Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)inspected May 2023 0.4 miles
- White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.5 miles
- Barton Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.6 miles
- Charlton Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- River Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.8 miles
- Priory Fields School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.9 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 Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble Hill's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble Hill Good at its inspection on 4 February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble Hill take?
Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble Hill is registered with Ofsted for up to 74 children at any one time.
Who runs Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble Hill?
Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble Hill is run by Discovery Nursery Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble Hill?
Dover Priory is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble Hill?
You can call 01304 211028 and visit discoverynursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2716677 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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