Full-day nursery in Dover, Kent
Discovery Nursery LTD
Dover Discovery Centre, Market Square, Dover, CT16 1PH · 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
Dover Discovery Centre, Market Square, Dover, CT16 1PH · More nurseries in CT16
Stations
- Dover Priory8 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Market Square, York Street and North Military Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Pencester Gardens3 min walk
- Granville Gardens4 min walk
- Playground4 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 is a full-day nursery at Dover Discovery Centre, Market Square, Dover, CT16 1PH, in Dover, Kent. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Discovery Nursery Ltd.
Run by Discovery Nursery Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Dover College ages 2–18has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.3 miles
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.6 miles
- Priory Fields School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.7 miles
- Charlton Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- Vale View Community School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2022 0.8 miles
- Barton Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.8 miles
- St Martin's School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 1.1 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 Discovery Nursery LTD's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Discovery Nursery LTD Good at its inspection on 8 December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
Who runs Discovery Nursery LTD?
Discovery Nursery LTD is run by Discovery Nursery Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Discovery Nursery LTD?
Dover Priory is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 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 EY290188 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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