Full-day nursery in Harbledown, Kent
Garden Cottage Nursery At Kent College
Kent College Junior School, Church Hill, Harbledown, Canterbury, CT2 9AQ · 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.
Official records
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Kent College Junior School, Church Hill, Harbledown, Canterbury, CT2 9AQ · More nurseries in CT2
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Vernon Holme School and Hole In The Wall.
Parks and playgrounds
- Dukes Meadow11 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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Garden Cottage Nursery At Kent College is a full-day nursery at Kent College Junior School, Church Hill, Harbledown, Canterbury, CT2 9AQ, in Harbledown, Kent. It is registered for 32 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Cottage Nursery At Kent CollegeThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Rough Common Pre-SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
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| The Oaks NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.3 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School ages 2–11has a nursery class under 0.1 miles
- The Canterbury Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.7 miles
- St Edmund's School Canterbury ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- Blean Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected March 2022 1.2 miles
- Wincheap Foundation Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.4 miles
- St Peter's Methodist Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.4 miles
- St Johns Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2024 1.6 miles
- St Stephen's Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 1.6 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 Garden Cottage Nursery At Kent College's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Garden Cottage Nursery At Kent College Outstanding at its inspection on 18 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Garden Cottage Nursery At Kent College take?
Garden Cottage Nursery At Kent College is registered with Ofsted for up to 32 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Garden Cottage Nursery At Kent College?
Canterbury West is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Garden Cottage Nursery At Kent College?
You can call 01227 762436 and visit kentcollege.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY553970 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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