Sessional pre-school in Temple Hill, Kent
Highfield Road Pre-school
Highfield Road Baptist Church, Springvale North, Dartford, DA1 2JY · 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
Highfield Road Baptist Church, Springvale North, Dartford, DA1 2JY · More nurseries in DA1
Stations
- Dartford9 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Highfield Road Magistrates Court, Spital Street and Priory Hill.
Parks and playgrounds
- Central Park6 min walk
- St Edmund's Pleasance11 min walk
- Critchley Avenue Playground4 min walk
- Penney Close Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 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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Highfield Road Pre-school is a sessional pre-school at Highfield Road Baptist Church, Springvale North, Dartford, DA1 2JY, in Temple Hill, Kent. It is registered for 34 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Westgate Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.1 miles
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.3 miles
- West Hill Primary Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.5 miles
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Dartford Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.6 miles
- Leigh Academy Dartford Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- River Mill Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.7 miles
- Oakfield Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.7 miles
- Temple Hill Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.9 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 Highfield Road Pre-school's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Highfield Road Pre-school Good at its inspection on 12 July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Highfield Road Pre-school take?
Highfield Road Pre-school is registered with Ofsted for up to 34 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Highfield Road Pre-school?
Dartford is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Highfield Road Pre-school?
You can call 07551 979606.
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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 2641654 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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