Sessional pre-school in Ringlestone, Kent
Invicta Park Playgroup
36 Engineer Regiment, Invicta Park, Sandling Road, MAIDSTONE, ME14 2NA · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
36 Engineer Regiment, Invicta Park, Sandling Road, MAIDSTONE, ME14 2NA · More nurseries in ME14
Stations
- Maidstone East18 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Maidstone Barracks20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Chatham Road, Calder Road Top and Post Office.
Parks and playgrounds
- Ringlestone Park7 min walk
- Whatman Park10 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 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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Invicta Park Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at 36 Engineer Regiment, Invicta Park, Sandling Road, MAIDSTONE, ME14 2NA, in Ringlestone, Kent. It is registered for 50 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Serenity School Maidstone ages 5–18 0.3 miles
- North Borough Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.3 miles
- St Paul's Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected July 2025 0.3 miles
- Sandling Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.6 miles
- Brunswick House Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.8 miles
- Allington Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected July 2022 1.0 miles
- Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.1 miles
- Palace Wood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 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 Invicta Park Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Invicta Park Playgroup Good at its inspection on 7 November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Invicta Park Playgroup take?
Invicta Park Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 50 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Invicta Park Playgroup?
Maidstone East is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 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 127276 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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