Full-day nursery in Lords Wood, Medway
Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup
St Davids Church, Newton Close, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8TR · 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
St Davids Church, Newton Close, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8TR · More nurseries in ME5
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including The Kestrel Shopping Centre, Arundel Close and Mayford Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground11 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 Medway there are about 4 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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Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup is a full-day nursery at St Davids Church, Newton Close, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8TR, in Lords Wood, Medway. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 8 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kestrel Under Fives PlaygroupThis 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
- Swingate Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2024 0.2 miles
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11 0.2 miles
- Lordswood School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected July 2025 0.5 miles
- Walderslade Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- Tunbury Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.1 miles
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.2 miles
- Maundene School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 1.2 miles
- Oaklands School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 1.3 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 Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup Good at its inspection on 8 February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup take?
Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
How do I contact Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup?
You can call 07939 261307.
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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 103816 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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