Full-day nursery in Troy Town, Medway
Little Lights Nursery
Rock Church Ministries, 336-338 High Street, Rochester, ME1 1BT · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since May 2016Reference EY494219Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 June 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 16 July 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Rock Church Ministries, 336-338 High Street, Rochester, ME1 1BT · More nurseries in ME1
Stations
- Chatham10 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Rochester13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Bath Hard Lane, Hospital Lane and St Bart's Hospital.
Parks and playgrounds
- Fort Pitt Gardens2 min walk
- Victoria Gardens4 min walk
- Furrell's Park7 min walk
- Riverside Gardens11 min walk
- The Vines11 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 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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Little Lights Nursery is a full-day nursery at Rock Church Ministries, 336-338 High Street, Rochester, ME1 1BT, in Troy Town, Medway. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.7 from 3 reviews (October 2026).
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| Little Lights NurseryThis 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
- St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- St John's Church of England Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.4 miles
- St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2019 0.5 miles
- St Andrew's School (Rochester) ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- St Peter's Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.6 miles
- King's School, Rochester ages 2–18has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.7 miles
- Balfour Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.7 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 Little Lights Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Lights Nursery Good at its inspection on 30 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Lights Nursery take?
Little Lights Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Lights Nursery?
Chatham is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Lights Nursery?
You can call 01634 829765 and visit www.littlelightsdaynursery.co.uk.
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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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY494219 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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