Full-day nursery in Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea
Lloyd Williamson Nursery Kensington
Essex Unitarian Church, Palace Gardens Terrace, London, W8 4RT · 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
Essex Unitarian Church, Palace Gardens Terrace, London, W8 4RT · More nurseries in W8
Stations
- Notting Hill Gate4 min walk · 0.2 miles
- Queensway8 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Bayswater9 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Palace Gardens Terr / Notting Hill Gte, Notting Hill Gate Station and Sheffield Terrace.
Parks and playgrounds
- Kensington Gardens5 min walk
- Holland Park11 min walk
- St Mary Abbots Gardens11 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Princess Diana Memorial Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
© OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026 · Powered by TfL Open Data, 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 Kensington and Chelsea there are about 2.1 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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Lloyd Williamson Nursery Kensington is a full-day nursery at Essex Unitarian Church, Palace Gardens Terrace, London, W8 4RT, in Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea. It is registered for 9 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Lloyd Williamson Nurseries Ltd.
Run by Lloyd Williamson Nurseries Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Williamson Nursery KensingtonThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Lloyd Williamson Pre-School KensingtonFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 08:00–18:00 | 4 mo–5 yrs | under 0.1 miles |
| Pippa Pop-insSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | 08:00–18:00 | not shared yet | 0.1 miles |
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| Ladbroke Square Montessori SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | 08:00–16:30 | 2–5 yrs | 0.3 miles |
| Little Cherubs Nursery SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 08:00–18:00 | from 1 yrs | 0.4 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
- All nurseries in Kensington12
- All nurseries in Kensington and Chelsea63
- All nurseries in W815
- Nurseries near Notting Hill Gate station
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Fox Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.2 miles
- Pembridge Hall School ages 4–11 0.2 miles
- Wetherby School ages 3–8 0.2 miles
- Southbank International School Kensington ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- College Park School ages 4–19Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.4 miles
- St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.5 miles
- Hallfield Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.5 miles
- Colville Primary School Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected May 2024 0.6 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 Lloyd Williamson Nursery Kensington's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Lloyd Williamson Nursery Kensington Good at its inspection on 9 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Lloyd Williamson Nursery Kensington take?
Lloyd Williamson Nursery Kensington is registered with Ofsted for up to 9 children at any one time.
Who runs Lloyd Williamson Nursery Kensington?
Lloyd Williamson Nursery Kensington is run by Lloyd Williamson Nurseries Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Lloyd Williamson Nursery Kensington?
Notting Hill Gate is the nearest station we know of, 0.1 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.
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- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY560929 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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