Full-day nursery in Lords Wood, Medway
Lordswood under 5's playgroup
Play hut, Ballens Road, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PG · 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 August 1992Reference 103823Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 6 September 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 18 March 2026Food 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
Play hut, Ballens Road, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PG · More nurseries in ME5
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Achilles Road, The Kestrel Shopping Centre and Leisure Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground12 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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Lordswood under 5's playgroup is a full-day nursery at Play hut, Ballens Road, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PG, in Lords Wood, Medway. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026).
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| Lordswood under 5's 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
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11 under 0.1 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 0.3 miles
- Swingate Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2024 0.4 miles
- Walderslade Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2024 0.7 miles
- Tunbury Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.0 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 1.0 miles
- Maundene School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 1.0 miles
- Oaklands School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 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 Lordswood under 5's playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Lordswood under 5's playgroup Good at its inspection on 6 September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Lordswood under 5's playgroup take?
Lordswood under 5's playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
How do I contact Lordswood under 5's playgroup?
You can call 01634 867386.
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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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 103823 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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