Full-day nursery in St John's, Kent
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells
32-34 St. Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9NT · 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 January 2021Reference 2622101Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 29 March 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places94 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 December 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
32-34 St. Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9NT · More nurseries in TN4
Stations
- Tunbridge Wells14 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Woodbury Park Road, St John's Church and Royal Wells Park.
Parks and playgrounds
- Tunbridge Wells Common6 min walk
- St John's Recreation Ground10 min walk
- Grosvenor Recreation Ground10 min walk
- Calverley Grounds12 min walk
- Calverley Park12 min walk
- Playground7 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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Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells is a full-day nursery at 32-34 St. Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9NT, in St John's, Kent. It is registered for 94 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 9 reviews (November 2026).
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| Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Tunbridge WellsThis 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
- The Wells Free School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.2 miles
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2024 0.3 miles
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.6 miles
- Rose Hill School ages 3–13has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.7 miles
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected February 2025 0.8 miles
- St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.8 miles
- Claremont Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.8 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 Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells Good at its inspection on 29 March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells take?
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells is registered with Ofsted for up to 94 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells?
Tunbridge Wells is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Tunbridge Wells?
You can call 01892 278446 and visit monkeypuzzletunbridgewells.co.uk.
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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
- 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2622101 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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