Full-day nursery in Princes Park, Medway
Owl & Bear Daycare
Former Walderslade Medical Centre, Neighbourhood Centre, Princes Avenue, Chatham, ME5 7PQ · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Former Walderslade Medical Centre, Neighbourhood Centre, Princes Avenue, Chatham, ME5 7PQ · More nurseries in ME5
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Morrisons, Petrol Station and Illustrious Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 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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Owl & Bear Daycare is a full-day nursery at Former Walderslade Medical Centre, Neighbourhood Centre, Princes Avenue, Chatham, ME5 7PQ, in Princes Park, Medway. It is registered for 72 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.0 from 13 reviews (October 2026).
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Maundene School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.2 miles
- Bradfields Academy ages 4–19Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected November 2022 0.3 miles
- The Rowans ages 5–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.4 miles
- Kingfisher Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.5 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 0.5 miles
- Wayfield Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.5 miles
- Oaklands School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.7 miles
- Walderslade Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2024 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 Owl & Bear Daycare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Owl & Bear Daycare Good at its inspection on 20 June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Owl & Bear Daycare take?
Owl & Bear Daycare is registered with Ofsted for up to 72 children at any one time.
How do I contact Owl & Bear Daycare?
You can call 01634 788819 and visit www.owlandbeardaycare.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY553819 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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