Full-day nursery in Lower Island, Kent
Oyster Bay Nursery
Joy Lane Primary School, Joy Lane, Whitstable, CT5 4LT · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- 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 December 2017Reference EY554428Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 23 June 2021Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 26 January 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
Joy Lane Primary School, Joy Lane, Whitstable, CT5 4LT · More nurseries in CT5
Stations
- Whitstable21 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Sea Lawn, Tollgate Close and Tollgate.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground12 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 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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Oyster Bay Nursery is a full-day nursery at Joy Lane Primary School, Joy Lane, Whitstable, CT5 4LT, in Lower Island, Kent. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oyster Bay NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Joy Lane Primary Foundation School Primaryages 1–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Whitstable Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.5 miles
- St Alphege Church of England Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.5 miles
- Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected December 2022 0.7 miles
- Westmeads Community Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.9 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 1.2 miles
- The Whitstable School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.9 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 Oyster Bay Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Oyster Bay Nursery Good at its inspection on 23 June 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Oyster Bay Nursery take?
Oyster Bay Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Oyster Bay Nursery?
Whitstable is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 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.
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY554428 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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