Full-day nursery in Weavering Street, Kent
Pennies Day Nursery Ltd
Thornbank, 149 Hockers Lane, Weavering, Maidstone, ME14 5JY · 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 March 1999Reference 127442Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 1 December 2021Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places55 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 23 May 2025Food 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
Thornbank, 149 Hockers Lane, Weavering, Maidstone, ME14 5JY · More nurseries in ME14
Stations
- Bearsted17 min walk · 0.7 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Weavering Park10 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground11 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.
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Pennies Day Nursery Ltd is a full-day nursery at Thornbank, 149 Hockers Lane, Weavering, Maidstone, ME14 5JY, in Weavering Street, Kent. It is registered for 55 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Pennies Day Nursery Limited.
Run by Pennies Day Nursery Limited (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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| Pennies Day Nursery LtdThis 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
- Leigh Academy Bearsted Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected January 2023 0.2 miles
- Roseacre Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.6 miles
- Thurnham Church of England Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.7 miles
- Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 0.7 miles
- Madginford Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 1.2 miles
- Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.4 miles
- Sandling Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 1.6 miles
- St Paul's Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected July 2025 1.7 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 Pennies Day Nursery Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Pennies Day Nursery Ltd Good at its inspection on 1 December 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Pennies Day Nursery Ltd take?
Pennies Day Nursery Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 55 children at any one time.
Who runs Pennies Day Nursery Ltd?
Pennies Day Nursery Ltd is run by Pennies Day Nursery Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Pennies Day Nursery Ltd?
Bearsted is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 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 127442 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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