Sessional pre-school in Denny Bottom, Kent
Play Place
Sunnyside Hall, Rusthall Road, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN4 8RA · 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
Sunnyside Hall, Rusthall Road, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN4 8RA · More nurseries in TN4
Stations
- High Rocks (Spa Valley Railway)24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Rusthall Grange, Church and Rusthall High Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground9 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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Play Place is a sessional pre-school at Sunnyside Hall, Rusthall Road, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN4 8RA, in Denny Bottom, Kent. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Play Place Child Care Services Limited.
Run by Play Place Child Care Services Limited (company), which runs 7 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected April 2023 0.3 miles
- Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.5 miles
- Rose Hill School ages 3–13has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Holmewood House School ages 2–13has a nursery class 1.0 miles
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 1.0 miles
- The Wells Free School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 1.1 miles
- Broadwater Down Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 1.2 miles
- Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected February 2025 1.3 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 Play Place's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Play Place Good at its inspection on 27 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Play Place take?
Play Place is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
Who runs Play Place?
Play Place is run by Play Place Child Care Services Limited, which runs 7 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Play Place?
High Rocks (Spa Valley Railway) is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2569873 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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