Full-day nursery in Cheriton, Kent
Playbox Day Nursery
Biggins Wood Road, Folkestone, CT19 4NE · 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 August 2012Reference EY452752Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 4 June 2025Ofsted · 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 19 November 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
Biggins Wood Road, Folkestone, CT19 4NE · More nurseries in CT19
Stations
- Folkestone West20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Woodfield Close, Laurel Court and Stanley Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Cheriton Recreation Ground4 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Kidz Planet 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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Playbox Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Biggins Wood Road, Folkestone, CT19 4NE, in Cheriton, Kent. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.7 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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| Playbox Day NurseryThis 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
- Harcourt Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 under 0.1 miles
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.3 miles
- Cheriton Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Morehall Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected February 2025 0.5 miles
- Folkestone, St Martin'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
- Sandgate Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 1.0 miles
- Folkestone Primary Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.2 miles
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 1.4 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Playbox Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Playbox Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 4 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Playbox Day Nursery take?
Playbox Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Playbox Day Nursery?
Folkestone West is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Playbox Day Nursery?
You can call 01303 273298 and visit playbox-daynursery.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 EY452752 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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