Sessional pre-school in Ditton, Kent
Poppy Pre-School CIO
Poppy Pre-School, Aylesford, ME20 7JU · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Poppy Pre-School, Aylesford, ME20 7JU · More nurseries in ME20
Stations
- Aylesford6 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Aylesford School, Teapot Lane and TA Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 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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Poppy Pre-School CIO is a sessional pre-school at Poppy Pre-School, Aylesford, ME20 7JU, in Ditton, Kent. It is registered for 48 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 4 reviews (November 2026).
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| Poppy Pre-School CIOThis 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
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected May 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Ditton Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.4 miles
- Ditton Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected October 2019 0.5 miles
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.9 miles
- Brookfield Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.1 miles
- Brookfield Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2023 1.1 miles
- Lunsford Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 1.2 miles
- Lift St James the Great Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 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 Poppy Pre-School CIO's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Poppy Pre-School CIO Good at its inspection on 2 December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Poppy Pre-School CIO take?
Poppy Pre-School CIO is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Poppy Pre-School CIO?
Aylesford is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Poppy Pre-School CIO?
You can call 01622 719322 and visit www.poppypreschool.org.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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2574430 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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