Full-day nursery in Broadwater Down, Kent
Rainbow Nursery
St Marks Hall, Birling Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5LX · 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 April 1991Reference 127486Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 21 September 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places50 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St Marks Hall, Birling Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5LX · More nurseries in TN2
Stations
- Tunbridge Wells West (Spa Valley Railway)14 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Tunbridge Wells22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Birling Road, The Bull and Wallace Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- 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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Rainbow Nursery is a full-day nursery at St Marks Hall, Birling Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5LX, in Broadwater Down, Kent. It is registered for 50 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Rainbow Nursery Partnership.
Run by Rainbow Nursery Partnership (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- The Mead School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- Broadwater Down Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.5 miles
- Claremont Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.8 miles
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 0.9 miles
- St Peter'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 1.0 miles
- The Wells Free School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 1.3 miles
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 1.3 miles
- Frant Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 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 Rainbow Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rainbow Nursery Good at its inspection on 21 September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rainbow Nursery take?
Rainbow Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 50 children at any one time.
Who runs Rainbow Nursery?
Rainbow Nursery is run by Rainbow Nursery Partnership, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Rainbow Nursery?
Tunbridge Wells West (Spa Valley Railway) is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Rainbow Nursery?
You can call 01892 516677 and visit rainbownurseries.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
- 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 127486 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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