Full-day nursery in St John's, Kent
Rainbow Nursery
Tunbridge Wells Sports Centre, St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9TX · 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
Tunbridge Wells Sports Centre, St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9TX · More nurseries in TN4
Stations
- High Brooms19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Tunbridge Wells Boys' Grammar School, TA Centre and Southfields Park.
Parks and playgrounds
- St John's Recreation Ground10 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- 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 Tunbridge Wells Sports Centre, St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9TX, in St John's, Kent. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Rainbow Nursery Partnership.
Run by Rainbow Nursery Partnership (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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| Rainbow NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| St Matthew's High Brooms Pre-school CIOSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.2 miles
- St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.4 miles
- Southborough CofE Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.5 miles
- St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected March 2024 0.6 miles
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2024 0.8 miles
- Rose Hill School ages 3–13has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- The Wells Free School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.9 miles
- Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.0 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 12 May 2023, 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 30 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?
High Brooms is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Rainbow Nursery?
You can call 01892 517215 and visit rainbownurseries.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY489061 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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