Full-day nursery in Rough Common, Kent
Rough Common Pre-School
Village Hall, 137 Rough Common Road, Canterbury, CT2 9BS · 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 2014Reference EY479989Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 18 March 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places46 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 13 May 2026Food 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
Village Hall, 137 Rough Common Road, Canterbury, CT2 9BS · More nurseries in CT2
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Garden Close and Churchwood Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Neal's Place Meadow10 min walk
- Dukes Meadow10 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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Rough Common Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Village Hall, 137 Rough Common Road, Canterbury, CT2 9BS, in Rough Common, Kent. It is registered for 46 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 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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| Rough Common Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- St Edmund's School Canterbury ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Blean Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected March 2022 0.8 miles
- The Canterbury Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 1.0 miles
- St Peter's Methodist Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.5 miles
- St Stephen's Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 1.5 miles
- St Stephen's Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.5 miles
- St Johns Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2024 1.6 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 Rough Common Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rough Common Pre-School Good at its inspection on 18 March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rough Common Pre-School take?
Rough Common Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 46 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Rough Common Pre-School?
Canterbury West is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Rough Common Pre-School?
You can call 07519 542054 and visit www.roughcommonpreschool.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY479989 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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