Full-day nursery in Barrow Hill, Kent
St. Mary's Nursery
Western Avenue, Ashford, TN23 1ND · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- 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 October 1994Reference 127605Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 September 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places24 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 4 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
Western Avenue, Ashford, TN23 1ND · More nurseries in TN23
Stations
- Ashford International18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Catholic Church, New Street and Eastern Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Little Manor Play Park4 min walk
- Repton Park10 min walk
- Repton Park Walk11 min walk
- Watercress Fields11 min walk
- Victoria Park11 min walk
- Playground2 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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St. Mary's Nursery is a full-day nursery at Western Avenue, Ashford, TN23 1ND, in Barrow Hill, Kent. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026).
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| St. Mary's NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Victoria Park Day Nursery CICFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 under 0.1 miles
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.3 miles
- Victoria Road Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.5 miles
- Ashford School ages 0–20has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Repton Manor Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- Ashford Oaks Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.8 miles
- Godinton Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.9 miles
- The Wyvern School (Buxford) ages 4–19Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is St. Mary's Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St. Mary's Nursery Good at its inspection on 30 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St. Mary's Nursery take?
St. Mary's Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St. Mary's Nursery?
Ashford International is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact St. Mary's Nursery?
You can call 01233 641503 and visit stmarysnursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 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
- 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 127605 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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