Full-day nursery in Bearsted, Kent
St Peters Busy Bee's Pre-School
St. Peters Church, Button Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8NJ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St. Peters Church, Button Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8NJ · More nurseries in ME15
Stations
- Bearsted19 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including The Yeoman and Royston Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Bearsted Woodland Trust6 min walk
- Mallards Way Park7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground9 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 Peters Busy Bee's Pre-School is a full-day nursery at St. Peters Church, Button Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8NJ, in Bearsted, Kent. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| St Peters Busy Bee's Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Outstanding | 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
- Madginford Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.3 miles
- Thurnham Church of England Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.5 miles
- Roseacre Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.5 miles
- Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 1.1 miles
- Greenfields Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.1 miles
- Leigh Academy Bearsted Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected January 2023 1.2 miles
- Senacre Wood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 1.3 miles
- Leigh Academy Molehill Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected December 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 St Peters Busy Bee's Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Peters Busy Bee's Pre-School Outstanding at its inspection on 11 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Peters Busy Bee's Pre-School take?
St Peters Busy Bee's Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St Peters Busy Bee's Pre-School?
Bearsted is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 127621 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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