Full-day nursery in West Malling, Kent
St Thomas More Pre-School
St Thomas More Pre-School, St Thomas of Canterbury Centre, The Priest's House, Lucks Hill, West Malling, ME19 6HN · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
St Thomas More Pre-School, St Thomas of Canterbury Centre, The Priest's House, Lucks Hill, West Malling, ME19 6HN · More nurseries in ME19
Stations
- West Malling6 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including More Park School, Station Approach and Railway Station.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Village Green10 min walk
- Manor Park Country Park11 min walk
- Playground11 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.
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St Thomas More Pre-School is a full-day nursery at St Thomas More Pre-School, St Thomas of Canterbury Centre, The Priest's House, Lucks Hill, West Malling, ME19 6HN, in West Malling, Kent. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| St Thomas More Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- More Park Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 under 0.1 miles
- West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.5 miles
- Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.6 miles
- Lift St James the Great Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.6 miles
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected July 2025 0.9 miles
- Brookfield Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2023 1.0 miles
- Lunsford Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 1.0 miles
- Brookfield Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.1 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 Thomas More Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Thomas More Pre-School Good at its inspection on 10 November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Thomas More Pre-School take?
St Thomas More Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St Thomas More Pre-School?
West Malling is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 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 127631 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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