Sessional pre-school in Lords Wood, Medway
St Williams Pre-School
St Williams Church Hall, Walderslade Village, Chatham, ME5 9LR · 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 May 1998Reference 103853Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 14 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 15 October 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
St Williams Church Hall, Walderslade Village, Chatham, ME5 9LR · More nurseries in ME5
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including The Oak, Village Centre and Dargets Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Princes Avenue Recreation Ground4 min walk
- Tunbury Park and Playground12 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground10 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 Medway there are about 4 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 Williams Pre-School is a sessional pre-school at St Williams Church Hall, Walderslade Village, Chatham, ME5 9LR, in Lords Wood, Medway. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Williams Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Walderslade Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2024 0.2 miles
- Tunbury Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.5 miles
- Lordswood School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected July 2025 0.5 miles
- Oaklands School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.6 miles
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11 0.8 miles
- Maundene School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.9 miles
- Swingate Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2024 0.9 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 Williams Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Williams Pre-School Good at its inspection on 14 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Williams Pre-School take?
St Williams Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
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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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 103853 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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