Full-day nursery in Herne Bay, Kent
Sunshine Club
The Hippodrome, Kings Road, Herne Bay, CT6 5BQ · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Hippodrome, Kings Road, Herne Bay, CT6 5BQ · More nurseries in CT6
Stations
- Herne Bay13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Library, Richmond Street and Fire Station.
Parks and playgrounds
- Memorial Park2 min walk
- Oxenden Square8 min walk
- The Downs10 min walk
- The Hippodrome playground1 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground7 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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Sunshine Club is a full-day nursery at The Hippodrome, Kings Road, Herne Bay, CT6 5BQ, in Herne Bay, Kent. It is registered for 36 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 32 reviews (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Herne Bay Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 0.1 miles
- Herne Bay Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.1 miles
- Hampton Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 1.0 miles
- Thornden Wood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 1.3 miles
- Herne Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected November 2023 1.3 miles
- Herne Church of England Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.4 miles
- Herne Bay High School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.8 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 Sunshine Club's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sunshine Club Good at its inspection on 15 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sunshine Club take?
Sunshine Club is registered with Ofsted for up to 36 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Sunshine Club?
Herne Bay is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Sunshine Club?
You can call 07561 851323 and visit www.nurseryadvice.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2697410 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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