Full-day nursery in St Martin's, Kent
The Nursery At Canterbury College
Canterbury College, New Dover Road, CANTERBURY, CT1 3AJ · 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
Canterbury College, New Dover Road, CANTERBURY, CT1 3AJ · More nurseries in CT1
Stations
- Canterbury East16 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Canterbury West21 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Barton Court School, Ivy Lane and St Augustine's Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- King George V Memorial Field6 min walk
- north holmes campus7 min walk
- St Mary Bredin8 min walk
- Legacy Park9 min walk
- Barton allotment field10 min walk
- Playground8 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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The Nursery At Canterbury College is a full-day nursery at Canterbury College, New Dover Road, CANTERBURY, CT1 3AJ, in St Martin's, Kent. It is registered for 42 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by The EKC Group.
Run by The EKC Group (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.4 miles
- Pilgrims' Way Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.5 miles
- St Nicholas' School ages 4–19Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.6 miles
- St Johns Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.6 miles
- St Peter's Methodist Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- Wincheap Foundation Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.0 miles
- Parkside Community Foundation Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2023 1.1 miles
- St Stephen's Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 1.2 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 The Nursery At Canterbury College's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Nursery At Canterbury College Good at its inspection on 10 June 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Nursery At Canterbury College take?
The Nursery At Canterbury College is registered with Ofsted for up to 42 children at any one time.
Who runs The Nursery At Canterbury College?
The Nursery At Canterbury College is run by The EKC Group, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to The Nursery At Canterbury College?
Canterbury East is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Nursery At Canterbury College?
You can call 01227 811108 and visit www.canterburycollege.ac.uk.
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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 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2503414 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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