Full-day nursery in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
The Rocking Horse Montessori Kindergarten
8 Lansdowne Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2NJ · 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
8 Lansdowne Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2NJ · More nurseries in TN1
Stations
- Tunbridge Wells11 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Carlton Road, Lansdowne Square and Garden Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Calverley Park5 min walk
- Calverley Grounds6 min walk
- Tunbridge Wells Common10 min walk
- The Grove11 min walk
- Grosvenor Recreation Ground12 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.
What parents say
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The Rocking Horse Montessori Kindergarten is a full-day nursery at 8 Lansdowne Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2NJ, in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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| The Rocking Horse Montessori KindergartenThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| N Tunbridge WellsFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.2 miles
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected February 2025 0.4 miles
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2024 0.4 miles
- The Wells Free School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.4 miles
- Claremont Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.5 miles
- Beechwood School ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- The Mead School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- Skinners' Temple Grove Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Some aspects not as stronginspected March 2025 0.9 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 The Rocking Horse Montessori Kindergarten's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Rocking Horse Montessori Kindergarten Outstanding at its inspection on 29 April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Rocking Horse Montessori Kindergarten take?
The Rocking Horse Montessori Kindergarten is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Rocking Horse Montessori Kindergarten?
Tunbridge Wells is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Rocking Horse Montessori Kindergarten?
You can call 01892 532704.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 127502 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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