Full-day nursery in Chilmington Green, Kent
The Stables Nursery
Ashford Prep School, The Street, Great Chart, TN23 3DJ · 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
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Ashford Prep School, The Street, Great Chart, TN23 3DJ · More nurseries in TN23
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including Church.
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, 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 Stables Nursery is a full-day nursery at Ashford Prep School, The Street, Great Chart, TN23 3DJ, in Chilmington Green, Kent. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by United Church Schools Trust.
Run by United Church Schools Trust (school), which runs 3 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Chilmington Green Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2022 0.7 miles
- Great Chart Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected June 2023 0.8 miles
- The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2021 0.9 miles
- The Wyvern School (Buxford) ages 4–19Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.9 miles
- Godinton Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 1.2 miles
- Beaver Green Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.2 miles
- Ashford Oaks Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 1.4 miles
- St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 1.5 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 Stables Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Stables Nursery Good at its inspection on 24 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Stables Nursery take?
The Stables Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
Who runs The Stables Nursery?
The Stables Nursery is run by United Church Schools Trust, which runs 3 nurseries.
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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.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2558538 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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