Full-day nursery in Hampton, Kent
Townsend Montessori @ Herne Bay
Beaumont House, Beaumont Street, Herne Bay, CT6 8LX · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Beaumont House, Beaumont Street, Herne Bay, CT6 8LX · More nurseries in CT6
Stations
- Herne Bay16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Sea Street Gas Works, Westbrook Farm and West Cliff Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- White Willows Playground5 min walk
- White Willows Playground6 min walk
- Hampton Pleasure Grounds 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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Townsend Montessori @ Herne Bay is a full-day nursery at Beaumont House, Beaumont Street, Herne Bay, CT6 8LX, in Hampton, Kent. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 22 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Townsend Montessori Nurseries Ltd.
Run by Townsend Montessori Nurseries Ltd (company), which runs 6 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Townsend Montessori @ Herne BayThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- 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 under 0.1 miles
- Thornden Wood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.5 miles
- Herne Bay Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 1.1 miles
- 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 1.2 miles
- Herne Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected November 2023 1.7 miles
- Herne Bay High School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.5 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 Townsend Montessori @ Herne Bay's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Townsend Montessori @ Herne Bay Good at its inspection on 11 November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
Who runs Townsend Montessori @ Herne Bay?
Townsend Montessori @ Herne Bay is run by Townsend Montessori Nurseries Ltd, which runs 6 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Townsend Montessori @ Herne Bay?
Herne Bay is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Townsend Montessori @ Herne Bay?
You can call 01227 365294 and visit www.theoldstationnursery.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 EY558031 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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