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Nurseries in Cranbrook

There are 9 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Cranbrook, and 5 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Cranbrook

  • Ofsted report cards: 1 setting (2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 8 settings (5 Outstanding, 3 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Benenden Preschool - Pre-school, Cranbrook TN17 4DB, ages 2 to 4, 17 places
    Ofsted, 8 June 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Frittenden Pre-School - Day nursery, Cranbrook TN17 2DD, ages 2 to 4, 14 places
    Ofsted, 2 March 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Happy Days Nursery and Pre-School Cranbrook - Day nursery, Cranbrook TN17 3QG, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 2 February 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Harpers Nursery school - Day nursery, Cranbrook TN17 1JU, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 15 May 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hawkhurst Pre-School - Day nursery, Cranbrook TN18 4JJ, ages 2 to 4, 23 places
    Ofsted, 9 February 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rolvenden Pre-School - Day nursery, Cranbrook TN17 4ND, ages 2 to 4, 18 places
    Ofsted, 16 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sandhurst Nursery School CIO - Pre-school, Cranbrook TN18 5JE, ages 1 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted report card, 29 April 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The Learning Tree - Sissinghurst - Pre-school, Cranbrook TN17 2BH, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 23 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Woodpeckers Preschool - Pre-school, Cranbrook TN17 2HF, ages 2 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted, 27 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Camp Beaumont - Saint Ronan's - Out-of-school club, Cranbrook TN18 5DJ, 80 places
  • Cranbrook Primary Out Of School Club - Out-of-school club, Cranbrook TN17 3JS, 39 places
  • Pied Piper Dulwich Prep - Out-of-school club, Cranbrook TN17 3NP, 160 places
  • Play Place At Hawkhurst - Out-of-school club, Cranbrook TN18 4JJ, 16 places
  • Premier Education Activities - Goudhurst & Kilndown C of E Primary School - Out-of-school club, Cranbrook TN17 1DZ

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Cranbrook

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.