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Nurseries in Sittingbourne

There are 28 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Sittingbourne, and 6 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Sittingbourne

  • Ofsted report cards: 4 settings (7 Strong standard, 17 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 22 settings (3 Outstanding, 19 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Baby Moonbeams Day Nursery - Pre-school, Sittingbourne ME10 4NL, ages 0 to 4, 38 places
    Ofsted report card, 2 July 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Borden Village Pre-School - Pre-school, Sittingbourne ME9 8JS, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 6 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Sittingbourne - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 4SU, ages 0 to 4, 77 places
    Ofsted, 2 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Carmel Caterpillars Pre-School - Pre-school, Sittingbourne ME10 1JB, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 9 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cedartree Preschool - Pre-school, Sittingbourne ME10 4BX, ages 2 to 2, 20 places
    Ofsted report card, 3 December 2025: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Chatter Tots - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 2SL, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted report card, 4 March 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Chatter Tots Ltd Sittingbourne - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 1AR, ages 1 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted, 15 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Goldilocks Nursery - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 3RU, ages 2 to 4, 69 places
    Ofsted, 13 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Happy Days UK Ltd - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME9 8RE, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
    Ofsted, 10 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Ickle Pickles Nursery School - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME9 8UW, ages 0 to 4, 61 places
    Ofsted, 24 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Johnson Garden Day Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 1JL, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 28 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Angels Playgroup - Pre-school, Sittingbourne ME10 4PL, 60 places
  • Little Treasures Kindergarten Ltd - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 4HE, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 10 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lyndhurst Nursery - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 1NS, ages 2 to 4, 47 places
    Ofsted, 26 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Milstead Pre-School - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME9 0RX, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 22 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Nursery Days - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME9 7AJ, ages 0 to 5, 100 places
    Ofsted, 21 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rising Stars Nursery - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 2EE, ages 1 to 4
    Ofsted, 14 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Shooting Box Day Nursery - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME9 8AE, ages 0 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 20 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Squirrel Lodge Nursery - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 5JL, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 31 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stepping Stones - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 3BH, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 17 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Peter's Playgroup - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 1AN, ages 2 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 7 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tecnis Academy Sittingbourne - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 1AN
  • Teynham Community Pre-School - Pre-school, Sittingbourne ME9 9BQ, ages 2 to 4, 27 places
    Ofsted report card, 13 May 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The Westlands Nursery - Pre-school, Sittingbourne ME10 1XN, ages 0 to 4, 68 places
    Ofsted, 23 September 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tinkerbells Early Years - Pre-school, Sittingbourne ME9 8RR, ages 2 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 12 July 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wings Nursery - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME10 3RG, ages 2 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 13 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wings Nursery Norton - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME9 9JY, ages 2 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 12 January 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Woodstock House Day Nursery - Day nursery, Sittingbourne ME9 8EF, ages 0 to 4, 81 places
    Ofsted, 1 June 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Kemsley Primary School BC/ASC - Out-of-school club, Sittingbourne ME10 2RT, 20 places
  • Kumon Sittingbourne - Out-of-school club, Sittingbourne ME10 4NT
  • Stagecoach Performing Arts Sittingbourne - Out-of-school club, Sittingbourne ME10 1YG
  • Stay 'n' Play - Out-of-school club, Sittingbourne ME9 8JS, 20 places
  • Swallows Leisure Centre Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Sittingbourne ME10 4NU
  • Tetita Childcare Club - Out-of-school club, Sittingbourne ME10 1UJ, 20 places

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 Sittingbourne

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