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Nurseries in Tonbridge

There are 35 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Tonbridge, and 15 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Tonbridge

  • Ofsted report cards: 4 settings (1 Strong standard, 23 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 22 settings (4 Outstanding, 18 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Acer Forest School - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN11 8NR
  • Barnies Day Nursery - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN11 0EH, ages 1 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 17 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Blooming Olives Day Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN9 1HA, 80 places
  • Brenchley Preschool - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN12 7NY, 38 places
  • Bright Horizons Tonbridge Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN9 2JB, ages 0 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 10 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bumble Bees Private Day Nursery School - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN12 6AB, ages 0 to 5, 58 places
    Ofsted, 20 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Capel Pre-School - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN12 6RD, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 27 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Daisy's Day Nursery - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN12 0AB, ages 0 to 3, 26 places
    Ofsted report card, 9 September 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Delarue Crickets Pre-school - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN10 3TD, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 4 May 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Discoveries Montessori Nursery School - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN12 6JE, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 6 July 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Excel Academy - Tonbridge School - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN9 1JP
  • Fox Den Nursery - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN12 9JX, ages 0 to 4, 23 places
    Ofsted report card, 23 July 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • FunTech at Tonbridge - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN9 1JP
  • Happy Days Nursery and Pre-School Tonbridge - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN9 2SN, ages 0 to 4, 79 places
    Ofsted, 14 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Happy Faces Pre School Limited - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN9 2DS, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 19 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hilden Oaks Nursery - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN10 3BU, 50 places
  • Horsmonden Kindergarten - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN12 8NJ, ages 2 to 5, 44 places
    Ofsted, 26 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • LinguaPlay-Tonbridge - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN10 4BB
  • Little Birches in Brenchley - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN12 7NX, 28 places
    Ofsted, 11 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Littleview Day Nursery - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN9 2HE, ages 0 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted, 10 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Marden Pre-School Playgroup - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN12 9JX, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 9 May 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Oaklands Nursery - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN9 2PJ, ages 0 to 4, 87 places
    Ofsted, 13 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • PCC St Stephen's - STEPS - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN9 2SW, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 14 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Playaway Preschool - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN10 4PT, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 17 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Play 'n Grow Childcare Ltd - Angel Centre - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN9 1SF, ages 1 to 5, 61 places
    Ofsted report card, 8 July 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Rain Or Shine Forest Preschool - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN11 8AB, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 5 June 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Roselands Pre-School Highamwood - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN10 4BB, ages 2 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 10 July 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stables Daycare - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN11 8ND, ages 0 to 4, 106 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 February 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Stagecoach Performing Arts Tonbridge - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN9 2JP
  • Stocks Green Pre-school - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN11 9AE, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 7 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Learning Tree Nursery School - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN12 0AZ, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 18 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Oaks Nursery - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN11 9HY, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 25 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tinkers and Tribe of Tatlingbury Oast - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN12 6RG, 76 places
  • Tots Teachers Preschool 3 - Pre-school, Tonbridge TN9 1EP, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 1 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Well Place Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Tonbridge TN11 8BH, ages 0 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 25 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Barracudas (Tonbridge) - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN9 2JR, 90 places
  • Junior Adventures Group @ Slade Primary - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN9 1HR, 60 places
  • Junior Adventures Group @ Somerhill TN11 - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN11 0NJ, 75 places
  • Newton Lang at Brenchley & Matfield Primary - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN12 7NY, 38 places
  • Newton Lang Childcare Tonbridge - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN11 0FB, 50 places
  • Play 'n Grow Childcare Ltd - Bishop Chavasse - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN11 0FB, 24 places
  • Polkadots Out Of School Care - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN9 2TP, 70 places
  • Premier Education Activities - Putlands Sports and Leisure Centre - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN12 6NZ, 32 places
  • Premier Education WAC - Leigh Academy Horsmonden - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN12 8NJ, 23 places
  • Rainbow Out of School Clubs at Woodlands - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN10 4BB, 40 places
  • Rainbow Out Of School Clubs - Leigh - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN11 8QP, 22 places
  • Rainbow Out Of School Clubs Ltd - Hildenborough - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN11 9AE, 30 places
  • Rainbow Out Of School Clubs Ltd - Hildenborough Primary School - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN11 9HY, 34 places
  • Staplehurst Summer Play Scheme - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN12 0LZ, 60 places
  • Sussex Road ASC - Out-of-school club, Tonbridge TN9 2TP

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 Tonbridge

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