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Nurseries in West Malling

There are 11 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in West Malling, and 4 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in West Malling

  • Ofsted report cards: 1 setting (6 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 7 settings (7 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Bright Horizons Kings Hill Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, West Malling ME19 4AN, ages 0 to 4, 129 places
    Ofsted report card, 10 August 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at East Malling - Day nursery, West Malling ME19 6DY, ages 0 to 4, 74 places
    Ofsted, 3 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Children's House Montessori - Pre-school, West Malling ME19 5JG, 30 places
  • Kings Hill Pre School - Pre-school, West Malling ME19 4LG, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 5 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Leybourne Pre-School Limited - Pre-school, West Malling ME19 5QL, ages 2 to 5, 30 places
    Ofsted, 23 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Larges Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, West Malling ME19 5AS, 49 places
  • Pippins Preschool - Day nursery, West Malling ME19 5FB, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 9 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Precious Gems Day Nursery - Day nursery, West Malling ME19 6RL, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 12 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Maidstone West - Pre-school, West Malling ME19 4LG
  • St Thomas More Pre-School - Day nursery, West Malling ME19 6HN, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 10 November 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Trillium Montessori House - Pre-school, West Malling ME19 6RL, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 10 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • DDivine Training Ltd at Trottiscliffe Primary School - Out-of-school club, West Malling ME19 5EB, 20 places
  • Premier Education WAC - Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy - Out-of-school club, West Malling ME19 5HD, 23 places
  • Premier Education WAC - Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase - Out-of-school club, West Malling ME19 5FF, 32 places
  • Premier Education WAC - West Malling CofE Primary - Out-of-school club, West Malling ME19 6RL, 23 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 West Malling

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