Bright Horizons Springfield Lodge Dartford Day Nursery and Preschool

IndependentDay Nursery

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Powder Mill Lane, DA1 1NT Website01332 411815

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GoodJul 2023

Inspected Jul 2023

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GoodJul 2023

Inspected Jul 2023 · View report

Capacity

144

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Type

Private Day Nursery

Age Range

N/A

Registered Places

144

Registration

Active

Ofsted Registers

EYR, CCR, VCR

Provider Type

Full Day Care

Deprivation (IMD)

Decile 4/10 (1 = most deprived)

Registered Since

Feb 2017

Funded provision

Accepts funded entitlements (verify with setting)

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Place & Setting

Local Context

Area deprivation

IMD Decile 4Average

Flood Zone 1Low risk

Neighbourhood safety· within ½ mileAround LA average

Crimes per month 46

Kent peer median: 28 per month

12-month total557

Top categories

Violent crime

179 (32%)

Anti-social behaviour

92 (17%)

Criminal damage / arson

52 (9%)

and 11 smaller categories

Source: data.police.uk · ½ mile radius · Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · vs 1,653 Kent schools.

Road Safety Nearby

Recorded collisions within 500m (2021–2025)35

Source: DfT road safety data

Greenspace Nearby

Greenspace sites within 800m17

Nearest site397m

Includes1 public parks, 2 playing fields, 5 play spaces, 6 sports facilities, 2 allotments

Source: OS Open Greenspace

Road Noise

Road noiseLow — 48.7 dB daytime, peaking at 57.7 dB nearby

Source: Defra strategic noise mapping

Air Quality

Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)	14.8 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (10)	10

Within the legal limit in England (40) · above the WHO guideline (10)

Fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅)	8.9 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (20)	20
England’s 2040 target (10)	10
The WHO guideline (5)	5

Within the legal limit in England (20) · within England’s 2040 target (10) · above the WHO guideline (5)

Particulate matter (PM₁₀): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Particulate matter (PM₁₀)	15.7 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (15)	15

Within the legal limit in England (40) · above the WHO guideline (15)

Modelled annual mean for 2025, for the 1 km square containing the school. Not a measurement.

Source: DEFRA, Air quality compliance assessment 2025: modelled data and reports (GOV.UK) (CMAQ-Urban model) © Crown copyright, Defra. Open Government Licence v3.0Limits and guideline: The Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010, Schedule 2; WHO global air quality guidelines (2021), Table 0.1; The Environmental Targets (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2023, regulation 4

Data from:Inspection: Jul 2023Profile updated: Aug 2026Some data may be outdatedReport stale data

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