Lordswood under 5's playgroup: Ofsted & Fees 2026

Lordswood under 5's playgroup

IndependentDay Nursery

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Play hut, Ballens Road, ME5 8PG

Play hut, Ballens Road, ME5 8PG 01634 867386

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GoodSep 2022View full report

GoodSep 2022

Inspected Sep 2022 · View report

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Inspection · Good, Sep 2022 (4 years ago)

Source · Ofsted · Inspected Sep 2022

Type

Private Day Nursery

Age Range

Not published

Registered Places

Registration

Active

Ofsted Registers

EYR

Provider Type

Full Day Care

Deprivation (IMD)

Decile 4/10 (1 = most deprived)

Registered Since

Aug 1992

Food Hygiene

5/5

Funded provision

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Key metrics · Absence, staffing and capacity

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The area · Deprivation decile 4 of 10 (IMD 2025)

Place & Setting

Local Context

Area deprivation

IMD Decile 4Average

Food hygiene

Planning flood zone (ignores defences)Zone 1

Around the schoolcrime · road safety · green space · air quality

Neighbourhood safety· within ½ mileAround LA average

Crimes per month 45

Medway peer median: 57 per month

12-month total541

Top categories

Violent crime

197 (36%)

Anti-social behaviour

153 (28%)

Other theft

49 (9%)

and 10 smaller categories

Source: data.police.uk · ½ mile radius · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · vs 258 Medway schools.

Road Safety Nearby

Recorded collisions within 500m (2021–2025)13

Source: DfT road safety data

Greenspace Nearby

Greenspace sites within 800m11

Nearest site69m

Includes3 public parks, 2 playing fields, 4 play spaces, 1 sports facilities, 1 allotments

Source: OS Open Greenspace

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)	8.9 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (10)	10

Within the legal limit in England (40) · within 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)	8.5 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)	14.8 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (15)	15

Within the legal limit in England (40) · within 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

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Lordswood under 5's playgroup: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Lordswood under 5's playgroup's early years overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Lordswood under 5's playgroup's early years overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in September 2022, on Ofsted's own scale.

Where is Lordswood under 5's playgroup located?

Lordswood under 5's playgroup is located in Chatham, ME5 8PG, Medway.

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