Report card Feb 2026
107 placesME4 3ED01634 258235
South East
Childcare in Medway
346 registered providers with 5,075 places, up 6.0% since December 2021.
71day nurseries
172childminders
29after-school clubs
163newly registered since 2021
57.5%rated Good or better
174closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 11.3% since December 2021, against a national fall of about 24%.
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Highest rated
Settings across the council
The sixty largest and best-rated. Childminders are not named, because Ofsted withholds them.
Outstanding
104 placesME8 7RJ01634 232300
Outstanding
79 placesME4 4AF01634 890250
Outstanding
78 placesME1 2AB01634 845724
Outstanding
70 placesME2 3PP01634 718144
Report card Nov 2025
58 placesME1 3EJ01634 840437
Outstanding
51 placesME8 9LP01634 231425
Outstanding
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Outstanding
40 placesME5 9EP01634 868828
Outstanding
25 placesME2 2SS01634 292900
Report card Apr 2026
132 placesME7 3JQ01634 838400
Good
112 placesME8 6AD01634 379352
Good
99 placesME3 9HH01634 252334
Good
96 placesME3 8GY01634 907144
Good
92 placesME7 5AX01634 840 800
Good
87 placesME1 2UR01634 880298
Good
84 placesME4 6BA01634786500
Good
81 placesME8 8EB01634 362221
Good
76 placesME7 3QG01634 261156
Good
75 placesME2 3PP01634716282
Good
73 placesME2 4DZ01634 717151
Good
72 placesME5 7PQ01634 788819
Good
70 placesME2 4JY01634 297658
Good
70 placesME7 1YL01634 578396
Good
67 placesME8 0RR07723 317770
Good
60 placesME2 2LH07849 097247
Good
59 placesME3 8JQ01634222253
Good
55 placesME2 3BA01634 791323
Good
55 placesME7 5NY01634 833758
Good
52 placesME3 8LE07817398519
Report card Apr 2026
52 placesME7 1TD07961143106
Good
52 placesME7 5BU01634 817852
Good
50 placesME8 7DX01634 386195
Good
46 placesME5 8AJ01634 867712
Good
45 placesME2 3HN07845979519
Good
42 placesME7 2LU01634 581304
Good
42 placesME7 4AD07961143106
Good
40 placesME5 9LR07967442825
Good
40 placesME5 8TR01634 666716
Good
40 placesME2 4DG01634 722272
Good
40 placesME3 9BE01634 953743
Good
40 placesME7 1TT07842088646
Good
40 placesME1 1BT01634829765
Good
39 placesME4 5UN01634 401 961
Good
36 placesME3 9BS07476058961
Good
35 placesME2 4TR07917095632
Good
35 placesME7 5HZ07961143106
Good
34 placesME7 1PD0776926167
Good
34 placesME7 5JA07807577836
Good
33 placesME1 1DX01634 953743
Good
32 placesME4 6PX01634 953743
Good
30 placesME8 8JR01634 389889
Good
30 placesME5 7QB01634 671450
Good
30 placesME2 4JA07904744842
Good
30 placesME1 2BQ01634 819 809
Good
30 placesME4 6UW07961 856823
Good
30 placesME5 8PG01634 867386
Good
30 placesME4 6JE07513598615
Good
30 placesME8 0NU01634 388103
Good
26 placesME1 2QX07815048143
No longer open
Settings that have closed
Worked out by comparing consecutive Ofsted releases; the closure falls in the six months before the date shown.
| Setting | Town | Places it had | Last rating | Gone by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebells Childcare Services | Chatham | 48 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Hedgehogs Hempstead Preschool | Gillingham | 42 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Cliffe Pre-school | Cliff | 29 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Little Larges Day Nursery After School Club | Rochester | 14 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Victoria Playgroup | Chatham | 11 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Cliffe Acorn Club | Rochester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Abacus Children's Nurseries Ltd | Kent | 80 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Salvation Army Preschool | Gillingham | 50 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Stay & Play | Chatham | 50 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Cliffe Woods Pre -School & The Acorn Club | Rochester | 48 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Noah's Ark Nursery and Pre School | Rochester | 35 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| MFSE | Rochester | 30 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| High Halstow Pre-School Ltd | Rochester | 30 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Ladybirds at St Barnabas | Gillingham | 28 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| JAKS Nursery | Gillingham | 28 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Apex ASC Chatham | Chatham | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Loveland | Rochester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Delce Junior School Breakfast & After School Club | Rochester | 56 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Crestway Pre-School | Chatham | 45 | Outstanding | Jun 2025 |
| Top of the Hill Pre-School | Rochester | 34 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| GymfinityKids Chatham | Chatham | 137 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Beehive Playgroup | Rochester | 85 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| 1st Tiny Steps Pre-School | Chatham | 30 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Rochester Preschool | Rochester | 28 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Bo-Peeps Pre-School | Rochester | 24 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Mayday Playschool | Rochester | 22 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| Sunshine Park Wood Out of School Club | Gillingham | 1 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Stagecoach Strood | Rochester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Kings Pre-School | Chatham | 30 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Cliffe Pre-School | Rochester | 29 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| The Salvation Army Pre-School | Gillingham | 28 | Outstanding | Dec 2023 |
| The Salvation Army Little Eden | Gillingham | 26 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Sunflower Children's Day Nursery | Chatham | 109 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| The Orchard Pre-school Ltd | Gillingham | 58 | Outstanding | Jun 2023 |
| 1st Friends day nursery Ltd | Gillingham | 49 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| Energy Kidz @ HIlltop | Strood | 20 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Welcome Nurseries@Chatham | Chatham | 148 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Owl & Bear Daycare | Chatham | 120 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Phoenix Day Nursery | Rochester | 59 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| The Woods Nursery | Cliffe Woods | 54 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Hedgehogs Wayfield | Chatham | 44 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Fit For Sport @ Woodlands Academy | Gillingham | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Buttercups Care Ltd | Chatham | 26 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Energy Kidz Out Of School Club - Barnsole | Gillingham | 24 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Hopewell Day Nursery | Chatham | 18 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Kloisters Kindergarten | Rochester | 87 | Good | Jun 2022 |
| Sunshine Twydall Pre-School | Gillingham | 80 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |
| After School Club | Rochester | 50 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |
| Viva After School Club | Chatham | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |
| Nuffield Health Creche Medway | Rochester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |