Opening hours
Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6.30pm.
Junior's Day Nursery in Tunbridge Wells
Ofsted: Expected standard·
3.1(8 parent reviews)
·6 Clanricarde Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1PH · Kent
Number of places
92 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2026
Local authority
Kent
About this day nursery
Junior's Day Nursery in Tunbridge Wells is part of the Happy Days Nurseries group, which offers high-quality childcare and early years education across several locations in Kent, including Tonbridge, Cranbrook, and Boughton Monchelsea. The nursery is dedicated to providing a safe and stimulating environment where children can learn, play, and thrive.
Experienced early years professionals lead engaging activities in warm and welcoming indoor and outdoor spaces. The nursery also provides nutritious, homemade meals prepared on-site, contributing to its reputation for giving children an excellent start in their educational journey.
As part of a larger group, it benefits from a shared commitment to quality and child development.
What it's like
Children thrive and flourish in the extremely warm and welcoming setting that staff create, developing excellent relationships with staff and each other. Staff fully uphold the nursery's ethos to provide the best care and education possible for all children, who consistently demonstrate exceptionally high levels of respect for others. Staff plan rich and purposeful activities and learning experiences, with an ambitious curriculum that enables children to fully embrace and celebrate similarities and differences.
High-quality childcareExperienced early years professionalsHomemade mealsStimulating environments
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Expected standard
Last inspected Apr 2026
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Junior's Day Nursery
Last inspected 14 April 2026
What it's like to attend
Children thrive and flourish in the extremely warm and welcoming setting that staff create, developing excellent relationships with staff and each other. Staff fully uphold the nursery's ethos to provide the best care and education possible for all children, who consistently demonstrate exceptionally high levels of respect for others. Staff plan rich and purposeful activities and learning experiences, with an ambitious curriculum that enables children to fully embrace and celebrate similarities and differences.
Inspector highlights
- Children are extremely highly motivated to lead their own learning experiences, showing great perseverance and enjoyment at their chosen play.
- Partnerships with parents are exceptional, with staff fully involving parents in their child's learning journey.
- The manager has an exceptional understanding of the curriculum intent, leading to high-quality care and education for all children, including those who speak English as an additional language.
- Children become captivated in activities that staff plan precisely in accordance with each child's interest and developmental next steps.
- Children develop excellent communication and language skills, with staff using simple sign language throughout the nursery to enable even the youngest children to communicate.
Inspection #10221973 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents comment about the loving and nurturing environment and cannot praise staff highly enough.
they fully value the daily feedback about their child's learning, which they say is never rushed.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is excellent. The special educational needs coordinator is extremely passionate about her role, shows a precise knowledge of those children who need extra help to catch up and how to seek that support. This allows any gaps in learning to close rapidly.
Outdoor space
All children develop outstanding physical skills. They relish being in the garden, which staff plan as an extension of the indoor learning environment. Staff constantly adapt the physical environment in accordance with babies' and toddlers' ever-changing individual needs, for instance, by strategically placing furniture and equipment to enable babies to practise their new-found skills of pulling themselves to a standing position.
Parent Reviews of Junior's Day Nursery
3.1
(8)
Zoe Hedges
2 years ago
SO surprised about the negative reviews of this nursery. Especially the one about kids crying during a show round, as I think they only do show rounds when the kids aren't there for safeguarding reasons... Anyway, I have two kids who have thrived at Junior's. The staff know the kids and genuinely seem to adore them. The handovers are thorough and it always sounds like they're doing a great mix of structured activities with the children. I'm always amazed with what they do with the children - baking, taking them to exhibitions at the library, going ice skating and to the panto. The staff talk knowledgeably about individual children, and work with their individual needs. There is a trained SEND lead at Junior's. There's a big garden out the back with woods, a treehouse and plenty of mud kitchens. When it rains there's also a dedicated soft-play room. There's also an on-site chef – my kids rave about the food (there's a strict no sugar policy, if that matters to you). As the children go into preschool, the readiness for school in that room has been fantastic. My sons have been taught phonics there and they're only three! We had three children in another nursery in town, which genuinely was busy. We moved them to Junior's and I can say hand on heart they get calm, focused attention and have benefitted from this nurturing yet exciting environment.
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Matthew Harrison
3 years ago
One of our children has been going there nearly two years now. They love it, we love it…. Our child always loves going, if we pick them up to early, we get told off by them! The staff are super friendly, comms is great (not too much, but enough to know what’s going on etc…) Basically, our experience has been amazing - I can see other reviewers having a less positive experience, but having used three other nurseries beforehand (in London) - Juniors wins hands down…
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Benny Walsgrove
a year ago
My boy has been going here about 8 months now and loves it. He has grown in confidence throughout his time here and is always talking about the staff when he comes home. I like the fact that he is fed food that is made freshly daily and they are happy to cater for his dairy intolerance
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Andrew Barton
4 years ago
agree - this is a terrible nursery. They are new and busy, but they don’t have the staff and management in place to provide a safe and productive environment, especially during Covid spikes. The staff were hostile when we asked for feedback and information, and kept pushing us to do shortened hours (even though we paid for half/ full days). Strongly recommended you don’t’ choose this nursery.
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Emily Smith
4 years ago
Visited them recently. The manager was very proud that "they are busy and popular". When you walked in, it felt so chaotic. A few kids were crying and staff were running around. When we tried to book for a visit and ask for more information, it was so difficult to get hold of them.
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Inspection history
The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Outstanding). We're re-checking it against the original report.
- April 2022Outstanding
- March 2022Outstanding
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