King’s Rochester Nursery has an “Excellent” ISI inspection rating and within bright, airy, purpose-built accommodation, a high ratio of specialist staff will educate, challenge and stimulate your child and provide a happy and safe first taste into the exciting world of learning.

The Nursery staff are skilled at quickly settling your child into a carefully-balanced programme of work and play based learning designed to nurture growth and identify unique talents and strengths. The Nursery team support your child to develop early social skills and independence as well as making them happy and confident learners. 

Children can begin their school journey at our Nursery in the term after they have turned three years old.  We are situated within the school grounds of King’s, right in the heart of Rochester’s historic old town and only two minutes from Rochester Station. The School provides a safe, green haven for your little one’s first steps into the world of learning.  Nursery children regularly use the beautiful Paddock (our playing fields which lie adjacent to the Nursery) and enjoy, well-equipped outdoor play areas, IT facilities, a school library and wellbeing spaces. 

They will also enjoy being part of Pre-Preparatory School life – making use of the whole school facilities and watching and/or taking part in whole school events such as parent and class assemblies, House events, the whole school service held in Rochester Cathedral, sports days and charity fundraising days. 

They will be encouraged to explore, to challenge themselves and to develop their skills in all areas of the curriculum. Our children benefit from specialist teaching staff for French, Music and Physical development. 

Hours of learning and play make up a full day at King’s Nursery and include engaging sessions to support the development of Number, Literacy and Listening activities, French, Music, Computer fun, Science, Craft and Art, Role Play, Outdoor play and Story-time.

Since King’s is an educational Nursery, children benefit from regular attendance. Children benefit from a minimum of three full days per week, often increasing over the course of the year to five full days by the Midsummer term. This helps them to prepare for entry into Reception and full-time school in the following September. 

A full day in King’s Nursery runs from 8:45 am to 3:30 pm and includes a freshly-cooked, hot lunch of high-quality, locally-sourced produce served in our dining room. All Nursery children eat together at a family-style table with their teachers.

Before and After School care is available from 7:30am to 6:30pm.