Full-day nursery in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
ACE Nursery School
37 Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1JE · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since December 1993Reference 221549Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 10 March 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 September 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
37 Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1JE · More nurseries in CB1
Stations
- Cambridge18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Parker's Piece1 min walk
- Petersfield3 min walk
- Donkey's Common3 min walk
- New Square5 min walk
- Christ's Pieces5 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Cambridgeshire there are about 2.8 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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ACE Nursery School is a full-day nursery at 37 Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1JE, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by A.C.E. Nursery School (Cambridge) Limited.
Run by A.C.E. Nursery School (Cambridge) Limited (school), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACE Nursery SchoolThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Matthew's Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.2 miles
- Sancton Wood School ages 1–16has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.4 miles
- Brunswick Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- St Pauls CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.5 miles
- The Stephen Perse Foundation ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Heritage School ages 4–16 0.6 miles
- Park Street CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.6 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is ACE Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated ACE Nursery School Outstanding at its inspection on 10 March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can ACE Nursery School take?
ACE Nursery School is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
Who runs ACE Nursery School?
ACE Nursery School is run by A.C.E. Nursery School (Cambridge) Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to ACE Nursery School?
Cambridge is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 221549 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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