Full-day nursery in Podsmead, Gloucestershire
Acorn Centre
Acorn Centre, Grange Primary School, Homleigh Road, Tuffley, GL4 0RN · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Acorn Centre, Grange Primary School, Homleigh Road, Tuffley, GL4 0RN · More nurseries in GL4
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Emerald Close, Silver Close and Crypt Court.
Parks and playgrounds
- Holmleigh Park4 min walk
- Milton Avenue Open Space11 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Scott Avenue Play Area playground7 min walk
- Playground10 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 Gloucestershire there are about 2.9 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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Acorn Centre is a full-day nursery at Acorn Centre, Grange Primary School, Homleigh Road, Tuffley, GL4 0RN, in Podsmead, Gloucestershire. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Acorn CentreThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Grange Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 under 0.1 miles
- The Altus School ages 4–16Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2022 0.1 miles
- Harewood Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.5 miles
- Harewood Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.5 miles
- Willow Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.8 miles
- Meadowside Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 0.8 miles
- Kingsway Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.0 miles
- Calton Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected December 2021 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Acorn Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Acorn Centre Good at its inspection on 25 November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Acorn Centre take?
Acorn Centre is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY339290 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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