Full-day nursery in Galley's Corner, Essex
Apple Tree Day Care Nursery
Apple Tree Nursery, 304 Cressing Road, Braintree, CM7 3PG · 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.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Apple Tree Nursery, 304 Cressing Road, Braintree, CM7 3PG · More nurseries in CM7
Stations
- Braintree Freeport12 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Braintree24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Beckers Green Road, Cressing Road and The Ley.
Parks and playgrounds
- King George's Field6 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 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 Essex 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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Apple Tree Day Care Nursery is a full-day nursery at Apple Tree Nursery, 304 Cressing Road, Braintree, CM7 3PG, in Galley's Corner, Essex. It is registered for 51 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.7 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Tree Day Care NurseryThis nursery | Good | 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
- Beckers Green Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.2 miles
- Lyons Hall School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.8 miles
- Great Bradfords Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.0 miles
- Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 1.0 miles
- John Ray Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2019 1.2 miles
- John Ray Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.2 miles
- Cressing Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 1.2 miles
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.5 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 Apple Tree Day Care Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Apple Tree Day Care Nursery Good at its inspection on 29 October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Apple Tree Day Care Nursery take?
Apple Tree Day Care Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 51 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Apple Tree Day Care Nursery?
Braintree Freeport is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Apple Tree Day Care Nursery?
You can call 01376 321858 and visit www.appletreenursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2695271 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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