Full-day nursery in Chelmsford, Essex
Aspen Tree Childcare
55 Maltese Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2PB · 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
55 Maltese Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2PB · More nurseries in CM1
Stations
- Chelmsford11 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Kirklees, Primrose Hill and Swiss Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Admirals Park6 min walk
- Tower Gardens9 min walk
- West Park10 min walk
- Brownings Avenue Play Area10 min walk
- Admirals Park (Rainsford Lane)10 min walk
- Riddiford Drive Play Area playground3 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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Aspen Tree Childcare is a full-day nursery at 55 Maltese Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2PB, in Chelmsford, Essex. It is registered for 45 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 10 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Tree ChildcareThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Chelmsford YMCA Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Little LearnersFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Maltese Road Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Kings Road Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.2 miles
- St Pius X Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Parkwood Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected July 2024 0.6 miles
- Westlands Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- Tanglewood Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.7 miles
- The Bridge Columbus ages 3–19Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected May 2025 0.9 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 Aspen Tree Childcare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Aspen Tree Childcare Good at its inspection on 23 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Aspen Tree Childcare take?
Aspen Tree Childcare is registered with Ofsted for up to 45 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Aspen Tree Childcare?
Chelmsford is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Aspen Tree Childcare?
You can call 01245 377487 and visit www.aspen-tree-nursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2721405 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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