Sessional pre-school in Clifftown, Southend on Sea
Avenue Playgroup
Avenue Baptist Church, Milton Road, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7JX · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since March 2011Reference EY419401Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 17 July 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 11 July 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
Avenue Baptist Church, Milton Road, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7JX · More nurseries in SS0
Stations
- Westcliff11 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Southend Central12 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Southend Victoria12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Geoff Bray Cars, The Cricketers Inn and St Bernards High School.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Cliffs7 min walk
- Prittlewell Square10 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 Southend on Sea there are about 3.5 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.
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Avenue Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at Avenue Baptist Church, Milton Road, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7JX, in Clifftown, Southend on Sea. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenue PlaygroupThis 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
- Barons Court Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected March 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2024 0.2 miles
- St Helen's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.2 miles
- Beis Chinuch Lebonos Westcliff ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.4 miles
- The Westborough School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.6 miles
- Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.8 miles
- Bournemouth Park Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 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 Avenue Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Avenue Playgroup Good at its inspection on 17 July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Avenue Playgroup take?
Avenue Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Avenue Playgroup?
Westcliff is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Avenue Playgroup?
You can call 07745 346819 and visit www.avenuebaptist.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY419401 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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