Full-day nursery in St Austell, Cornwall
Baby Bugs Nursery
Baby Bugs Nursery, Tregonissey Close, St. Austell, PL25 4DN · 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 December 2023Reference 2760285Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 3 February 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 16 January 2026Food 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
Baby Bugs Nursery, Tregonissey Close, St. Austell, PL25 4DN · More nurseries in PL25
Stations
- St Austell9 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
19 bus stops within 400 m, including Lostwood Road, Poltair School and Cornwall College Tregonissey Rd.
Parks and playgrounds
- Poltair Park5 min walk
- Cemetery Park9 min walk
- Linear Park12 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 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 Cornwall there are about 3.4 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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Baby Bugs Nursery is a full-day nursery at Baby Bugs Nursery, Tregonissey Close, St. Austell, PL25 4DN, in St Austell, Cornwall. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 10 reviews (November 2026).
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| Baby Bugs 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
- Restormel Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.4 miles
- Carclaze Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.5 miles
- Sandy Hill Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected January 2023 0.6 miles
- Mount Charles School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Pondhu Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 1.0 miles
- Bishop Bronescombe CofE School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2022 1.1 miles
- Charlestown Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.4 miles
- Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 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 Baby Bugs Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Baby Bugs Nursery Good at its inspection on 3 February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Baby Bugs Nursery take?
Baby Bugs Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Baby Bugs Nursery?
St Austell is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Baby Bugs Nursery?
You can call 01726 74233 and visit babybugsnurserystaustell.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
- 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2760285 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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