Full-day nursery in Bickleigh Down, Devon
Bambinos Day Nursery
School Drive, Plymouth, PL6 7TH · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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 1995Reference 106077Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 6 March 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places56 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 18 June 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
School Drive, Plymouth, PL6 7TH · More nurseries in PL6
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including School Drive, Pick Pie Drive and Skylark Rise.
Parks and playgrounds
- Beverston Big Park (Millennium Green)12 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground6 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 Devon there are about 3.7 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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Bambinos Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at School Drive, Plymouth, PL6 7TH, in Bickleigh Down, Devon. It is registered for 56 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Bambinos Limited.
Run by Bambinos Limited (company), which runs 5 nurseries.
Compare nurseries nearby
| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambinos Day NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Roborough PreschoolSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | under 0.1 miles |
| Bumblebees Day Nursery (Plymouth) LimitedFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | under 0.1 miles |
| Jack & Jill's Childcare WidewellFull-day nursery | Report card 2025 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
| Roborough Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
| Little Acorns Pre-SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
| Flying Start Nursery - MarjonFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.1 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Bickleigh Down Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Widewell Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.7 miles
- Oakwood Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected October 2024 1.0 miles
- Thornbury Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.2 miles
- Beechwood Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.5 miles
- Cann Bridge School ages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 1.6 miles
- Tor Bridge Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 1.6 miles
- Plym Bridge Nursery School and Day Care Nurseryages 0–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 1.7 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 Bambinos Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bambinos Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 6 March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bambinos Day Nursery take?
Bambinos Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 56 children at any one time.
Who runs Bambinos Day Nursery?
Bambinos Day Nursery is run by Bambinos Limited, which runs 5 nurseries.
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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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 106077 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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