Full-day nursery in Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire
Bar Hill Day Nursery
Sparc Building, Cambridge, CB23 8DY · 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 November 2016Reference EY538983Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 10 January 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places58 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 14 July 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Sparc Building, Cambridge, CB23 8DY · More nurseries in CB23
Parks and playgrounds
- Bar Hill Nature Reserve9 min walk
- Bar Hill Playground1 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- B-Frame playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
© 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 Cambridgeshire there are about 2.8 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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Bar Hill Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Sparc Building, Cambridge, CB23 8DY, in Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 58 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 6 reviews (November 2026).
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| Bar Hill Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Bella's Childcare LtdFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.4 miles |
| Kindred GirtonFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.6 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Bar Hill Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.1 miles
- Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.9 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 Bar Hill Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bar Hill Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 10 January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bar Hill Day Nursery take?
Bar Hill Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 58 children at any one time.
How do I contact Bar Hill Day Nursery?
You can call 01954 488081 and visit buttercupschildcareltd.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.
- © 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 EY538983 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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