Full-day nursery in Saffron Walden, Essex
Bell Day Nursery Community Interest Company
Bell Day Nursery, Peaslands Road, SAFFRON WALDEN, CB11 3ED · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Bell Day Nursery, Peaslands Road, SAFFRON WALDEN, CB11 3ED · More nurseries in CB11
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Winstanley Road, Peaslands Road and South Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Avenue9 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
- Playground12 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.
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Bell Day Nursery Community Interest Company is a full-day nursery at Bell Day Nursery, Peaslands Road, SAFFRON WALDEN, CB11 3ED, in Saffron Walden, Essex. It is registered for 73 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Bell Day Nursery Community Interest Company.
Run by Bell Day Nursery Community Interest Company (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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| Bell Day Nursery Community Interest CompanyThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.2 miles
- R A Butler Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 0.3 miles
- R A Butler Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected May 2024 0.3 miles
- Katherine Semar Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.5 miles
- Katherine Semar Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.8 miles
- Saffron Walden County High School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Outstandinginspected March 2024 0.8 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 Bell Day Nursery Community Interest Company's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bell Day Nursery Community Interest Company Outstanding at its inspection on 10 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bell Day Nursery Community Interest Company take?
Bell Day Nursery Community Interest Company is registered with Ofsted for up to 73 children at any one time.
Who runs Bell Day Nursery Community Interest Company?
Bell Day Nursery Community Interest Company is run by Bell Day Nursery Community Interest Company, which runs 2 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY430811 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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