Full-day nursery in Lower Tuffley, Gloucestershire
Best Friends Day Nurseries Ltd
28 Tuffley Lane, Tuffley, GLOUCESTER, GL4 0DU · 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 2014Reference EY483444Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 4 January 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places49 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 17 September 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
28 Tuffley Lane, Tuffley, GLOUCESTER, GL4 0DU · More nurseries in GL4
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Campden Road, St Michael's Church and Randwick Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Robinswood Hill Country Park6 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Scott Avenue Play Area 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 Gloucestershire 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.
What parents say
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Best Friends Day Nurseries Ltd is a full-day nursery at 28 Tuffley Lane, Tuffley, GLOUCESTER, GL4 0DU, in Lower Tuffley, Gloucestershire. It is registered for 49 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 5 reviews (November 2026).
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Grange Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.4 miles
- Willow Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.5 miles
- The Altus School ages 4–16Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2022 0.6 miles
- Harewood Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.7 miles
- Harewood Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.7 miles
- Calton Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected December 2021 0.9 miles
- Linden Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.1 miles
- Kingsway Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.2 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 Best Friends Day Nurseries Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Best Friends Day Nurseries Ltd Good at its inspection on 4 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Best Friends Day Nurseries Ltd take?
Best Friends Day Nurseries Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 49 children at any one time.
How do I contact Best Friends Day Nurseries Ltd?
You can call 01452 384921.
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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 EY483444 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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