Sessional pre-school in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
Blue Coat Pre-School & Busy Bees
Blue Coat C of E Primary School, Symn Lane, Wotton Under Edge, GL12 7BD · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Blue Coat C of E Primary School, Symn Lane, Wotton Under Edge, GL12 7BD · More nurseries in GL12
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Blue Coat Primary, Symn Lane and Westfields.
Parks and playgrounds
- Wotton Community PARC12 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground10 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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Blue Coat Pre-School & Busy Bees is a sessional pre-school at Blue Coat C of E Primary School, Symn Lane, Wotton Under Edge, GL12 7BD, in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. It is registered for 44 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Blue Coat Pre-School & Busy BeesThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Blue Coat CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 under 0.1 miles
- The British School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.3 miles
- Kingswood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.9 miles
- Katharine Lady Berkeley's School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2023 0.5 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 Blue Coat Pre-School & Busy Bees's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Blue Coat Pre-School & Busy Bees Good at its inspection on 23 May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Blue Coat Pre-School & Busy Bees take?
Blue Coat Pre-School & Busy Bees is registered with Ofsted for up to 44 children at any one time.
How do I contact Blue Coat Pre-School & Busy Bees?
You can call 01453 525022.
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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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 510073 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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