Full-day nursery in Goldington, Bedford
Blue Orkids @ Goldington Community Nursery
Goldington Community Nursery, Downside, Bedford, MK41 9JA · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Goldington Community Nursery, Downside, Bedford, MK41 9JA · More nurseries in MK41
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Roundmead, Vicar's Walk and Cricket Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Goldington Green Park7 min walk
- Bow Hill Park8 min walk
- Playground1 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 Bedford there are about 3.6 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 Orkids @ Goldington Community Nursery is a full-day nursery at Goldington Community Nursery, Downside, Bedford, MK41 9JA, in Goldington, Bedford. It is registered for 51 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Blue Orkids Limited.
Run by Blue Orkids Limited (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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| Blue Orkids @ Goldington Community NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Goldington Green Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Putnoe Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.5 miles
- The Hills Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Hazeldene School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- St John Rigby Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.6 miles
- Castle Newnham School All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.0 miles
- Brickhill Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 1.1 miles
- Pilgrims Pre-Preparatory School ages 0–7has a nursery class 1.2 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 Orkids @ Goldington Community Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Blue Orkids @ Goldington Community Nursery Good at its inspection on 13 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Blue Orkids @ Goldington Community Nursery take?
Blue Orkids @ Goldington Community Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 51 children at any one time.
Who runs Blue Orkids @ Goldington Community Nursery?
Blue Orkids @ Goldington Community Nursery is run by Blue Orkids Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
How do I contact Blue Orkids @ Goldington Community Nursery?
You can call 01234 352202 and visit blueorkids.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2733405 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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