Full-day nursery in Woodfield, Oxfordshire
Bubbles Pre-School
Southwold Community Centre, Holm Way, BICESTER, OX26 3UU · 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.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since September 1993Reference 133864Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 19 July 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places32 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 18 January 2023Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Southwold Community Centre, Holm Way, BICESTER, OX26 3UU · More nurseries in OX26
Stations
- Bicester North15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Barberry Place Shops and Banbury Road Roundabout.
Parks and playgrounds
- Southwold Park1 min walk
- The Quad10 min walk
- Southwold Play Area playground1 min walk
- Play Area 18 playground6 min walk
- Play Area 19 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 Oxfordshire there are about 3.2 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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Bubbles Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Southwold Community Centre, Holm Way, BICESTER, OX26 3UU, in Woodfield, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 32 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in July 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 13 reviews (November 2026).
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| Bubbles Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Southwold Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Bure Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.3 miles
- Bardwell School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.4 miles
- Glory Farm Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.4 miles
- Gagle Brook Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.7 miles
- Brookside Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.8 miles
- Longfields Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 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 Bubbles Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bubbles Pre-School Outstanding at its inspection on 19 July 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bubbles Pre-School take?
Bubbles Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 32 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Bubbles Pre-School?
Bicester North is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bubbles Pre-School?
You can call 07587 170426.
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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.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 133864 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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