Full-day nursery in Braintree, Essex
Charlies House Childminding and Nursery
352 Coggeshall Road, Braintree, CM7 9EH · 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
352 Coggeshall Road, Braintree, CM7 9EH · More nurseries in CM7
Stations
- Braintree17 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Braintree Freeport20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Hay Lane, Dallwood Way and Wheatley Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Fisher Field Park5 min walk
- Braintree & Bocking Recreation Ground8 min walk
- King George's Field9 min walk
- Twelve Acres Play Area10 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Fisher Field Play Area playground6 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.
What parents say
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Charlies House Childminding and Nursery is a full-day nursery at 352 Coggeshall Road, Braintree, CM7 9EH, in Braintree, Essex. It is registered for 42 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlies House Childminding and NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Great Bradfords Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.3 miles
- Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 0.3 miles
- Lyons Hall School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.5 miles
- Beckers Green Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.7 miles
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.0 miles
- John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 1.1 miles
- John Ray Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.2 miles
- John Ray Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2019 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 Charlies House Childminding and Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Charlies House Childminding and Nursery Good at its inspection on 19 October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Charlies House Childminding and Nursery take?
Charlies House Childminding and Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 42 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Charlies House Childminding and Nursery?
Braintree is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
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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 2663806 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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