Full-day nursery in Ely, Cambridgeshire
Clarence House Barns Ely
175 - 179 High Barns, ELY, CB7 4RJ · 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
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
175 - 179 High Barns, ELY, CB7 4RJ · More nurseries in CB7
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
© 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 Cambridgeshire there are about 2.8 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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Clarence House Barns Ely is a full-day nursery at 175 - 179 High Barns, ELY, CB7 4RJ, in Ely, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 52 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 46 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Clarence House Day Nurseries Ltd.
Run by Clarence House Day Nurseries Ltd (company), which runs 16 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Spring Meadow Infant School Primaryages 4–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.2 miles
- Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.3 miles
- Isle of Ely Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.4 miles
- Lantern Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.5 miles
- Highfield Ely Academy ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2024 0.5 miles
- King's Ely ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- Ely St John's Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 1.3 miles
- Ely College Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected March 2025 0.6 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 Clarence House Barns Ely's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Clarence House Barns Ely Good at its inspection on 10 January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Clarence House Barns Ely take?
Clarence House Barns Ely is registered with Ofsted for up to 52 children at any one time.
Who runs Clarence House Barns Ely?
Clarence House Barns Ely is run by Clarence House Day Nurseries Ltd, which runs 16 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Clarence House Barns Ely?
Ely is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Clarence House Barns Ely?
You can call 01353 667819 and visit www.chdn.co.uk.
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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.
- © 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 EY451670 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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