Full-day nursery in Clavering, Essex
Clavering & Arkesden Preschool
Clavering And Arkesden Preschool, Stortford Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4PE · 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
Clavering And Arkesden Preschool, Stortford Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4PE · More nurseries in CB11
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Brent Pelham Corner, M & M Supermarket and The Fox & Hounds.
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, 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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Clavering & Arkesden Preschool is a full-day nursery at Clavering And Arkesden Preschool, Stortford Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4PE, in Clavering, Essex. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Clavering Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 under 0.1 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 Clavering & Arkesden Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Clavering & Arkesden Preschool Good at its inspection on 7 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Clavering & Arkesden Preschool take?
Clavering & Arkesden Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
How do I contact Clavering & Arkesden Preschool?
You can call 01799 550380 and visit www.claveringarkesdenpreschool.co.uk.
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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.
- 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 EY489569 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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