Full-day nursery in Southend-on-Sea, Southend on Sea
Dolly and Bear Day Nursery
Carnarvon Medical Centre, 7 Carnarvon Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LR · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since April 2019Reference 2525564Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 18 May 2021Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places62 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 15 June 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Carnarvon Medical Centre, 7 Carnarvon Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LR · More nurseries in SS2
Stations
- Southend Victoria8 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Prittlewell9 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Southend Central15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Civic Centre and Blue Boar.
Parks and playgrounds
- Churchill Gardens2 min walk
- Priory Park11 min walk
- Warrior Square Gardens12 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 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 Southend on Sea there are about 3.5 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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Dolly and Bear Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Carnarvon Medical Centre, 7 Carnarvon Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LR, in Southend-on-Sea, Southend on Sea. It is registered for 62 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 2.7 from 12 reviews (October 2026).
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| Dolly and Bear Day 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
- St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.2 miles
- Beis Chinuch Lebonos Westcliff ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- St Helen's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.4 miles
- The Westborough School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.5 miles
- Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2024 0.5 miles
- Bournemouth Park Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Barons Court Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected March 2023 0.6 miles
- Sutton House Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.7 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 Dolly and Bear Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Dolly and Bear Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 18 May 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Dolly and Bear Day Nursery take?
Dolly and Bear Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 62 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Dolly and Bear Day Nursery?
Southend Victoria is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Dolly and Bear Day Nursery?
You can call 01702 864040 and visit dollyandbeardaynursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2525564 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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