Full-day nursery in Fremington, Devon
EarlyBirds Day Nursery
Skerryvore, Hill Top, Fremington, Barnstaple, EX31 3BL · 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
Skerryvore, Hill Top, Fremington, Barnstaple, EX31 3BL · More nurseries in EX31
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including New Inn, Beechfield and Shops.
Parks and playgrounds
- Fremington Village Green4 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground10 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 Devon there are about 3.7 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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EarlyBirds Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Skerryvore, Hill Top, Fremington, Barnstaple, EX31 3BL, in Fremington, Devon. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026).
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| EarlyBirds Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Fremington Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.2 miles
- Roundswell Community Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.4 miles
- The Shoreline Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 1.6 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 EarlyBirds Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated EarlyBirds Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 7 December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can EarlyBirds Day Nursery take?
EarlyBirds Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
How do I contact EarlyBirds Day Nursery?
You can call 01271 373000 and visit earlybirdsnursery.com.
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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.
- 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2581730 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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