Full-day nursery in Glenholt, Plymouth
Flying Start Nursery - Marjon
Marjon University, Derriford Road, Derriford, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8BH · 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
Marjon University, Derriford Road, Derriford, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8BH · More nurseries in PL6
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Marjon, Runway Road and Marjon North.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground11 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 Plymouth there are about 3.6 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.
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Flying Start Nursery - Marjon is a full-day nursery at Marjon University, Derriford Road, Derriford, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8BH, in Glenholt, Plymouth. It is registered for 59 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Flying Start Nurseries (SW) Limited.
Run by Flying Start Nurseries (SW) Limited (company), which runs 5 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flying Start Nursery - MarjonThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Thornbury Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2022 0.7 miles
- Oakwood Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected October 2024 0.8 miles
- Cann Bridge School ages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.8 miles
- Tor Bridge Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.8 miles
- Widewell Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.8 miles
- Plym Bridge Nursery School and Day Care Nurseryages 0–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.8 miles
- Bickleigh Down Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.0 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 Flying Start Nursery - Marjon's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Flying Start Nursery - Marjon Good at its inspection on 19 November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Flying Start Nursery - Marjon take?
Flying Start Nursery - Marjon is registered with Ofsted for up to 59 children at any one time.
Who runs Flying Start Nursery - Marjon?
Flying Start Nursery - Marjon is run by Flying Start Nurseries (SW) Limited, which runs 5 nurseries.
How do I contact Flying Start Nursery - Marjon?
You can call 01752 776460 and visit www.flyingstart.uk.com.
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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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY426171 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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