Full-day nursery in Draper's Fields, Coventry
Forest Friends Day Nursery
Canal House, Drapers Fields, Coventry, CV1 4LG · 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 December 2016Reference EY540984Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 28 August 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places68 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 17 July 2025Food 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
Canal House, Drapers Fields, Coventry, CV1 4LG · More nurseries in CV1
Stations
- Coventry23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Leicester Row, Merrick Lodge Hotel and Nauls Mill House.
Parks and playgrounds
- Volgograd Place5 min walk
- Garden of International Friendship6 min walk
- Swanswell Park6 min walk
- Naul's Mill Park7 min walk
- Nauls Mill Underpark / Abbotts Lane Linear Park7 min walk
- Playground6 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 Coventry there are about 4.7 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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Forest Friends Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Canal House, Drapers Fields, Coventry, CV1 4LG, in Draper's Fields, Coventry. It is registered for 68 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 28 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Friends 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
- Sidney Stringer Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.4 miles
- Bablake School ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- St Osburg's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.4 miles
- John Gulson Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.5 miles
- Hillfields Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected May 2023 0.5 miles
- Radford Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.6 miles
- St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.6 miles
- Spon Gate Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.6 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 Forest Friends Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Forest Friends Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 28 August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Forest Friends Day Nursery take?
Forest Friends Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 68 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Forest Friends Day Nursery?
Coventry is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Forest Friends Day Nursery?
You can call 024 7663 0885 and visit www.forestfriendsdaynursery.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.
- © 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY540984 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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