Full-day nursery in Great Dunmow, Essex
Freedom Day Care Nursery
Ford Farm, Braintree Road, DUNMOW, CM6 1HU · 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 September 2008Reference EY374384Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 31 July 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places66 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 December 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
Ford Farm, Braintree Road, DUNMOW, CM6 1HU · More nurseries in CM6
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including St Edmunds Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Coconuts Play, Play Barn playground1 min walk
- 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 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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Freedom Day Care Nursery is a full-day nursery at Ford Farm, Braintree Road, DUNMOW, CM6 1HU, in Great Dunmow, Essex. It is registered for 66 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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| Freedom Day Care 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
- Dunmow St Mary's Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.9 miles
- Helena Romanes School All-throughages 4–18Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.1 miles
- Great Dunmow Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 1.2 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 Freedom Day Care Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Freedom Day Care Nursery Good at its inspection on 31 July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Freedom Day Care Nursery take?
Freedom Day Care Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 66 children at any one time.
How do I contact Freedom Day Care Nursery?
You can call 01371 873663 and visit freedomdaycarenursery.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 EY374384 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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