Full-day nursery in Park Springs, Lincolnshire
Gapa Nursery
Gainsborough Adventure Playground Association, Riseholme Road, Gainsborough, DN21 1NL · 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
Gainsborough Adventure Playground Association, Riseholme Road, Gainsborough, DN21 1NL · More nurseries in DN21
Stations
- Gainsborough Lea Road14 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Gainsborough Central16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Park Springs Community Centre, Alec Rose Grove and Park Springs Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Gainsborough Adventure Playground4 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 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 Lincolnshire 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.
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Gapa Nursery is a full-day nursery at Gainsborough Adventure Playground Association, Riseholme Road, Gainsborough, DN21 1NL, in Park Springs, Lincolnshire. It is registered for 45 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.2 miles
- The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy Primaryages 0–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.4 miles
- Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy ages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.4 miles
- Benjamin Adlard Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.4 miles
- White's Wood Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2022 0.5 miles
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 0.5 miles
- Handel House Preparatory School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 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 Gapa Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Gapa Nursery Good at its inspection on 22 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Gapa Nursery take?
Gapa Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 45 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Gapa Nursery?
Gainsborough Lea Road is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
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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 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2844136 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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