Full-day nursery in St Peter's, Gloucestershire
Gardners Lane Children Centre Nursery
Gardners Lane Children's Centre, Gardners Lane, Cheltenham, GL51 9JW · 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
Gardners Lane Children's Centre, Gardners Lane, Cheltenham, GL51 9JW · More nurseries in GL51
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Stanwick Gardens, Elm Street and Stanwick Crescent.
Parks and playgrounds
- Elmfield Playing Field1 min walk
- Wymans Brook Open Space5 min walk
- Pittville Park7 min walk
- Honeybourne Line Open Space7 min walk
- St Peters Close Open Space10 min walk
- Elmfield Play Area playground3 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 Gloucestershire 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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Gardners Lane Children Centre Nursery is a full-day nursery at Gardners Lane Children's Centre, Gardners Lane, Cheltenham, GL51 9JW, in St Peter's, Gloucestershire. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Aspire Foundation.
Run by Aspire Foundation (charity), which runs 5 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Gardners Lane Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns)inspected July 2024 0.2 miles
- Gloucester Road Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.6 miles
- Dunalley Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.8 miles
- The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.8 miles
- Swindon Village Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.8 miles
- Rowanfield Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected December 2023 0.9 miles
- Rowanfield Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.9 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 Gardners Lane Children Centre Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Gardners Lane Children Centre Nursery Good at its inspection on 17 April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Gardners Lane Children Centre Nursery take?
Gardners Lane Children Centre Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
Who runs Gardners Lane Children Centre Nursery?
Gardners Lane Children Centre Nursery is run by Aspire Foundation, which runs 5 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Gardners Lane Children Centre Nursery?
Cheltenham Racecourse (Gloucs Warwicks Railway) is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 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 EY474932 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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