Sessional pre-school in Girton, Cambridgeshire
Girton Cottontails Preschool
Girton Glebe Primary School, Cambridge Road, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0PN · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Girton Glebe Primary School, Cambridge Road, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0PN · More nurseries in CB3
Parks and playgrounds
- The Sensory Garden12 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
© 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 Cambridgeshire there are about 2.8 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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Girton Cottontails Preschool is a sessional pre-school at Girton Glebe Primary School, Cambridge Road, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0PN, in Girton, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Cottontails Preschool CIC.
Run by Cottontails Preschool CIC (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girton Cottontails PreschoolThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Under Fives RoundaboutFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.6 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Girton Glebe Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Gretton School ages 5–20 0.5 miles
- Histon Early Years Centre Nurseryages 1–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.1 miles
- Orchard Park Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 1.4 miles
- Histon and Impington Brook Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 1.4 miles
- Mayfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11 1.5 miles
- University of Cambridge Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.6 miles
- St Laurence Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 1.6 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 Girton Cottontails Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Girton Cottontails Preschool Outstanding at its inspection on 30 April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Girton Cottontails Preschool take?
Girton Cottontails Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
Who runs Girton Cottontails Preschool?
Girton Cottontails Preschool is run by Cottontails Preschool CIC, which runs 2 nurseries.
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2659139 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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