Full-day nursery in Braintree, Essex
Goldingham Drive Community Pre-school
Goldingham Community Hall, Park Drive, BRAINTREE, CM7 1AW · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Goldingham Community Hall, Park Drive, BRAINTREE, CM7 1AW · More nurseries in CM7
Stations
- Braintree Freeport11 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Braintree18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Forsyth Drive, Goldingham Drive and Buchan Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Brain Valley Park6 min walk
- Black Notley Playing Field10 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- MIlton Avenue Park playground5 min walk
- Brain Valley Park play area 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 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.
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Goldingham Drive Community Pre-school is a full-day nursery at Goldingham Community Hall, Park Drive, BRAINTREE, CM7 1AW, in Braintree, Essex. It is registered for 33 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldingham Drive Community Pre-schoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- John Ray Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2019 0.3 miles
- John Ray Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.3 miles
- Beckers Green Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 1.1 miles
- St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected April 2025 1.3 miles
- Notley Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 1.3 miles
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.3 miles
- Cressing Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 1.4 miles
- White Court School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 1.4 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 Goldingham Drive Community Pre-school's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Goldingham Drive Community Pre-school Good at its inspection on 9 December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Goldingham Drive Community Pre-school take?
Goldingham Drive Community Pre-school is registered with Ofsted for up to 33 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Goldingham Drive Community Pre-school?
Braintree Freeport is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Goldingham Drive Community Pre-school?
You can call 01376 323305.
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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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY408780 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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