Full-day nursery in Tilbury, Thurrock
Great Child Day Nursery
Tilbury Slender You, 110 Dock Road, Tilbury, RM18 7BT · 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
Tilbury Slender You, 110 Dock Road, Tilbury, RM18 7BT · More nurseries in RM18
Stations
- Tilbury Town5 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Dock Road, Calcutta Road and Toronto Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- King George's Field10 min walk
- Anchor Fields Park11 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 Thurrock there are about 4.9 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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Great Child Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Tilbury Slender You, 110 Dock Road, Tilbury, RM18 7BT, in Tilbury, Thurrock. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026). It is run by Great Child Company Limited.
Run by Great Child Company Limited (company), which runs 2 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
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Lansdowne Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 under 0.1 miles
- Tilbury Pioneer Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.8 miles
- The Gateway Primary Free School Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 1.0 miles
- Rosherville Church of England Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2022 1.3 miles
- Thameside Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.3 miles
- Northfleet Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.3 miles
- Bronte School ages 3–11has a nursery class 1.5 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 Great Child Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Great Child Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 8 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Great Child Day Nursery take?
Great Child Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
Who runs Great Child Day Nursery?
Great Child Day Nursery is run by Great Child Company Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Great Child Day Nursery?
Tilbury Town is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Great Child Day Nursery?
You can call 01375 843155 and visit www.greatchild.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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2511043 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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