Full-day nursery in Downend, South Gloucestershire
Great Expectations Day Nursery
7 Baugh Road, BRISTOL, BS16 6PL · 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
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
7 Baugh Road, BRISTOL, BS16 6PL · More nurseries in BS16
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Four Acre Road, Queensholm Drive and Queensholm Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Leap Valley3 min walk
- Aintree Leap play area playground4 min walk
- Bromley Heath play area and skate park 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 South Gloucestershire there are about 2.4 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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Great Expectations Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 7 Baugh Road, BRISTOL, BS16 6PL, in Downend, South Gloucestershire. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.2 from 6 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Great Expectations Day Nursery Limited.
Run by Great Expectations Day Nursery Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Bromley Heath Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.1 miles
- Bromley Heath Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Outstandinginspected January 2023 0.1 miles
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.4 miles
- Blackhorse Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.6 miles
- Stanbridge Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.7 miles
- Hambrook Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.9 miles
- Barley Close Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 1.0 miles
- Frome Vale Academy 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 Great Expectations Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Great Expectations Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 28 April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Great Expectations Day Nursery take?
Great Expectations Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
Who runs Great Expectations Day Nursery?
Great Expectations Day Nursery is run by Great Expectations Day Nursery Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
How do I contact Great Expectations Day Nursery?
You can call 0117 956 1632.
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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 EY491114 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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