Sessional pre-school in South End, Bedford
Habitat PreSchool Ltd
Transfiguration Church Hall, Cleveland Street, Kempston, MK42 8LS · 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
Transfiguration Church Hall, Cleveland Street, Kempston, MK42 8LS · More nurseries in MK42
Stations
- Bedford St Johns21 min walk · 0.8 miles
- Bedford23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Savannah Close, Thornton Street and The Keep.
Parks and playgrounds
- Addison Howard Park2 min walk
- Kempston Riverside Park7 min walk
- Wood Park8 min walk
- The Slipe10 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground5 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 Bedford there are about 3.6 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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Habitat PreSchool Ltd is a sessional pre-school at Transfiguration Church Hall, Cleveland Street, Kempston, MK42 8LS, in South End, Bedford. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.0 from 4 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat PreSchool LtdThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St John's School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.3 miles
- Camestone School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.3 miles
- Grange Academy ages 5–18Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Cauldwell School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.5 miles
- Peter Pan Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected April 2023 0.5 miles
- Bedford Road Primary Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.6 miles
- Springfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.7 miles
- Rivertree Free School ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.7 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 Habitat PreSchool Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Habitat PreSchool Ltd Good at its inspection on 17 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Habitat PreSchool Ltd take?
Habitat PreSchool Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Habitat PreSchool Ltd?
Bedford St Johns is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Habitat PreSchool Ltd?
You can call 01234 852140.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY378237 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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