Full-day nursery in Bourne, Lincolnshire
Headstart Nursery
20 Great Northern Gardens, Bourne, PE10 9EH · 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
20 Great Northern Gardens, Bourne, PE10 9EH · More nurseries in PE10
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Austerby, Grammar School Exit Gate and Grammar School Grounds.
Parks and playgrounds
- Well Head Fields2 min walk
- Jubilee Green4 min walk
- Cookes Field9 min walk
- Recreational Road Park10 min walk
- Little Garth12 min walk
- Jubilee Green 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 Lincolnshire 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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Headstart Nursery is a full-day nursery at 20 Great Northern Gardens, Bourne, PE10 9EH, in Bourne, Lincolnshire. It is registered for 80 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Lincolnshire Childcare Limited.
Run by Lincolnshire Childcare Limited (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Willoughby Academy ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.2 miles
- Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.3 miles
- Bourne Elsea Park Church of England Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.3 miles
- Bourne Westfield Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.7 miles
- Thurlby Community Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.6 miles
- Bourne Grammar School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.2 miles
- Bourne Academy Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 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 Headstart Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Headstart Nursery Good at its inspection on 19 December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Headstart Nursery take?
Headstart Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 80 children at any one time.
Who runs Headstart Nursery?
Headstart Nursery is run by Lincolnshire Childcare Limited, which runs 3 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.
- 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 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY217824 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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