Full-day nursery in Arle, Gloucestershire
Hester Way Children Centre Nursery
Hester Way Children Centre, Dill Avenue, Cheltenham, GL51 0ES · 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
Hester Way Children Centre, Dill Avenue, Cheltenham, GL51 0ES · More nurseries in GL51
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including St Thomas More, Lipson Road and Dill Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Blenheim Square7 min walk
- Chelt Walk Park9 min walk
- Wharfdale Square9 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Spring Fields Park Play Area playground7 min walk
- George Readings Play Area playground7 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 Gloucestershire 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.
What parents say
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Hester Way Children Centre Nursery is a full-day nursery at Hester Way Children Centre, Dill Avenue, Cheltenham, GL51 0ES, in Arle, Gloucestershire. It is registered for 64 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.2 from 5 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Aspire Foundation.
Run by Aspire Foundation (charity), which runs 5 nurseries.
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| Hester Way Children Centre NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hesters Way Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 under 0.1 miles
- Rowanfield Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Rowanfield Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.5 miles
- Springbank Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.6 miles
- Gloucester Road Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.9 miles
- Gardners Lane Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns)inspected July 2024 1.0 miles
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected December 2023 1.1 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Hester Way Children Centre Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Hester Way Children Centre Nursery Good at its inspection on 27 April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Hester Way Children Centre Nursery take?
Hester Way Children Centre Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 64 children at any one time.
Who runs Hester Way Children Centre Nursery?
Hester Way Children Centre Nursery is run by Aspire Foundation, which runs 5 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Hester Way Children Centre Nursery?
Cheltenham Spa is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Hester Way Children Centre Nursery?
You can call 01242 222490.
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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 EY474920 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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