Full-day nursery in Kelvedon Hatch, Essex
Hopscotch Day Nursery
School Road, Kelvedon Hatch, CM15 0DH · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since February 2003Reference EY248665Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 23 March 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places35 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 27 April 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
School Road, Kelvedon Hatch, CM15 0DH · More nurseries in CM15
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Church Road and The Eagle.
Parks and playgrounds
- Kelvedon Green3 min walk
- Fox Hatch6 min walk
- Playground4 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 Essex 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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Hopscotch Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at School Road, Kelvedon Hatch, CM15 0DH, in Kelvedon Hatch, Essex. It is registered for 35 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 10 reviews (November 2026).
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| Hopscotch Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.1 miles
- Doddinghurst Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 1.1 miles
- Bentley St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.3 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 Hopscotch Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Hopscotch Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 23 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Hopscotch Day Nursery take?
Hopscotch Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 35 children at any one time.
How do I contact Hopscotch Day Nursery?
You can call 01277 372826 and visit www.hopscotchdn.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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY248665 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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