Full-day nursery in Dartmouth, Devon
Humpty Dumpty Childcare
Dartmouth Academy, Milton Lane, DARTMOUTH, TQ6 9HW · 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.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since August 1994Reference 106136Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 2 February 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 15 July 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
Dartmouth Academy, Milton Lane, DARTMOUTH, TQ6 9HW · More nurseries in TQ6
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Deadmans Cross, Dartmouth Academy and Football Ground.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground10 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 Devon there are about 3.7 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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Humpty Dumpty Childcare is a full-day nursery at Dartmouth Academy, Milton Lane, DARTMOUTH, TQ6 9HW, in Dartmouth, Devon. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Humpty Dumpty Childcare Limited.
Run by Humpty Dumpty Childcare Limited (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humpty Dumpty ChildcareThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Little Thinkers at Furzeham PrimarySessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 4.9 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Dartmouth Academy All-throughages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2023 under 0.1 miles
- St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Stoke Fleming Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 1.5 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 Humpty Dumpty Childcare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Humpty Dumpty Childcare Outstanding at its inspection on 2 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
Who runs Humpty Dumpty Childcare?
Humpty Dumpty Childcare is run by Humpty Dumpty Childcare Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Humpty Dumpty Childcare?
Kingswear (Paignton and Dartmouth Railway) is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
Tools for parents in Devon
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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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 106136 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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