Sessional pre-school in Thorpe Bay, Southend on Sea
Johnstone Road Pre-School
Methodist Church Hall, The Broadway, THORPE BAY, SS1 3HQ · 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.
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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
Methodist Church Hall, The Broadway, THORPE BAY, SS1 3HQ · More nurseries in SS1
Stations
- Thorpe Bay6 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including Thorpe Bay Railway Station.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 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 Southend on Sea there are about 3.5 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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Johnstone Road Pre-School is a sessional pre-school at Methodist Church Hall, The Broadway, THORPE BAY, SS1 3HQ, in Thorpe Bay, Southend on Sea. It is registered for 35 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Johnstone Road Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Outstanding | 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
- Bournes Green Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 0.5 miles
- Bournes Green Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.5 miles
- Greenways Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.8 miles
- Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- Thorpe Hall School ages 2–16has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- Alleyn Court Preparatory School ages 2–11has a nursery class 1.1 miles
- Hinguar Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.1 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 Johnstone Road Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Johnstone Road Pre-School Outstanding at its inspection on 12 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Johnstone Road Pre-School take?
Johnstone Road Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 35 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Johnstone Road Pre-School?
Thorpe Bay is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
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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 119487 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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