Full-day nursery in Newtown, Cambridgeshire
Kids Planet Chris Abell
Harrison Drive, Cambridge, CB2 8PH · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Harrison Drive, Cambridge, CB2 8PH · More nurseries in CB2
Stations
- Cambridge14 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Cambridge South21 min walk · 0.8 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Scholar's Walk Park3 min walk
- Harrison Drive Park4 min walk
- Coleridge Recreation Ground12 min walk
- Regency square12 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground9 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 Cambridgeshire there are about 2.8 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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Kids Planet Chris Abell is a full-day nursery at Harrison Drive, Cambridge, CB2 8PH, in Newtown, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 100 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.3 from 11 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited.
Run by Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 238 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- The Perse School ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- Morley Memorial Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.4 miles
- St Faith's School ages 3–13has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Homerton Early Years Centre Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.6 miles
- St Mary's School ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- Ridgefield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.8 miles
- St Pauls CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.8 miles
- Sancton Wood School ages 1–16has a nursery class 0.9 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 Kids Planet Chris Abell's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kids Planet Chris Abell Outstanding at its inspection on 19 February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kids Planet Chris Abell take?
Kids Planet Chris Abell is registered with Ofsted for up to 100 children at any one time.
Who runs Kids Planet Chris Abell?
Kids Planet Chris Abell is run by Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited, which runs 238 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Kids Planet Chris Abell?
Cambridge is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Kids Planet Chris Abell?
You can call 01223 609696 and visit www.kidsplanetdaynurseries.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2668847 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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