Full-day nursery in Shortwood, South Gloucestershire
Kids Planet Shortwood Lodge
Kids Planet Day Nursery, Carsons Road, Mangotsfield, Bristol, BS16 9LW · 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 2025Reference 2832598Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 27 August 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places118 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 1 July 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Kids Planet Day Nursery, Carsons Road, Mangotsfield, Bristol, BS16 9LW · More nurseries in BS16
Parks and playgrounds
- Pomphrey Hill Open Space11 min walk
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Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In South Gloucestershire there are about 2.4 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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Kids Planet Shortwood Lodge is a full-day nursery at Kids Planet Day Nursery, Carsons Road, Mangotsfield, Bristol, BS16 9LW, in Shortwood, South Gloucestershire. It is registered for 118 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. 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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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Mangotsfield Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected May 2025 0.9 miles
- Kings' Forest Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 1.1 miles
- King's Oak Academy All-throughages 4–19Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 1.2 miles
- Emersons Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.3 miles
- Barley Close Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 1.3 miles
- Warmley Park School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 1.4 miles
- The Tynings Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.4 miles
- New Horizons Learning Centre ages 5–16Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 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 Kids Planet Shortwood Lodge's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kids Planet Shortwood Lodge Good at its inspection on 27 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kids Planet Shortwood Lodge take?
Kids Planet Shortwood Lodge is registered with Ofsted for up to 118 children at any one time.
Who runs Kids Planet Shortwood Lodge?
Kids Planet Shortwood Lodge is run by Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited, which runs 238 nurseries.
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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.
- © 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 2832598 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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