Sessional pre-school in Kingswood, Essex
Kingswood Pre-School
Clay Hill Road, Basildon, SS16 5AD · 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 November 2004Reference EY297879Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 19 September 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 13 January 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
Clay Hill Road, Basildon, SS16 5AD · More nurseries in SS16
Stations
- Basildon11 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Sparrows Herne, Kingswood Road and Waldegrave.
Parks and playgrounds
- Clicket Hill Playground8 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 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 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.
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Kingswood Pre-School is a sessional pre-school at Clay Hill Road, Basildon, SS16 5AD, in Kingswood, Essex. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Kingswood Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | 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
- Kingswood Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Cherry Tree Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected July 2025 0.5 miles
- Fairhouse Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.6 miles
- Vange Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.7 miles
- Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 4–11has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- Ghyllgrove Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.8 miles
- Lee Chapel Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 0.9 miles
- The Bridge Pioneer ages 3–19Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.9 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 Kingswood Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kingswood Pre-School Good at its inspection on 19 September 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kingswood Pre-School take?
Kingswood Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Kingswood Pre-School?
Basildon is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 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
- 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 EY297879 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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