Full-day nursery in Southchurch, Southend on Sea
Le Ballon Rouge Montessori Day Nursery
32 Crossfield Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4LS · 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 September 1998Reference 119494Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 11 May 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places50 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 23 March 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
32 Crossfield Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4LS · More nurseries in SS2
Stations
- Southend East16 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including North Avenue, Rylands Road and Hamstel Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Bournes Green Park8 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Bournes Green Park 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 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.
What parents say
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Le Ballon Rouge Montessori Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 32 Crossfield Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4LS, in Southchurch, Southend on Sea. It is registered for 50 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (October 2026).
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| Le Ballon Rouge Montessori Day NurseryThis 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
- Hamstel Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.2 miles
- Hamstel Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.2 miles
- Temple Sutton Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.4 miles
- Bournemouth Park Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.7 miles
- Victory Park Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.7 miles
- Sutton House Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.7 miles
- Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 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 Le Ballon Rouge Montessori Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Le Ballon Rouge Montessori Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 11 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Le Ballon Rouge Montessori Day Nursery take?
Le Ballon Rouge Montessori Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 50 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Le Ballon Rouge Montessori Day Nursery?
Southend East is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Le Ballon Rouge Montessori Day Nursery?
You can call 01702 612445 and visit leballonrougenursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 119494 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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