Full-day nursery in Galleyend, Essex
Little Chums Nursery
Beehive Lane CP School, Beehive Lane, Chelmsford, CM2 9SR · 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 EY297852Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 9 May 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places45 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 8 October 2025Food 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
Beehive Lane CP School, Beehive Lane, Chelmsford, CM2 9SR · More nurseries in CM2
Buses
1 bus stop within 400 m, including Duffield Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 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.
What parents say
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Little Chums Nursery is a full-day nursery at Beehive Lane CP School, Beehive Lane, Chelmsford, CM2 9SR, in Galleyend, Essex. It is registered for 45 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2024, 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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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Beehive Lane Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 under 0.1 miles
- Larkrise Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.5 miles
- Woodcroft Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.5 miles
- Mildmay Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.5 miles
- Moulsham Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.7 miles
- Moulsham Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- Octavia House Schools, Essex ages 5–16 0.9 miles
- St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 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 Little Chums Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Chums Nursery Good at its inspection on 9 May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Chums Nursery take?
Little Chums Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 45 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Chums Nursery?
Chelmsford is the nearest station we know of, 1.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Chums Nursery?
You can call 01245 202230 and visit www.littlechumsnursery.com.
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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 EY297852 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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