Full-day nursery in Newtown, Cambridgeshire
Little Explorers Montessori Nursery Limited
The Signal Box Centre. 82, Glenalmond Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 8DB · 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 August 2022Reference 2693989Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 9 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places12 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 23 May 2024Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Signal Box Centre. 82, Glenalmond Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 8DB · More nurseries in CB2
Stations
- Cambridge8 min walk · 0.3 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Scholar's Walk Park8 min walk
- Regency square8 min walk
- Harrison Drive Park9 min walk
- Coleridge Recreation Ground9 min walk
- Cannon's Green11 min walk
- Playground7 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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Little Explorers Montessori Nursery Limited is a full-day nursery at The Signal Box Centre. 82, Glenalmond Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 8DB, in Newtown, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 12 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Mary's School ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- St Faith's School ages 3–13has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- St Pauls CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.5 miles
- Sancton Wood School ages 1–16has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- The Stephen Perse Foundation ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Morley Memorial Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.6 miles
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.6 miles
- Heritage School ages 4–16 0.6 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 Little Explorers Montessori Nursery Limited's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Explorers Montessori Nursery Limited Good at its inspection on 9 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Explorers Montessori Nursery Limited take?
Little Explorers Montessori Nursery Limited is registered with Ofsted for up to 12 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Explorers Montessori Nursery Limited?
Cambridge is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 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 2693989 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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