Full-day nursery in Helston, Cornwall
Little Merlins Pre-school
Culdrose Community Centre, Hibernia Road, Helston, TR13 8DJ · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Culdrose Community Centre, Hibernia Road, Helston, TR13 8DJ · More nurseries in TR13
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Spar Shop and Pine Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Navy Estate Park1 min walk
- Coronation Gardens3 min walk
- Trengrouse Gardens8 min walk
- The Sunken Gardens11 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground3 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 Cornwall there are about 3.4 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.
What parents say
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Little Merlins Pre-school is a full-day nursery at Culdrose Community Centre, Hibernia Road, Helston, TR13 8DJ, in Helston, Cornwall. It is registered for 36 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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| Little Merlins Pre-schoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.2 miles
- Nansloe Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.3 miles
- Parc Eglos School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Boskenwyn Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 1.6 miles
- Helston Community College Secondaryages 0–18has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.8 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 Merlins Pre-school's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Merlins Pre-school Good at its inspection on 7 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Merlins Pre-school take?
Little Merlins Pre-school is registered with Ofsted for up to 36 children at any one time.
How do I contact Little Merlins Pre-school?
You can call 01326 562894.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 102854 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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