Full-day nursery in Ermington & Ugborough, Devon
Little Orchard Montessori Nursery Lee Mill
The Acorn Centre, 5 Oak Court, Pennant Way, Lee Mill, Ivybridge, PL21 9GP · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
The Acorn Centre, 5 Oak Court, Pennant Way, Lee Mill, Ivybridge, PL21 9GP · More nurseries in PL21
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
© 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 Devon there are about 3.7 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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Little Orchard Montessori Nursery Lee Mill is a full-day nursery at The Acorn Centre, 5 Oak Court, Pennant Way, Lee Mill, Ivybridge, PL21 9GP, in Ermington & Ugborough, Devon. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 8 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Little Orchard Montessori Nurseries Limited.
Run by Little Orchard Montessori Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Woodlands Park Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.7 miles
- Manor Primary School, Ivybridge Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 1.1 miles
- The Erme Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.4 miles
- Stowford School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 1.7 miles
- Ivybridge Community College Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected February 2025 1.6 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 Orchard Montessori Nursery Lee Mill's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Orchard Montessori Nursery Lee Mill Outstanding at its inspection on 18 August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Orchard Montessori Nursery Lee Mill take?
Little Orchard Montessori Nursery Lee Mill is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Orchard Montessori Nursery Lee Mill?
Little Orchard Montessori Nursery Lee Mill is run by Little Orchard Montessori Nurseries Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
How do I contact Little Orchard Montessori Nursery Lee Mill?
You can call 01752 893498 and visit www.littleorchardmontessori.co.uk.
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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.
- © 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 2596119 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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