Full-day nursery in Great Baddow, Essex
Little Spring Wonders Daycare Nursery
18 High Street, Great Baddow, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7HQ · 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 May 2011Reference EY426303Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 29 November 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places72 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 9 December 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
18 High Street, Great Baddow, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7HQ · More nurseries in CM2
Buses
21 bus stops within 400 m, including Snelling Grove, The Dell and Vineyards.
Parks and playgrounds
- Great Baddow Recreation Ground & Noakes Place2 min walk
- Baddow Hall Park7 min walk
- Meadgate Fields Open Space10 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 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 Spring Wonders Daycare Nursery is a full-day nursery at 18 High Street, Great Baddow, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7HQ, in Great Baddow, Essex. It is registered for 72 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in November 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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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Octavia House Schools, Essex ages 5–16 under 0.1 miles
- Baddow Hall Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.4 miles
- Baddow Hall Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.4 miles
- Woodcroft Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.4 miles
- Larkrise Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Meadgate Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- Beehive Lane Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.9 miles
- Moulsham Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 1.2 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 Spring Wonders Daycare Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Spring Wonders Daycare Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 29 November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Spring Wonders Daycare Nursery take?
Little Spring Wonders Daycare Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 72 children at any one time.
How do I contact Little Spring Wonders Daycare Nursery?
You can call 01245 477773 and visit www.littlespringwonders.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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY426303 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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