Full-day nursery in North Country, Cornwall
Little Turtles Nursery
Unit 1 Cornwall Gold, New Portreath Road, Redruth, TR16 4HN · 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
Unit 1 Cornwall Gold, New Portreath Road, Redruth, TR16 4HN · More nurseries in TR16
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including Cornish Goldsmiths.
Parks and playgrounds
- Trenoweth Playing Field8 min walk
- Playground9 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 Turtles Nursery is a full-day nursery at Unit 1 Cornwall Gold, New Portreath Road, Redruth, TR16 4HN, in North Country, Cornwall. It is registered for 25 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Treleigh Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.0 miles
- Curnow School ages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.2 miles
- Illogan School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.3 miles
- Pennoweth Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 1.3 miles
- Treloweth Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.6 miles
- Trewirgie Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.7 miles
- Trewirgie Infants' School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 1.7 miles
- Portreath Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.9 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 Turtles Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Turtles Nursery Good at its inspection on 11 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Turtles Nursery take?
Little Turtles Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 25 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Turtles Nursery?
Redruth is the nearest station we know of, 1.5 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2740950 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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