Full-day nursery in Maldon, Essex
Maldon Community Preschool
Wantz Chase, MALDON, CM9 5DN · 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
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Wantz Chase, MALDON, CM9 5DN · More nurseries in CM9
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Victoria Road, Wantz Road and Lower Plume School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Promenade Park4 min walk
- Longfields4 min walk
- Primrose Meadow10 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Adventure Playground & Water Park10 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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Maldon Community Preschool is a full-day nursery at Wantz Chase, MALDON, CM9 5DN, in Maldon, Essex. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.5 from 2 reviews (October 2026).
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| Maldon Community PreschoolThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Maldon Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Maldon Court Preparatory School ages 1–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.6 miles
- All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2022 0.6 miles
- Wentworth Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.7 miles
- Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.8 miles
- Limebrook Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery class 1.1 miles
- Heybridge Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 1.2 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 Maldon Community Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Maldon Community Preschool Outstanding at its inspection on 28 June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Maldon Community Preschool take?
Maldon Community Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
How do I contact Maldon Community Preschool?
You can call 01621 859114 and visit www.maldoncommunitypreschool.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
- 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 EY403235 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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