Full-day nursery in Billington, Central Bedfordshire
Mead Open Farm Day Nursery and Activity Day Camp
Mead Open Farm, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since November 2022Reference 2706673Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 13 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places114 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 4 September 2024Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Mead Open Farm, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH · More nurseries in LU7
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Central Bedfordshire there are about 4.1 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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Mead Open Farm Day Nursery and Activity Day Camp is a full-day nursery at Mead Open Farm, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH, in Billington, Central Bedfordshire. It is registered for 114 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.8 from 13 reviews (October 2026).
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| Mead Open Farm Day Nursery and Activity Day CampThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Stanbridge Lower School Primaryages 3–9has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 1.6 miles
- Leedon Lower School Primaryages 2–9Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 1.6 miles
- Brooklands Middle School Middle deemed secondaryages 9–13Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 1.8 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 Mead Open Farm Day Nursery and Activity Day Camp's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Mead Open Farm Day Nursery and Activity Day Camp Good at its inspection on 13 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Mead Open Farm Day Nursery and Activity Day Camp take?
Mead Open Farm Day Nursery and Activity Day Camp is registered with Ofsted for up to 114 children at any one time.
How do I contact Mead Open Farm Day Nursery and Activity Day Camp?
You can call 01525 300646 and visit meadopenfarmdaynursery.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.
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2706673 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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