Full-day nursery in Tiptree, Essex
Milldene Playgroup
69a Barbrook Lane, Tiptree, COLCHESTER, CO5 0JH · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
69a Barbrook Lane, Tiptree, COLCHESTER, CO5 0JH · More nurseries in CO5
Parks and playgrounds
- Grove Road Playing Field4 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 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 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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Milldene Playgroup is a full-day nursery at 69a Barbrook Lane, Tiptree, COLCHESTER, CO5 0JH, in Tiptree, Essex. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Tiptree Pre School Playgroup Committee.
Run by Tiptree Pre School Playgroup Committee (school), which runs 2 nurseries.
Compare nurseries nearby
| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milldene PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Tiptree Day Nursery and Pre-SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Little Peeps Nursery LtdFull-day nursery | Report card 2025 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
| Baynards PlaygroupSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
| Tolleshunt Knights Cooperative PlaygroupSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.7 miles |
| Little Peeps NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.6 miles |
| Brimpton House NurseryFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.7 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Milldene Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 under 0.1 miles
- St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.4 miles
- Baynards Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.6 miles
- Tiptree Heath Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.9 miles
- Messing Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 1.2 miles
- Thurstable School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.3 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 Milldene Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Milldene Playgroup Good at its inspection on 24 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Milldene Playgroup take?
Milldene Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
Who runs Milldene Playgroup?
Milldene Playgroup is run by Tiptree Pre School Playgroup Committee, which runs 2 nurseries.
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY224523 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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