Full-day nursery in St Austell, Cornwall
Minibugs St Austell
17a Moorlands Road, St Austell, PL25 5BS · 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 May 2017Reference EY546035Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 27 June 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places76 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 7 January 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
17a Moorlands Road, St Austell, PL25 5BS · More nurseries in PL25
Stations
- St Austell9 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Moorland Road, White River Cinema and Penwinnick Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Cemetery Park8 min walk
- Poltair Park11 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground11 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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Minibugs St Austell is a full-day nursery at 17a Moorlands Road, St Austell, PL25 5BS, in St Austell, Cornwall. It is registered for 76 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 27 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Minibugs Nurseries Limited.
Run by Minibugs Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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| Minibugs St AustellThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Pondhu Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.3 miles
- Restormel Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.7 miles
- St Mewan Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- Mount Charles School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.9 miles
- Sandy Hill Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected January 2023 1.1 miles
- Carclaze Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.3 miles
- Bishop Bronescombe CofE School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2022 1.7 miles
- Charlestown Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 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 Minibugs St Austell's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Minibugs St Austell Good at its inspection on 27 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Minibugs St Austell take?
Minibugs St Austell is registered with Ofsted for up to 76 children at any one time.
Who runs Minibugs St Austell?
Minibugs St Austell is run by Minibugs Nurseries Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Minibugs St Austell?
St Austell is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Minibugs St Austell?
You can call 01726 218778 and visit www.minibugs.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY546035 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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