Full-day nursery in Newnham, Cambridgeshire
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery And Preschool Grange Road
8 Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DU · 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 2019Reference 2552260Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 14 June 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places150 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 31 March 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
8 Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DU · More nurseries in CB3
Parks and playgrounds
- Lammas Land7 min walk
- The Backs10 min walk
- Playground10 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 Cambridgeshire there are about 2.8 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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Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery And Preschool Grange Road is a full-day nursery at 8 Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DU, in Newnham, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 150 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.7 from 10 reviews (October 2026).
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| Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery And Preschool Grange RoadThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| The Joint Colleges Nursery (Cambridge) LimitedFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Newnham Croft Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- King's College School ages 4–14 0.4 miles
- Heritage School ages 4–16 0.8 miles
- St John's College School ages 4–13 0.8 miles
- The Stephen Perse Foundation ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- St Mary's School ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- St Pauls CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.9 miles
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.9 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 Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery And Preschool Grange Road's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery And Preschool Grange Road Good at its inspection on 14 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery And Preschool Grange Road take?
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery And Preschool Grange Road is registered with Ofsted for up to 150 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery And Preschool Grange Road?
Cambridge is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery And Preschool Grange Road?
You can call 01223 641041 and visit monkeypuzzlegrangeroad.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.
- © 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2552260 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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