Sessional pre-school in Arbury, Cambridgeshire
Moonbeams Preschool
The Meadows Community Centre, 299 Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JL · 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 March 2023Reference 2711214Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 16 June 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places50 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 2 December 2024Food 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
The Meadows Community Centre, 299 Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JL · More nurseries in CB4
Parks and playgrounds
- St Albans Recreation Ground1 min walk
- King's Hedges Recreation Ground2 min walk
- St Catharine's Square5 min walk
- Sunset Square6 min walk
- Nuns Way Recreation Ground12 min walk
- "The Pulley" playground3 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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Moonbeams Preschool is a sessional pre-school at The Meadows Community Centre, 299 Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JL, in Arbury, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 50 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 4.3 from 4 reviews (November 2026).
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| Moonbeams PreschoolThis 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
- St Laurence Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Orchard Park Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.3 miles
- Colleges Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.4 miles
- Kings Hedges Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.4 miles
- King's Hedges Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.4 miles
- The Grove Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- Arbury Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.5 miles
- Castle School, Cambridge ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 0.7 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 Moonbeams Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Moonbeams Preschool Good at its inspection on 16 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Moonbeams Preschool take?
Moonbeams Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 50 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Moonbeams Preschool?
Cambridge North is the nearest station we know of, 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Moonbeams Preschool?
You can call 07780 187003 and visit www.moonbeamspreschool.org.
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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.
- © 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 2711214 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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