Full-day nursery in Parson's Heath, Essex
Oaklea Montessori St John's
St. Johns Church Community Centre, St. Johns Close, COLCHESTER, CO4 0HP · 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
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St. Johns Church Community Centre, St. Johns Close, COLCHESTER, CO4 0HP · More nurseries in CO4
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Bilsdale Close, Arden Close and Delamere Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- High Woods Country Park11 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground12 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 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.
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Oaklea Montessori St John's is a full-day nursery at St. Johns Church Community Centre, St. Johns Close, COLCHESTER, CO4 0HP, in Parson's Heath, Essex. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Oaklea Montessori Community Interest Company.
Run by Oaklea Montessori Community Interest Company (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oaklea Montessori St John'sThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Abacus KindergartenSessional pre-school | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Humpty Dumpty Pre-School (Colchester)Sessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Highwoods Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected June 2024 0.5 miles
- Friars Grove Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.5 miles
- Brinkley Grove Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Some aspects not as stronginspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.8 miles
- Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.9 miles
- Roach Vale Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.9 miles
- Hazelmere Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2022 1.1 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 Oaklea Montessori St John's's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Oaklea Montessori St John's Good at its inspection on 7 April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Oaklea Montessori St John's take?
Oaklea Montessori St John's is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
Who runs Oaklea Montessori St John's?
Oaklea Montessori St John's is run by Oaklea Montessori Community Interest Company, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Oaklea Montessori St John's?
Colchester is the nearest station we know of, 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
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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.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY550414 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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