Full-day nursery in Linden, Gloucestershire
Pebbles Nursery
Linden Road, Linden, GLOUCESTER, GL1 5JA · 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 August 2013Reference EY464914Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 17 March 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places64 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 9 December 2025Food 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
Linden Road, Linden, GLOUCESTER, GL1 5JA · More nurseries in GL1
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Primary School, Linden Road and Cecil Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Oval2 min walk
- Milton Avenue Open Space12 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 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 Gloucestershire 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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Pebbles Nursery is a full-day nursery at Linden Road, Linden, GLOUCESTER, GL1 5JA, in Linden, Gloucestershire. It is registered for 64 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Barnardo's.
Run by Barnardo's (charity), which runs 4 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Linden Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Calton Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected December 2021 0.3 miles
- Tredworth Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.5 miles
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.5 miles
- Tredworth Infant and Nursery Academy Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.6 miles
- Hatherley Infant School Primaryages 4–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.8 miles
- Al Ashraf Primary School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- Finlay Community School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 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 Pebbles Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Pebbles Nursery Good at its inspection on 17 March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Pebbles Nursery take?
Pebbles Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 64 children at any one time.
Who runs Pebbles Nursery?
Pebbles Nursery is run by Barnardo's, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Pebbles Nursery?
Gloucester is the nearest station we know of, 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
Tools for parents in Gloucestershire
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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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY464914 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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