Sessional pre-school in Downend, South Gloucestershire
Play Station @ Barley Close
Barley Close Community Primary School, Barley Close, Mangotsfield, BS16 9DL · 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
Barley Close Community Primary School, Barley Close, Mangotsfield, BS16 9DL · More nurseries in BS16
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Streamside, Stockwell Drive and The Laurels.
Parks and playgrounds
- Emersons Green Park10 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Beaufort Road play area 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 South Gloucestershire there are about 2.4 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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Play Station @ Barley Close is a sessional pre-school at Barley Close Community Primary School, Barley Close, Mangotsfield, BS16 9DL, in Downend, South Gloucestershire. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026). It is run by Play Station Nursery Limited.
Run by Play Station Nursery Limited (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play Station @ Barley CloseThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Barley Close Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Stanbridge Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.3 miles
- Emersons Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.3 miles
- Mangotsfield Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected May 2025 0.5 miles
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.5 miles
- Blackhorse Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.8 miles
- Christ Church, Church of England Infant School, Downend Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.8 miles
- Bromley Heath Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.9 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 Play Station @ Barley Close's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Play Station @ Barley Close Good at its inspection on 14 October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Play Station @ Barley Close take?
Play Station @ Barley Close is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
Who runs Play Station @ Barley Close?
Play Station @ Barley Close is run by Play Station Nursery Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
How do I contact Play Station @ Barley Close?
You can call 01454 610101 and visit www.playstationnurseryltd.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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2590504 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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