Full-day nursery in Shrub End, Essex
Plume Avenue Nursery
United Reformed Church, Plume Avenue, COLCHESTER, CO3 4PQ · 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 2000Reference 404856Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 18 March 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places60 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
United Reformed Church, Plume Avenue, COLCHESTER, CO3 4PQ · More nurseries in CO3
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Hastings Road, All Saints Avenue and Wilkin Court.
Parks and playgrounds
- Westlands Country Park11 min walk
- Baden Powell Drive Playground6 min walk
- Playground11 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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Plume Avenue Nursery is a full-day nursery at United Reformed Church, Plume Avenue, COLCHESTER, CO3 4PQ, in Shrub End, Essex. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plume Avenue NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Lexden Lodge KindergartenFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
| Stanway Pre-schoolSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Prettygate Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected February 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Prettygate Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Gosbecks Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.4 miles
- King's Ford Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Kings Ford Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.6 miles
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.7 miles
- Home Farm Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.8 miles
- St Mary's School for Girls ages 2–17has a nursery class 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 Plume Avenue Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Plume Avenue Nursery Good at its inspection on 18 March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Plume Avenue Nursery take?
Plume Avenue Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Plume Avenue Nursery?
Colchester Town 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 404856 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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