Full-day nursery in Spalding, Lincolnshire
Puddleducks Day Nursery
Escallonia, 3 Holland Road, SPALDING, PE11 1UL · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Escallonia, 3 Holland Road, SPALDING, PE11 1UL · More nurseries in PE11
Stations
- Spalding12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Grange Drive, Holland Road and Oak Court.
Parks and playgrounds
- Church Gate4 min walk
- Ayscoughfee Gardens4 min walk
- Ascoughee Rear6 min walk
- Bench9 min walk
- Ayscoughfee Gardens playground5 min walk
- Playground7 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 Lincolnshire 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.
What parents say
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Puddleducks Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Escallonia, 3 Holland Road, SPALDING, PE11 1UL, in Spalding, Lincolnshire. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 4 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding ages 4–16Ofsted: Outstandinginspected September 2023 0.4 miles
- Ayscoughfee Hall School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- Tulip Academy ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.4 miles
- Spalding Parish Church of England Day School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.6 miles
- St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, Spalding Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.7 miles
- The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.9 miles
- Spalding Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 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 Puddleducks Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Puddleducks Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 24 March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Puddleducks Day Nursery take?
Puddleducks Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Puddleducks Day Nursery?
Spalding is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Puddleducks Day Nursery?
You can call 01775 769798 and visit spaldingpuddleducks.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 EY371195 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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