Full-day nursery in Fiddler's Green, Gloucestershire
Puddles Nursery
Hesters Way Community Resource Centre, Cassin Drive, CHELTENHAM, GL51 7SU · 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 2006Reference EY343475Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 26 January 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places38 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 29 January 2026Food 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
Hesters Way Community Resource Centre, Cassin Drive, CHELTENHAM, GL51 7SU · More nurseries in GL51
Stations
- Cheltenham Spa20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including College Entrance, Coronation Square and College.
Parks and playgrounds
- Coronation Square2 min walk
- Hesters Way Park3 min walk
- Elm Farm Open Space7 min walk
- Blenheim Square9 min walk
- Hesters Way Play Area playground4 min walk
- Playground4 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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Puddles Nursery is a full-day nursery at Hesters Way Community Resource Centre, Cassin Drive, CHELTENHAM, GL51 7SU, in Fiddler's Green, Gloucestershire. It is registered for 38 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Desirable Childcare Limited.
Run by Desirable Childcare Limited (company), which runs 2 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
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.2 miles
- Hesters Way Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.6 miles
- Rowanfield Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.6 miles
- Rowanfield Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- Springbank Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.7 miles
- Benhall Infant School Primaryages 4–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.8 miles
- St Mark's Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.8 miles
- Dean Close Preparatory School ages 2–14has a nursery class 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 Puddles Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Puddles Nursery Good at its inspection on 26 January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Puddles Nursery take?
Puddles Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 38 children at any one time.
Who runs Puddles Nursery?
Puddles Nursery is run by Desirable Childcare Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Puddles Nursery?
Cheltenham Spa is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Puddles Nursery?
You can call 01242 527545 and visit ncnurseries.co.uk.
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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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY343475 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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