Full-day nursery in South Benfleet, Essex
Purple Lion Day Nursery (Benfleet)
T C C L, 182 High Road, Benfleet, SS7 5LD · 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 September 2022Reference 2696903Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 7 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places36 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 23 July 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
T C C L, 182 High Road, Benfleet, SS7 5LD · More nurseries in SS7
Stations
- Benfleet13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Boyce Green, Kents Hill Road and Hillside Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 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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Purple Lion Day Nursery (Benfleet) is a full-day nursery at T C C L, 182 High Road, Benfleet, SS7 5LD, in South Benfleet, Essex. It is registered for 36 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 10 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Education Champs Ltd.
Run by Education Champs Ltd (company), which runs 5 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
- South Benfleet Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.2 miles
- Kents Hill Infant Academy Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.7 miles
- Kents Hill Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.7 miles
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.8 miles
- Jotmans Hall Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected July 2024 0.9 miles
- Kingston Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 1.2 miles
- The Robert Drake Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 1.4 miles
- Thundersley Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 1.4 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 Purple Lion Day Nursery (Benfleet)'s Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Purple Lion Day Nursery (Benfleet) Good at its inspection on 7 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Purple Lion Day Nursery (Benfleet) take?
Purple Lion Day Nursery (Benfleet) is registered with Ofsted for up to 36 children at any one time.
Who runs Purple Lion Day Nursery (Benfleet)?
Purple Lion Day Nursery (Benfleet) is run by Education Champs Ltd, which runs 5 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Purple Lion Day Nursery (Benfleet)?
Benfleet is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Purple Lion Day Nursery (Benfleet)?
You can call 020 8614 0723 and visit www.purpleliondaynurseries.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2696903 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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