Full-day nursery in Hadleigh, Essex
Sandcastles Nursery
81 London Road, Hadleigh, Benfleet, SS7 2QL · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
81 London Road, Hadleigh, Benfleet, SS7 2QL · More nurseries in SS7
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including The Memorial, Bus Depot and Queens Lodge.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hadleigh Castle Country Park9 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
- Playground12 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.
What parents say
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Sandcastles Nursery is a full-day nursery at 81 London Road, Hadleigh, Benfleet, SS7 2QL, in Hadleigh, Essex. It is registered for 99 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.2 from 11 reviews (November 2026).
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Westwood Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.2 miles
- Hadleigh Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.6 miles
- Cedar Hall School ages 4–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 1.0 miles
- Thundersley Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 1.2 miles
- Kingston Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 1.5 miles
- Wyburns Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 1.6 miles
- St. Michael's School ages 2–11has a nursery class 1.8 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 Sandcastles Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sandcastles Nursery Good at its inspection on 18 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sandcastles Nursery take?
Sandcastles Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 99 children at any one time.
How do I contact Sandcastles Nursery?
You can call 01702 555171 and visit www.sandcastlesnursery.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 403985 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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