Full-day nursery in Mile End, Essex
Squirrels Pre-School
Highwoods Surgery, Highwoods Square, Highwoods, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Highwoods Surgery, Highwoods Square, Highwoods, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR · More nurseries in CO4
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Highwoods Square, Highwoods Approach and Spindle Wood.
Parks and playgrounds
- High Woods Country Park7 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 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.
What parents say
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Squirrels Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Highwoods Surgery, Highwoods Square, Highwoods, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR, in Mile End, Essex. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squirrels Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Oaklea Montessori St John'sFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Colchester Severalls Business ParkFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Highwoods Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected June 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Brinkley Grove Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Some aspects not as stronginspected October 2024 0.3 miles
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.4 miles
- Friars Grove Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.6 miles
- North East Essex Co-operative Academy ages 4–16Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.8 miles
- Queen Boudica Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.9 miles
- Camulos Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.9 miles
- Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 1.0 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 Squirrels Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Squirrels Pre-School Good at its inspection on 2 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Squirrels Pre-School take?
Squirrels Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Squirrels Pre-School?
Colchester is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Squirrels Pre-School?
You can call 01206 842260 and visit squirrels-preschool.weebly.com.
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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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 203962 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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