Full-day nursery in Great Berry, Essex
St John's Childcare Forest Glade
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Forest Glade, Langdon Hills, BASILDON, SS16 6RX · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Forest Glade, Langdon Hills, BASILDON, SS16 6RX · More nurseries in SS16
Stations
- Laindon21 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Hollybank, Great Berry Primary School and Derby Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Great Berry Open Space1 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground9 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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St John's Childcare Forest Glade is a full-day nursery at Church of St. John the Evangelist, Forest Glade, Langdon Hills, BASILDON, SS16 6RX, in Great Berry, Essex. It is registered for 110 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Childcare Forest GladeThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Great Berry Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.1 miles
- Lincewood Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Merrylands Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- The Phoenix Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 1.2 miles
- Millhouse Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.4 miles
- Janet Duke Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.5 miles
- Lee Chapel Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 1.7 miles
- St Anne Line Catholic Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected September 2024 1.8 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 St John's Childcare Forest Glade's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St John's Childcare Forest Glade Good at its inspection on 26 July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St John's Childcare Forest Glade take?
St John's Childcare Forest Glade is registered with Ofsted for up to 110 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St John's Childcare Forest Glade?
Laindon is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact St John's Childcare Forest Glade?
You can call 01268 490400 and visit stjohnschildcare.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
- 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 2542045 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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