Sessional pre-school in Bilson Green, Gloucestershire
St Johns Playgroup
St. Johns Cricket Club, Forest Vale Industrial Estate, Cinderford, GL14 2PH · 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
St. Johns Cricket Club, Forest Vale Industrial Estate, Cinderford, GL14 2PH · More nurseries in GL14
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Crabtree Road, Adult Training Centre and Dockham Surgery.
Parks and playgrounds
- Miners Welfare Playing Field Park 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 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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St Johns Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at St. Johns Cricket Club, Forest Vale Industrial Estate, Cinderford, GL14 2PH, in Bilson Green, Gloucestershire. It is registered for 29 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Johns PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Mitcheldean Early LearnersFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.7 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Forest View Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.9 miles
- Steam Mills Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.0 miles
- St White's Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 1.0 miles
- Littledean Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected April 2024 1.6 miles
- Woodside Primary School Primaryages 5–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 1.9 miles
- SGS Forest High School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 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 St Johns Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Johns Playgroup Good at its inspection on 6 December 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Johns Playgroup take?
St Johns Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 29 children at any one time.
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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 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY285690 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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