Full-day nursery in Brickhill, Bedford
St Mark's Preschool
St. Marks Church & Community Centre, Calder Rise, Bedford, MK41 7UY · 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
St. Marks Church & Community Centre, Calder Rise, Bedford, MK41 7UY · More nurseries in MK41
Buses
18 bus stops within 400 m, including St Mark's Church, Irthing Close and Rhineland Way.
Parks and playgrounds
- Mowsbury Park5 min walk
- Waveney Green9 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 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 Bedford there are about 3.6 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 Mark's Preschool is a full-day nursery at St. Marks Church & Community Centre, Calder Rise, Bedford, MK41 7UY, in Brickhill, Bedford. It is registered for 56 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.3 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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| St Mark's PreschoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Brickhill Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.5 miles
- Scott Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Pilgrims Pre-Preparatory School ages 0–7has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- Hazeldene School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.0 miles
- The Hills Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.0 miles
- Bedford Greenacre Independent School ages 0–18has a nursery class 1.1 miles
- St John Rigby Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.3 miles
- Putnoe Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2024 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 St Mark's Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Mark's Preschool Good at its inspection on 4 November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Mark's Preschool take?
St Mark's Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 56 children at any one time.
How do I contact St Mark's Preschool?
You can call 01234 312634 and visit www.stmarkschurch.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2538214 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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